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Kathy Fagan Grandinetti on making the most of her Guggenheim Fellowship
In April of 2023, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded 171 outstanding individuals the Guggenheim Fellowship to help them pursue their work in any field of work. The department’s own…
Andrew Romriell Recipient of 2023-24 Presidential Fellowship
The Department of English would like to announce that MFA student Andrew Romriell is one of the recipients of the 2023-24 Presidential Fellowship As Ohio State’s Graduate School describes it,…
PhD student Jordan Woodward awarded the 2023 Zora Neale Hurston Award from the American Folklore Society
Jordan Woodward, a PhD student in the Department of English, was recently awarded the 2023 Zora Neale Hurston Award from the American Folklore Society (AFS) for her project "Environmental Racism as…
Professor Simone Drake honored by Who’s Who in Black Columbus
The Department of English is excited to announce Professor Simone Drake’s inclusion in the 2023 edition of Who’s Who in Black Columbus. Who’s Who in Black Columbus celebrates and…
Two English graduate students receive Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship
On October 24, the Graduate School announced Julie Kim and Samantha Trzinski as recipients of the 2023-2024 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS). The AGGRS program…
Newark Earthworks earn UNESCO World Heritage designation; Prof. Elizabeth Weiser co-edits interpretive volume
In September, Newark Earthworks earned the title of Ohio’s first UNESCO site. Elizabeth Weiser and the exceptional team in Newark were greatly rewarded for their hard work. Read more…
Innovative Description: Erin Bahl and Margaret Price explore the possibilities of audio description
Consider this scene from a folktale: “Four animals sit in a circle in a grassy field: a donkey, a cat, a dog, and a rooster. A banner above them reads ‘Too old ... too weak ... too slow.’ The donkey…
CMRS Director Chris Highley Awarded Scholarly Digital Project Grant
Professor Chris Highley of the Department of English and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is part of a team of scholars who have been awarded an NEH collaborative Scholarly…
Beth Hewitt selected for President and Provost’s Leadership Institute
We are excited to announce Professor Beth Hewitt, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, has been selected to join the 2023-24 cohort of the President and Provost's…