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Submit a slogan for the English department!
The Department of English needs your help! We are looking for new sayings to put on our promotional items (stickers, buttons, bookmarks, etc.). We have some English-themed phrases from older items…
Alumna Jordan Lovejoy receives ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowship
The Department of English would like to congratulate recent PhD alumna Jordan Lovejoy ‘21 on receiving a 2021 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Emerging Voices…
Margaret Price: Transforming Access
COLUMBUS, Ohio (2021) -- Ask Ohio State's Margaret Price the question, "What is accessibility?" and you'll get an answer that goes beyond neat definitions. "Access is not…
Associate Professor Scott DeWitt named recipient of prestigious Charles Moran Award
Associate Professor Scott DeWitt has been named the 2020 recipient of the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field. One of the most prestigious awards in…
PhD candidate Joey Ferraro wins Disability Services' Outstanding Student Advocate Award
The Department of English is proud to announce that PhD candidate Antonio "Joey" Ferraro is a recipient of the Outstanding Student Advocate Award from Disability Services…
From autumn '20 to spring '21: an undergraduate student news round-up
Undergraduate students in the Department of English contribute to their community in innumerable ways; from creative endeavors to extracurriculars, from internships to scholarship, our…
Robyn Warhol reads like a Victorian—and now you can too
Whether we are willing to admit it or not, we have all indulged in the occasional TV binge. Maybe you were one of the millions of Americans who binged Tiger King at the beginning of…
Professional Writing Spotlight: The making of a writer—write well, excel anywhere
“I talk more about [my minor] in my interviews than I do my major, because people are interested,” says 2019 Minor in Professional Writing and The Ohio State University graduate Lauryn…
Andrew Bashford: the Bill Nye of rhetoric
Your paper is due at midnight.
Six hours to go.
Yet still you cannot seem to figure out how to craft the perfect conclusion. Anxiety courses through your veins as you scroll through…