English department’s Jim Sheeler weighs in on conspiracy theories during pandemic June 4, 2020Misinformation, conspiracy theories run rampant online during COVID-19 pandemic WEWS: Jim Sheeler, the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and...Media·
Faculty members and students honored for excellence in writing, teaching May 8, 2020The annual Writing Program Awards honor excellence in the teaching of writing. The award ceremony, like all spring...Awards·
In celebration of National Poetry Month, a new poem by the English Department’s Sarah Gridley is featured on Poetry Daily May 7, 2020Thoughts Before Whittling Poetry Daily: A new poem by Sarah Gridley, associate professor of English in the College...Media·
SAGES class uses Minecraft to create medieval robots May 4, 2020“Medieval robots” may sound like menacing characters in a graphic novel or sci-fi blockbuster, but there actually were...FeaturedUniversity News·
Doctoral student Daniel Luttrull pens poem for America February 21, 2020Daniel Luttrull, a doctoral student in the Department of English, was featured in the latest issue of America...Publications & Presentations·
English graduate student panel February 5, 2020Department of English graduate students will present topics on Friday, Feb. 14, from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. in...Community Postings·
“Rocks, Caves, and Wonders on the Eighteenth-Century Stage” February 5, 2020A lecture by Misty Anderson will be held Friday, Feb. 7, from 3:15-4:15 p.m. in Guilford Parlor. 1772...Community Postings·
“The Urgency of Pleasure: Theorizing a Rhetoric of Pleasure in Contemporary Cookbooks” February 2, 2020Carrie Helms Tippen, assistant professor of English at Chatham University, will deliver a lecture, “The Urgency of Pleasure:...Events·
“Consuming the Past: Food Metaphors in the Intergenerational Food Memoir” January 25, 2020The presence of food metaphors in food memoirs might seem so ubiquitous as to be mundane or cliché....Events·
Undergraduate- and graduate-student writing awards now accepting entries January 24, 2020The Department of English’s annual prize competition is now open for submissions. More than $1,500 in prize money...Student Life·
