English News Archives

Apr 14, 2023
  • English Department

McCullouch Wins Research and Creative Activity Award

PhD student Bess McCullouch won the Research and Creative Activity Week award in the Humanities and Social Sciences category for her podium presentation “Optics of Implication: Rhetorical Performance in Zoom...

Apr 11, 2023
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Squint Presents Paper at ASAIL

Dr. Kirstin Squint presented “Tribalography, Water, and Retelling Removal in Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise” at the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL) virtual conference. This paper...

Apr 10, 2023
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Hoppenthaler Speaks at Pink Hill Library

John Hoppenthaler spoke about Native/Indigenous poets Joy Harjo and Natalie Diaz and led a generative workshop in Pink Hill on April 19. Mike Parker, a former English Teaching Instructor at...

Apr 05, 2023
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Banks Receives Five-Year Achievement for Excellence in Research and Creativity Award

Dr. Will Banks was selected as one of two recipients of the ECU Five-Year Achievement for Excellence in Research and Creativity Award, one of the most prestigious awards at ECU. This...

Apr 04, 2023
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Beezley Earns Ruth Brown Memorial Award

Shay Beezley (BA ’09) led a team that received the 2023 Ruth Brown Memorial Award at the recent University of Central Oklahoma Inaugural Metadata Justice Symposium. They were honored for...

Mar 29, 2023
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Bauer Wins James R. Talton Jr. Leadership Award

Dr. Margaret Bauer received the 2023 James R. Talton Jr. Leadership Award at the Chancellor's Horizon Awards for Service event held on Tuesday, March 28. The award is given annually to...

Mar 29, 2023
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Sisk Makes a Difference as Fellow for Mentoring and Inclusion

Jenn Sisk's service as the Fellow for Mentorship and Inclusion has been featured in the ECU Blog. Her story will appear in the summer edition of the Harriot College's Cornerstone...

Mar 29, 2023
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Smith Earns QM Course Certification

Leanne Smith has successfully completed her QM Course Certification for ENGL 1100. Andrew Horne of OFE writes: "Not only did you earn certification on the first round, you earned a...

Mar 29, 2023
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Klein and Clark inducted to ECU Servire Society

Drs. Amanda Klein and Erin Clark were inducted to the ECU Servire Society at the Chancellor's Horizon Awards in Service event held on Tuesday, March 28. East Carolina University’s motto is...

Mar 29, 2023
  • English Department

Schupbach Presents on Tolkien at ECU RCAW

Arthur Schupbach, a double major in English and English Education, presented "Tolkien’s Long Defeat and Final Victory: The Christian Triumph of King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings," on...