Timm Hackett Archives

Jan 30, 2025
  • English Department

Kirkland Honored for 55 Years of Service to ECU

Dr. Jim Kirkland received the Special Service Award in recognition of his 55 years of service to ECU teaching in the Department of English. “I never imagined what my career...

Jan 29, 2025
  • English Department

Shields Appears on Hunting History

Tom Shields, emeritus in the English Department, along with Charlie Ewen, Anthropology, will appear on a new History Channel series, “Hunting History,” hosted by author, TV host, and outdoorsman Steve...

Jan 28, 2025
  • English Department

Cory Authors Article in Comparative American Studies

Dr. Jessica Cory (M.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing 2012 graduate) published "'We are of One Ecology': How Indigenous Pacific Islander Poetics Map Anthropogenic Climate Change" in...

Jan 22, 2025
  • English Department

Bradley Presents at SNSC

Anna Bradley, who is pursuing M.A. in English, has received a student travel grant from the Department of American Indian Studies at UNCP to present her paper, “Annette Clapsaddle’s Even...

Jan 22, 2025
  • English Department

Squint Presents at MLA Conference

Dr. Kirstin Squint along with her co-author, Dr. Christopher Rodning, presented their paper “Rhetoric and Reciprocity: East Carolina University’s Neyuheruke Wampum” at the Modern Language Association conference in New Orleans...

Jan 22, 2025
  • English Department

Kitta Co-Edits Collection

Dr. Andrea Kitta's new co-edited collection on conspiracy theories, Whispers in the Echo Chamber: Folklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society, is out now published by University...

Jan 22, 2025
  • English Department

Clark Wins Award from NCTE

Dr. Erin Clark is a recipient of the 2025 CCCC Outstanding Book Award in the Monograph category and a 2025 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for Best Book in...

Jan 22, 2025
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Publishers Poetry in TriQuarterly

John Hoppenthaler has published two new poems in a top tier literary journal, TriQuarterly. He wrote the poems during a residency fellowship at the Wofford College Goodall Environmental Studies Center. ...

Dec 02, 2024
  • English Department

Klein and Pastor Win 2024 Bertie Fearing Teaching Awards

Dr. Amanda Klein and Carla Pastor won the 2024 Bertie Fearing Awards for Outstanding Teaching in the ECU English Department. A student wrote about Klein: "She initiates and guides class...

Nov 20, 2024
  • English Department

Moseley Receives Gold Scholarship from ECU Business

Ethan Moseley, currently a BTC certificate student, has been awarded the prestigious Gold Scholarship from the ECU College of Business. Ethan will begin the MA in English program concurrently with...