Timm Hackett Archives

Jan 12, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Reads at Flyleaf Books

John Hoppenthaler gave a reading with Debra Kaufman at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill on Sunday, March 10th, in Chapel Hill, NC. Hoppenthaler's most recent book is Night Wing Over...

Dec 01, 2023
  • English Department

Feder Interviews Neurobiologist Sapolsky in Tikkun

Dr. Helena Feder's new interview with neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky was published recently in Tikkun. In the interview, Sapolsky, whose new book Determined was released in October, states, "That is the meaning...

Dec 01, 2023
  • English Department

Gueye Profiled in Conversations Feminines

Dr. Marame Gueye is among seventeen Senegalese women profiled in a recent book entitled Conversations Feminines (Feminine Conversations) by Senegalese writer Zoubida Fall. Conversations Feminines is the book version of...

Nov 22, 2023
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Featured on Words on a Wire

John Hoppenthaler talked about poetry, life, and his new book, Night Wing over Metropolitan Area (University of Chicago Press 2023), with host Daniel Chacon on the Words on a Wire...

Nov 06, 2023
  • English Department

Herron’s Class Travels to Agecroft Hall

Dr. Tom Herron's ENGL 4100/6151 course, “Seventeenth-Century Literature”  took a one-day field trip to Agecroft Hall and Gardens in Richmond, VA. Agecroft Hall is a 16th-century (early modern) English manor...

Oct 24, 2023
  • English Department

Sugg Named ECU Chief of Police

Current English Ph.D. candidate Jason Sugg has been appointed Chief of the ECU Police Department. Sugg's research focuses on police rhetorics as well as professional and organizational communication and community...

Oct 23, 2023
  • English Department

Gueye Recognized by Africa Report

The Africa Report named Dr. Marame Gueye among 10 African scholars to watch in 2024. Africa Report is a Paris-based English-language quarterly magazine focusing on African politics and economics. It...

Oct 23, 2023
  • English Department

Squint Publishes Chapter

Dr. Kirstin Squint's chapter, “The US South and Multiethnic Literature of the United States,” appears in the newly published A Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States, edited by...

Oct 13, 2023
  • English Department

Johnson and Tabari Publish Two Articles

Dr. Mark Johnson, in collaboration with Mahmoud Abdi Tabari at the University of Nevada, Reno, has recently published two journal articles. The first, “Planning in L2 Writing: A Research Synthesis...

Oct 09, 2023
  • English Department

Clark’s Research Featured in ECU News

Faculty in the Departments of English and Geography, Planning and Environment are part of an international team that recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Wellcome Trust, a global...