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Human Rights in Transit: Undergraduate Summer Program
Professors Wendy S. Hesford, Amy Shuman, and Jennifer Suchland are taking a group of Ohio State students to New York City from June 12 to June 16, 2017.
Students will attend Human Rights…
Lina Ferreira Wins Prestigious Rona Jaffe Foundation Award
The English Department is proud to recognize Lina Ferreira on being one of six writers to receive a 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award for her creative nonfiction work. Lina will receive …
Robyn Warhol Wins NAVSA Best Book of the Year Award
The North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) awarded its 2015 Best Book of the Year prize to Robyn Warhol, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, co…
Jim Phelan, Narrative theory, and the story of LeBron James
Professor James Phelan appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, June 21st in a story where he compares basketball star LeBron James' career to a bildungsroman—otherwise known as a coming-of-age…
Ruth Friedman and Pablo Tanguay Receive RDS Breitenberger Award
Ruth Friedman and Pablo Tanguay are the unanimous recipients of this year’s Arts and Sciences Recruitment and Diversity Services Breitenberger Award given for their recruiting efforts on behalf…
“Journaling with Jenny” Promotes Health, Wellness in All
Jenny Patton, senior lecturer in the English department, worked with many a successful student in her first- and second-year writing courses. But that success came at a cost. “Many were dealing…
Ohio Arts Council Honors English Faculty
The Ohio Arts Council board has honored seven faculty from the English department in their 2016 Individual Excellence Awards. Those honored include Lee Martin, professor, English; Memory Risinger,…
The 2016 English Awards Ceremony
Two weeks ago today, faculty, staff, students, families, and friends all gathered in the Longaberger Alumni House to celebrate another successful year of English at Ohio State. They were greeted…
Esposto Wins 2016 R.L. Stine Scholarship
Laura Esposto has been awarded the second inaugural R.L. Stine Scholarship. Generously provided by author R.L. Stine, an Ohio State English alumnus (BA, 1965) and award-winning author of children…