English News Archives

Jul 31, 2025
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NCLR Receives NCWC Honor

The North Carolina Literary Review was honored for its legacy of preserving and promoting North Carolina's rich literary tradition since 1992 during the annual gathering of the North Carolina Writers...

Jul 31, 2025
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Caswell Elected Vice-President of OWCA

Dr. Nikki Caswell has been elected as vice president of the Online Writing Centers Association. As part of this five-year commitment, she will then serve as the association's president and past...

Jul 30, 2025
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Hoppenthaler Mentioned on Toni Morrison Podcast

John Hoppenthaler, who served as Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s Personal Assistant for nine years, had his listener comment featured as part of a recent 1A podcast about Toni Morrison’s work as...

Jul 29, 2025
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Squint Advances Native American Literary Scholarship

Dr. Kirstin Squint wrote the entry on Choctaw Nation writer, LeAnne Howe, in American Indian Literature: an Encyclopedia for Students, edited by Dr. Kimberley Wieser-Weryackwe, and recently published by Bloomsbury....

Jul 24, 2025
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Akorli and Shrestha Receive Awards

PhD students Ernestina Akorfa Akorli and Kalpana Shrestha were honored at the Feminisms & Rhetorics conference (July 17-19) in  Durham, New Hampshire. Akorli received the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship in support...

Jul 15, 2025
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Kitta Shares Groundbreaking Folklore Research Across Europe

Dr. Andrea Kitta recently made three presentations: "Is the Hook a Coat Hanger? A Reconsideration of Symbolism in The Hook Legend." International Society for Contemporary Legend Research Annual Meeting in...

Jul 15, 2025
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Bernard Publishes Three Stories

Dr. Rebecca Bernard has had three recent publications. "An Overwhelming Loneliness" was published in the spring print issue of South Carolina Review and is also available online. "Baby Teeth" came...

Jul 15, 2025
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Hoppenthaler Works with Hélène Cardona

Hélène Cardona invited John Hoppenthaler to participate in The Creative Process, a nonprofit, multidisciplinary, international educational initiative, podcast, and traveling exhibition. Hoppenthaler will take part in SYNESTHESIA, an arts and...

Jul 09, 2025
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Clark and Bikmohammadi Publish Article

Dr. Erin Clark, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication doctoral student Mina Bikmohammadi have just published "Understanding and Developing Programmatic Support for Doctoral Students" in Programmatic Perspectives. Dr. Clark credited Bikmohammadi and...

Jun 30, 2025
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Parille Featured in The Comics Journal

Dr. Ken Parille has an essay in The Comics Journal titled “Chris Ware’s ‘Playdate’ and Visual Allegory.” In the article, Parille argues, "Reading Ware’s art through the lens of ‘visual...