English News Archive

Starting in Fall 2022, English majors will be able to enroll in a new Writing Concentration. The concentration will be officially recognized on students’ transcripts, thus allowing graduates to announce their extensive work in writing to potential employers and graduate schools.

Undergraduate students of the Department of English earned both University and Departmental Awards. Winners of the Undergraduate Awards include: Erik T. Jones, Paige Neal, Jordan Castaldo, Mairead Abbenda, Calvin Giudici, Lakota Levandowski, Kayla Carter, Kaya Carvajal, Xavier Fitzsimmons Cruz, Linfeng Li, and Jewls Douge. See the complete awards list. (Pictured, L to R: Jewls Douge, Erik T Jones, Linfeng Li, Jordan Castaldo, Paige Neal, Lakota Levandowski, Mairead Abbenda, Xavier Fitzsimmons Cruz)

English Professor Jeffrey Berman was recognized as the 2022 Torch Award Professor, along with three outstanding nominees: Associate Professor Rita Biswas, Lecturer Marcie Newton and Associate Professor Matthew Szdagis.

The English department's annual Research and Writing Conference will be April 20, 2022, followed by the Arch spring reading and reception.

You are cordially invited to the Department of English’s Undergraduate Research & Writing Conference on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. in Humanities 354. Come hear students share their work from 2021-22. This will be an in-person event. Questions? Contact Prof. Rick Barney: [email protected] See the full schedule.

For her achievements both as a writer of fiction and literary and cultural criticism Lynne Tillman was named last week the winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Katherine Anne Porter Award, “to a prose writer whose achievements and dedication to the literary profession have been demonstrated.”

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the newly revived English Department newsletter!

Edward Schwarzschild was interviewed by Brian Whalen. Their discussion of influence and other aspects of writing went live February 24, 2022, and is available on Lit Pub.