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  • Professor Wood smiles in front of a gray gradient background. He is wearing a black jacket with a blue and white thinly-checkered collared shirt.

    Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood wins 2021 Carnegie Fellowship

    Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood has been awarded a 2021 Carnegie Fellowship to support his project, “Oceans 1876.” Wood’s project examines and digitizes the massive amount of scientific research on oceans from the Victorian Era, producing an accessible database to help...
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    Professor Christopher Freeburg named John A. and Grace. W. Nicholson Professor

    Professor Christopher Freeburg has been appointed as the John A. and Grace W. Nicholson Professor in recognition of his outstanding literary achievements and invaluable dedication to the Department of English, the...
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  • Graduate Students Hollis Druhet and Helen Makhdoumian win Peer Essay Prize
    The Graduate Awards Committee is pleased to announced the winners of the program's Peer Essay Prizes for 2021. First prize went to Hollis...
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  • PhD Student Laura Coby wins HRI Prize for Research in the Humanities
    English PhD Student Laura Coby wins the HRI Prize for Research in the Humanities for best graduate student research for her entry, “The...
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  • Dr. Kristi McDuffie wins Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence Award
    Dr. Kristi McDuffie, the Interim Director of Rhetoric, has won the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award. At the onset of the pandemic, McDuffie...
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Department of English
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Email: english@illinois.edu

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