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...
Discover your passionExplore where English studies can take you
Learn from the bestEngage with our faculty
Build your creative communityDiscover and explore our Creative Writing program
Find new horizonsExciting news about English majors' job prospects
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...
Department News
- In March, the local Alpha Upsilon Pi chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society presented at the virtual Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. The theme for the convention was “Metamorphosis,” and while the Covid-19 pandemic caused it to be hosted entirely online, members Elizabeth...
- Joanne Lee Molinaro, better known as the Korean Vegan has recently been featured in The Washington Post. An alumna of the English Department, Molinaro has earned more than 2.7 million TikTok...
- The Rhetoric Program is delighted to announce the Spring 2021 Student Essay Contest winners. With nearly 180 submissions, the Spring 2021 cycle saw the most submissions the program has had to date. The following undergraduate students were awarded for their essays: Jose Arellano, “The Effects of...
Department Events