English News Archives

Sep 21, 2021
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Feder Appears in ECU News

Dr. Helena Feder, English, and Great Books are featured in an ECU news story about Helena’s forthcoming anthology, You are the River, and the new Great Books sculpture near Mendenhall. You...

Sep 21, 2021
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Atkinson Hired by Wake Forest University

Dr. LaKela Atkinson, a recent graduate of the PhD program in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication, accepted a full-time one-year visiting assistant professor position at Wake Forest University. Each semester,...

Sep 21, 2021
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Squint Published in The Literary Encyclopedia

Dr. Kirstin Squint’s article “LeAnne Howe” was published in The Literary Encyclopedia. The Literary Encyclopedia is a constantly evolving and updating repository of authoritative reference work about literary and cultural...

Sep 21, 2021
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Kitta’s Scholarship Spotlighted

Dr. Andrea Kitta published two articles in Advancing Folkloristics: “An Epidemic of Meanings”: The Tenuous Nature of Public Intellectualism, Reflexivity, and Belief Scholarship” and “Folklore: Getting Others to Take the Discipline Seriously...

Sep 21, 2021
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Klein Speaks about Her New Book

Dr. Amanda Klein has made several media appearances over the past week. Klein joined KERA’s Think host Krys Boyd to discuss why MTV moved away from rock stars and shifted...

Sep 21, 2021
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Shields’ Work Featured in ANQ

Dr. Tom Shields’ article “The First Literary Fictions of the 1587 Roanoke ‘Lost Colony’” was just published in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews. Shields identifies...

Sep 21, 2021
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Kain’s Article Featured in Ocean and Coastal Management

Dr. Donna Kain’s article, “Sea level rise hazardscapes of North Carolina: Perceptions of risk and prospects for policy,” was just published in the journal Ocean & Coastal Management. The article...

Sep 21, 2021
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Roberson Woolard Publishes Memoir Excerpt

Tracy Roberson Woolard (2012 MA, Creative Writing concentration) recently published her memoir excerpt “Margaritas, Courvoisier, Moonshine & Angels” in the journal Midnight Indigo: celebrating black women writers. Another of Roberson...

Sep 21, 2021
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Putnam Receives Senior Staff Excellence Award

Tim Putnam, Graduate Studies Assistant, has won the Harriot College Staff Council Senior Staff Excellence Award. Putnam consistently goes above and beyond in his problem-solving and service to faculty, students,...

Sep 21, 2021
  • English Department

Banks Publishes English Studies Online

Dr. Will Banks’ collection, co-edited with Susan Spangler (SUNY Fredonia), English Studies Online: Programs, Practices, Possibilities has been published by Parlor Press. Will co-wrote the introduction and authored a chapter....