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Dance, Movement and Ethnography Panel
On Friday, November 3, 2017, four panelists led a discussion about the connections between dance, movement and ethnography. The panelists—Ann Cooper Albright and Meiver De la Cruz from Oberlin…
Lauren Squires Wins Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award
The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences has selected Associate Professor Lauren Squires to receive the prestigious Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award. Squires will use the funds…
Elissa Washuta Wins NEA Fellowship
In late November, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Elissa Washuta, the department’s newest creative writing faculty member, would receive one of their prestigious 2018 Creative…
Obsession: Leslie Lockett and the History of Cheesemaking
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, Associate Professor Leslie Lockett…
Course Profile: Oscar Wilde
Everyone has secrets—skeletons in the closet they hope, for whatever reason, will never be brought to light. Literary characters are certainly no exception. A classic example is that of…
Meghan Callahan: From High Street to The High Castle
All games have rules, whether they are explicit or implicit. In Monopoly, for example, when one lands on GO, one collects $200. Conversely, if one lands on another’s property, they must,…
Obsession: Karen Winstead and Vampires
This story is the first of a recurring series on obsession. 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…
Department Wins Four American Graphic Design Awards
The Department of English’s new brand identity has received four American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA. The winning entries include the AU’17 course promotion suite, the Master's…
Remarkable Ohio State Participation at Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society
Folklore faculty and students from various departments across campus—though primarily in English and Comparative Studies—attended the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Minneapolis…