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In her upcoming book, Associate Professor Koritha Mitchell states what seems especially counter-intuitive this summer: African American culture is not about protest. This statement is not about…

Distinguished University Professor Frederick Aldama’s abuela used to tell him stories when he was a child about how the chupacabra would get their chickens in the night. The chupacabra…

The Department of English is proud to announce that Professor Elizabeth Weiser is a recipient of the 2020 Ohio State Newark Faculty Service Award. The award is…

The Department of English would like to congratulate Associate Professor Robert Hughes for winning the Newark campus’s 2020 Teaching Excellence Award. The Teaching…

The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor and Director of Business and Technical Writing Christa Teston has been named the Andrea Lunsford Designated Professor for…

The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!

Assistant Professor Amrita Dhar is the recipient of the Mayers Fellowship and the Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, for 2020-2021. Both of these…

English Senior Lecturer Mira Kafantaris has been awarded a short-term residency with the Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies for her book Royal Marriage, Foreign Queens and…

April is National Poetry Month, and Ohioana Library Executive Director David Weaver talks to acclaimed poet Marcus Jackson. Born and raised in Toledo, Jackson earned degrees from the University of…