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Meet Elizabeth Hewitt, English department chair
On July 1, 2024, the Department of English welcomed Professor Elizabeth Hewitt as the new chair, succeeding Susan Williams’ term. Hewitt holds a PhD and an MA from Johns Hopkins University and a…
Shakespeare in the “Post”Colonies: tackling colonialism’s aftereffects in the creative space
In the spring of 2021, Amrita Dhar and Dr. Amrita Sen of the University of Calcutta co-led a seminar, “Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies,” at the Shakespeare Association of America Annual Conference…
Professor Min Hyoung Song to deliver 2024 Kane Lecture
Every year the Department of English invites a distinguished speaker of national or international reputation to speak about a topic relevant to the disciplines of the Department of English at…
Cultivating the writers of tomorrow
For an entire week in the summer 30 students from high schools in Columbus City Schools, charter schools in the city of Columbus, and students in public schools across Ohio got a taste of what…
Associate Professors David Adams, Pranav Jani and Professor Ryan Friedman named to the 2023-24 Society of Fellows Faculty Cohort
Associate Professors David Adams, Pranav Jani and Professor Ryan Friedman have been named as members of The Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme’s 2023-24 Society of Fellows Faculty Cohort. …
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…
Ready Player Juan: Carlos Kelly González explores Latinidad in video games
Dr. Carlos Gabriel Kelly González has always been passionate about video games. He just never expected to be able to study them for a living, not until he joined the English department’s PhD program…
A conversation about care and compassion
Káyọ̀dé Odùmbọ́ní, a PhD in English student, created the Care and Compassion awards to highlight how important values like empathy and consideration are in our English community, and to…
Write Mind, a creative writing workshop to improve mental health
Christina Szuch, an embedded clinician for the College of Arts and Sciences, started Write Mind, a creative writing workshop for the Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS), to help student…