Timm Hackett Archives

Nov 19, 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...

Nov 19, 2024
  • English Department

Parille Publishes Work on Carl Barks

Dr. Ken Parille has a short piece in the latest volume of Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Carl Barks Library. The book has eighteen stories in all in more than...

Nov 18, 2024
  • English Department

Klein’s Class Screens Cult Classic

Dr. Amanada Klein's class FILM 4980/ENGL5330 recently screened The Room, a cult classic, where attendees received a prop bag, including items to toss at the screen (rose petals, spoons, footballs),...

Nov 12, 2024
  • English Department

Feder Publishes Essay

Dr. Helena Feder has published the essay "French Food for the 'New Woman'" in the North American Review. Founded in Boston in 1815, the North American Review is the oldest...

Oct 29, 2024
  • English Department

Faculty Recognized at Book Awards

Current ENGL faculty Dr. Will Banks, Dr. Nikki Caswell, Dr. Erin Clark, and John Hoppenthaler (along with Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Tom Shields) were recognized at the Faculty Author Book...

Oct 24, 2024
  • English Department

Herron’s Work Featured on Great Castles of Europe

The 3D digital recreation of Edmund Spenser's Kilcolman Castle, built at ECU for Dr. Thomas Herron's Centering Spenser website, features prominently in the 22nd episode of Great Castles of Europe...

Oct 22, 2024
  • English Department

Trethewey Returns to ECU on October 24

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, acclaimed memoirist and essayist, and two-term Poet Laureate of the United States, Natasha Trethewey, will return to ECU on October 24th. The event will be held in...

Oct 22, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Assists River District

John Hoppenthaler was a featured reader at the Writer's Association of Northern Appalachia online reading to raise money for Asheville's hard-hit River District. The portal for contributions will remain open until...

Oct 10, 2024
  • English Department

Clark and Bikmohammadi Named #PITUN Grantees

Dr. Erin Clark, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication doctoral student Mina Bikmohammadi, and Dr. Ryan Cheek (Missouri S&T) were named #PITUN #NetworkChallenge24 grantees. The group will convene scholars, students, and...

Oct 10, 2024
  • English Department

Brantley Selected as Jordan Chair of Southern Literature

ECU alumni Michael K. Brantley has been selected as the distinguished Elizabeth H. Jordan Endowed Chair of Southern Literature at Barton College. Brantley’s new appointment was effective at the beginning...