English News Archives

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Cariño Wins Alice James Award

Alum Ina Cariño (BA English and Creative Writing Minor, ’16) has won the 2021 Alice James Award for their manuscript, FEAST. Cariño’s book of poetry will be published by Alice...

Sep 20, 2021
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Wieland Publishes Two Stories in After the Pause

Dr. Liza Wieland published a double story feature in the Spring 2021 issue of After the Pause. After the Pause is a quarterly experimental online literary journal, based in Indianapolis. The...

Sep 20, 2021
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Department’s Diversity Lauded in ECU Article

ECU English was featured in a University News story on the department’s commitment to inclusivity and diversity. The story details how four ENGL alumnae (Drs. Cecilia Shelton, Temptaous McKoy, Kimberly C....

Sep 20, 2021
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Shelton Wins Dissertation Award

ECU English alumna Cecilia Shelton (PhD RWPC 2019), now an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Conference on College Composition...

Sep 20, 2021
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Hatcher to Join Univ. of Scranton Faculty

Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication PhD student Alicia Hatcher has accepted an offer to join the faculty of the University of Scranton as a tenure-track assistant professor. Hatcher will be...

Sep 20, 2021
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Banks Receives Stonewall Award

Dr. Will Banks received the 2021 Stonewall Service Award for the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). This award recognizes members of CCCC/NCTE who have consistently worked to improve...

Sep 20, 2021
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Bauer Publishes Article in The Dead Mule School

Dr. Margaret Bauer’s creative nonfiction essay “When a Cajun Calls: Louisiana Priorities, circa 2002” was just published in the February 2021 issue of The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature....

Sep 20, 2021
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Faculty Recognized by Campus Living

Several English faculty and graduate students were honored in Fall 2020 as Campus Living Honored Instructors. Honored Instructors are nominated by students in their classes. Congratulations to Zachary Perkinson, Jennifer Sisk, Marc Petersen, Cheryl...

Sep 20, 2021
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Former ENGL 7712 Student Lands $449K Grant

Vanessa Cogdell Moore, a 2019 graduate of the College of Education Certificate in Distance Education and Administration, is the co-founder of Fish Out Of Water, a Fayetteville-based non-profit career development...

Sep 20, 2021
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Squint and Bauer Appear on NC Bookwatch

Margaret Bauer joined Randall Kenan, Big Fish writer Daniel Wallace, and NC Writers’ Network Director Ed Southern gathered to talk about “North Carolina’s Literary Landscape:” Kirstin Squint appeared on the...