English News Archives

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hoppenthaler Interviewed in Lost in Thought

John Hoppenthaler's interview with College of Staten Island student, Avenella Claxton, and her Professor, poet Cate Marvin, appears in Lost in Thought, CSI's literary magazine. In the interview, Hoppenthaler states,...

Nov 19, 2024
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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
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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
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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...