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Lee Martin: A day in the life of a writer who also teaches
Author and College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Lee Martin shares how he spends his days moving between writing and teaching and how he uses his roles as creator and…
Cope named Reviewer of the Year for the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
Virginia Cope, associate dean at Ohio State Newark and associate professor in the Department of English, has been named the 2019 Reviewer of the Year for the Journal of Community Engagement…
Research Spotlight: Kathy Fagan
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: James Phelan on basketball
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, Distinguished University Professor,…
Care, Not Cure: Department Recognized for Housing Innovative Health Humanities Programs
My family was never in such need for a story than in August 2014. That month, my mother was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma—i.e. a disease with relatively little research, little funding and little…
Recovering Canon: Renker Launches Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Digital Initiative
This past summer, Professor Elizabeth Renker launched a digital public humanities website about the poetry of Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919), who published more than 600 poems…
Weiser Elected to International Committee for Museology Executive Board
This past September in Kyoto, Japan, Professor Elizabeth Weiser was elected to the Executive Board of the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM). Weiser is…
Research Spotlight: Joe Ponce
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…
Staging a Dialogue: Ohio State Collaborates in Search for Accessible Performance Space
Despite Shakespeare’s proclamation that "all the world's a stage," performers still need access to spaces designed and designated specifically to meet the unique needs of their craft.…