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Department Announces Faculty and Staff Award Winners
The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!
Amrita Dhar receives two fellowships for archival research at the Huntington Library
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…
Mira Kafantaris Awarded Residency with Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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…
Columbus Makes Art presents Marcus Jackson and the comfort of poetry during these times
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…
Lord Denney's Players Adapt Play into 'Much A-Zoom About Nothing'
The show must go on.
It’s as true on Broadway as it is for Lord Denney’s Players (LDP), a theater troupe housed in the Department of English.…
Associate Professor Margaret Price Awarded Fulbright Research Fellowship to Sweden
Beyond the shadow cast by the coronavirus, the future remains bright for Margaret Price: The associate professor and director of disability studies has been awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship…
Research Spotlight: Dorothy Noyes
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Obsession Story: Amrita Dhar and Rock-Climbing
A Story Told in MountainsFor this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Assistant…
Alumnus Matthew Martello Wins Graduate Award for Essay on Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
Matthew Martello ’18, now a PhD Candidate in English at the University of Virginia, has continued his research interest in reclaimed poet Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919)—an interest that…