Erin Cheslow and Jade Chanel Williams were named Leading Edge Fellows by the American Council of Learned Societies. The two graduate students were among 16 PhDs in the humanities and social sciences selected for the program. The fellows are placed in a two-year position at a nonprofit...

Mary Rose Cottingham, a senior instructor in English, has earned a Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. According to the Office of the Provost, which sponsors the awards, Cottingham was nominated because she has been transforming the lives of undergraduates at Illinois for...

Azlan Smith, a doctoral student in writing studies, earned a Call to Action Research Award from the Chancellor's Research Program for their project entitled “Voices of Cancer.”The program provides support for academic research and the expansion of community-based knowledge that advances the...

Janice Harrington, professor of creative writing in the Department of English, has won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for her poetry collection, “Yard Show.”The award, which is presented by the Cleveland Foundation, recognizes books that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation...

Two graduate students and one professor in the Department of English have been awarded Humanities Research Institute fellowships. The three were among fourteen selected for this year’s fellowship under the theme of “Story and Place.” Amy Hassinger, professor of English in the Creative Writing...

Three students in the Department of English have been awarded prestigious research prizes from the Humanities Research Institute. The HRI Prizes for Research in the Humanities celebrate excellence in humanities scholarship, with awards given at the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels. ...

Three English professors were recently honored at the Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick and Robert Schaefer investiture ceremony at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. A crowd of almost 80 people showed up to celebrate the professors’ accomplishments and presence on campus.Janice H. Harrington and...

 Corey Van Landingham, professor of English in the Creative Writing Program, has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. Van Landingham is one of two U of I fellowship recipients, along with history professor Kristin Hoganson.The two are among 198...