News
New Hires
It is time to welcome the new school year, which also means welcoming new hires across the Department of English's many campuses. Please take a moment to welcome these new faces by dropping in…
David Brewer Named Editor of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture
Associate Professor David Brewer has been appointed editor of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture. Brewer will officially begin the position during the 2020-2021 academic year. He will…
Eisner Awards: Aldama and Gardner Recognized for Best Scholarly Work
On the evening of July 20, 2018, comic scholars, artists and fans from around the world gathered at San Diego Comic-Con to attend the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.…
Koritha Mitchell & Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Shadows Uplifted
Associate Professor Koritha Mitchell distinctly remembers seeing a Malcolm X poster on the walls of her high school that said “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow…
Beverly Moss Wins Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching
Associate Professor Beverly Moss is the most recent recipient of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. She is one of ten faculty members awarded this year for their excellence in teaching…
YWW Alumna and Teen Vogue Writer Kayinsola Ole on Parkland & Protest
Kanyinsola Oye, a Columbus high school senior and two-time alumna of the department’s Young Writers Workshop, has co-written an article for Teen Vogue about the recent Parkland, Florida school…
Course Profile: English 6764-Graduate Workshop in Screenwriting
We poked around the heads of twins—balancing back and forth on that thin occipital nerve between understanding and perspective—playing with every trope that comes with having an identical…
Course Profile: English 4569-Digital Messaging and Storytelling
The Digital Media laboratories in Denney Hall are usually kept fairly chilly. Large ventilators perch on window tops where they pump out the excess heat created by computer components, then stream…
Sneak Peek: Graduate Lounge Remodel
In the spring of 2017, the Department of English received a generous donation from Andrea Lunsford—the Director of Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric, former director of Ohio…