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Research Spotlight: Margaret Price
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…
Research Spotlight: David A. Brewer
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…
Oh, the places you’ll go (with an English degree)!
If you ever want to identify the English major in the room, just shout something along the lines of, “What can you even do with an English degree?” Follow the choked sounds of protest and the…
Obsession Story: Jared Gardner and tattoos
For 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, Professor of English and Director of…
Shuman Receives 2019 AFS Lifetime Award for Scholarly Achievement
Professor of English Amy Shuman received the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award at this year’s annual American Folklore Society (AFS) meeting, which occurred from Oct. 16-19…
Dhar's essay earns Milton Society award
Earlier this week, Assistant Professor Amrita Dhar was named the 2019 recipient of the Milton Society of America’s Albert C. Labriola award. The award recognizes a…
Teston's book wins second major award
The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology and Medicine (ARSTM) has announced the winner of its 2019 Book Award: Bodies in Flux: Scientific Methods for…
Research Spotlight: Robert Hughes
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…
Stewart curates scary selection of literary horror for Halloween season
What frightens you, tingles your spine, gives you that isolating sense of dread?
For some, it’s monsters — grotesque creatures that are unnatural yet unnervingly human. For others, it’s the…