English News Archives

Jun 25, 2025
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Davis and Miles Lead MACS Program

Celestine Davis and Gera Miles represented the English Department through their "Write Time, Write Place" initiative as part of an exciting summer program called MACS (Mathematics, Aerospace, Computers, and Sports)....

Jun 25, 2025
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Johnson Publishes Co-Edited Volume

Dr. Mark Johnson has just published a co-edited volume with Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Cognitive Task Complexity and Second Language Performance: Understanding L2 Learner Affect and Engagement. The volume provides an overview...

Jun 25, 2025
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Feder Wins ACLS Grant

Dr. Helena Feder was awarded an ACLS Sustaining Community Connections Grant to continue her work with the North Carolina Museum of Art as Editor of Tar River Poetry. The project...

Jun 10, 2025
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Bauer Publishes Flash Prose

Dr. Margaret Bauer has two new flash prose pieces, "One of those dreams" and "Elegy on a Post-it Note" out in Abstract Magazine. Abstract is a Pushcart Prize-winning fine arts...

Jun 02, 2025
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Montgomery Authors Using Power for Illumination

Dr. Marianne Montgomery has just published a chapter, “Using Power for Illumination: Advancement Paths for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty,” in Strategic Shakespeare: Transformative Leadership for the Future of Higher Education, edited by...

Jun 02, 2025
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Glover Publishes Article on The Boswell Club

Dr. Brian Glover has just published an article titled “The Boswell Club of Chicago, 1942-1973” in The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual, volume 25. The Boswell Club of Chicago,...

May 30, 2025
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Noonan Captures Paul Farr Memorial Essay Award

The Student Scholarships and Awards Committee is pleased to announce Ilaria Grace Noonan as the Paul Farr Memorial Essay Award recipient. Noonan’s essay “Not the Typical Murder Mystery: Understanding Humanity...

May 30, 2025
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Freeman’s Book to be Published

Gabrielle Freeman’s book of poetry, DISSENT, has been accepted by Small Harbor Publishing's print house, Harbor Editions. Written in collaboration with poet Kathleen Nalley, the book will be published in...

May 29, 2025
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Johnson Delivers Keynote Address

Dr. Mark Johnson delivered a keynote plenary presentation at the Second Language Writing Research Seminar at the University of Murcia in Murcia, Spain. His presentation, “Formal Genre-Specific Knowledge as a...

May 19, 2025
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Squint Serves on Native American Literature Panel

Dr. Kirstin Squint collaborated with staff from Joyner Library, Kristen Daniel and Alston Cobourn, and from the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center, Nichole Maldonado, to host a program for eleventh graders...