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Itagaki Receives 2014 Diversity Award
Originally published October 3, 2014
Congratulations to Professor Lynn Itagaki, who was recently awarded the 2014 Arts and Humanities Diversity Enhancement Award.
Itagaki has…
Renker Awarded Inaugural Teaching Award
Originally published September 30, 2014
Dr. Elizabeth Renker has been named one of the inaugural Ratner Teaching Award winners. The Deans of Arts and Humanities and Department Chair…
Department Retreat Cultivates Strategies for Community Impact
Originally published September 26, 2014
On August 22, over 110 faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of English gathered at the Barrister Club in the…
Alumna Appointed Associate Provost at Kenyon College
Ivonne M. García, who holds a masters and a Ph.D. in English from The Ohio State University, was recently appointed Associate Provost of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Kenyon College. Ivonne…
Anonymous Donors Give $50,000 to Department
This summer the English Department received a $50,000 gift from two generous donors (a couple) who are dedicated to improving the college experience for English undergraduates and those students…
Spotlight: MFA Program in Creative Writing
Students who have been admitted into the Department of English’s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing are given the opportunity to learn from distinguished faculty, teach undergraduates…
The Paris Review Interviews Henri Cole
Originally published June 6, 2014
The current issue of The Paris Review (No. 209, Summer 2014) features an interview with poet and Ohio State Professor of English Henri…
Moddelmog Appointed Department Chair
Originally published June 1, 2014
Debra Moddelmog has been appointed chair of the Ohio State Department of English beginning June 1, 2014. A member of the English faculty since 1986…
Alumna Receives Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Claire Vaye Watkins, a 2011 graduate of the Ohio State M.F.A. program in creative writing, has just been awarded a 2014 Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. According to…