David Wright Faladé examines race, class, and gender through the eyes of a young college woman spending time in her small Texas hometown in his new short story, “...
Illinois English professor Shawn Gilmore was recently featured on Slate's Decoder Ring podcast. The podcast episode explores the origins of a familiar visual trope in thrillers, mysteries, and crime dramas: a board...
English and African American studies professor Irvin Hunt thought twice before he answered a phone call from an unknown caller, but little did he know that it was about to change everything. It came from film...
Professor Tim Dean has been named the Frank Hodgins Chair in American Literature. With the named position, Dean is being recognized as a leading scholar in the fields of American literature, queer theory, psychoanalytic...
Angelina Correa became a believer in peer court in high school when she served as a juror in the justice program meant to give juvenile criminal offenders a second chance at reform. When Correa, a rising sophomore double majoring in political science and...
David Miller has earned a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Miller earned his MFA in creative writing this spring from the Department of English’s Creative Writing Program.Miller, who grew up in Glencoe, Ill., will use the grant to teach English in Romania....
Kayla Latricia Woodard and Riley Parks, two undergraduate English majors, have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State. The award will help fund study abroad programs for the two students. Woodard, from Chicago, will visit the Czech Republic...
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...
