English News Archives

Aug 02, 2022
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Bauer Celebrates 25 Years with NCLR

Dr. Margaret Bauer reached her Silver Anniversary as Editor of North Carolina Literary Review. Since taking the helm of the journal in 1997, Bauer has spent the past 25 years...

Jul 22, 2022
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Froula Publishes in NCLR

Dr. Anna Froula published an article, "That's How We Learn: Ben Fountain Talks with Student Veterans at East Carolina University," in the latest North Carolina Literary Review. This is a...

Jul 20, 2022
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Squint Authors Chapter “Native South”

Dr. Kirstin Squint published a chapter entitled “Native Souths” in The Routledge Companion to Literature of the U.S. South, edited by Katharine A. Burnett, Todd Hagstette, and Monica Carol Miller....

Jul 12, 2022
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Caswell Publishes Chapter on Writing Center Experience

Drs. Nikki Caswell published a chapter on her work in the writing center, “Centering Emotion at the Writing Center: An Approach to Tutor Training,” in the edited collection Literacy and...

Jun 20, 2022
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Dr. Sherry Southard (1942-2022)

Dr. Southard came to East Carolina University in 1989 after ten years as a member of the technical and professional communication faculty at Oklahoma State University. Her research interests included...

Jun 15, 2022
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Hallberg Interviewed on Podcast

Christy Hallberg was a guest on Rock in Retrospect podcast to discuss her novel, Searching for Jimmy Page. Per the show notes, "[Hallberg] talked to us about her literary influences,...

Jun 14, 2022
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Frost Elected to Doctoral Program Consortium

Dr. Erin Frost has just been elected an at-large member of the Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric & Composition. Frost is pleased to serve in that role and to...

Jun 07, 2022
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Eble Named ECU Graduate School Faculty Fellow

Dr. Michelle Eble was named one of two faculty fellows appointed by the Graduate School during the 2022-2023 academic year. Eble will be focused on efforts that include faculty collaboration such as...

Jun 07, 2022
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Banville Receives Grant From CPTSC

Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication PhD student Morgan Banville just received a grant from the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication to support her dissertation research. Founded in...

Jun 07, 2022
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Flora Thomas publishes Three New Poems

Amber Flora Thomas published three new poems recently. "Some Ways We Live Beyond Your Death" was published in Ecotone No. 31, Fall/Winter 2021. "The Age of Convergence" was published in Orion's 40th-anniversary...