English News Archives

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...

Jun 03, 2022
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BA alumna Saraceno Accepts Director Position

BA English alumna June Sylvester Saraceno is now the director of the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe Sylvester Saraceno's most recent full-length poetry collection is...

Jun 03, 2022
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Hallberg Interviewed on Rock School Podcast

Christy Hallberg was recently a guest on Dr. Joe Burns' podcast, Rock School, to talk about her novel, Searching for Jimmy Page, among other topics such as East Carolina University,...

Jun 02, 2022
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Hallberg Interviewed on Podcast

Christy Hallberg was recently a guest on the podcast Ridiculous Rock Record Reviews, during which she talked about her novel, Searching for Jimmy Page, and, as part of a rowdy...

May 28, 2022
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Squint Presents Paper at SSSL

Dr. Kirstin Squint presented the paper, “Indigenous Removal and (Un)Recognition in the Plantationocene: Documenting Louisiana’s Rising Waters” at the Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference. Squint also had the...

May 17, 2022
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Hoppenthaler Featured in Poetry Project

John Hoppenthaler's untitled haiku was chosen to be displayed at a variety of sites in Newton, MA as part of Poetry Newton's Haiku Newton project, sponsored by the Newton Cultural...