English News Archives

Sep 20, 2021
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Huang’s Article Compares Three Great Wall Films

Dr. Su-ching Huang’s article, “Rewriting History, Narrating Nation: The Great Wall in Sino-US Co-productions in the New Millennium,” has been published in the newest issue of The Journal of Chinese...

Sep 20, 2021
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Hallberg Feature on Micro Podcast

Christy Hallberg is one of three featured writers on a recent edition of Micro: A Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing. She’s reading her flash story “Aperture,” published in Fiction Southeast...

Sep 20, 2021
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Herron’s Research Highlighted at ECU Awards Ceremony

Dr. Tom Herron was recognized at yesterday’s Research and Creative Activity Awards ceremony for his work on the “Castle to Classrooms” NEH grant. The ceremony highlighted how research has continued...

Sep 20, 2021
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Kitta Interviewed in Slate Magazine

Dr. Andrea Kitta was interviewed by Slate on COVID folklore and the importance of narrative in vaccine efforts. In the article, Kitta states, “With COVID, we have some stories like...

Sep 20, 2021
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Klein Publishes book on MTV

Dr. Amanda Ann Klein’ s book Millennials Killed the Video Star: MTV’s Transition to Reality Programming has been published by Duke University Press. You can read the introduction for free...

Sep 20, 2021
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Herron’s Work Featured in Spenser Studies

Dr. Tom Herron has published the article: “Mixed Up:  Race, Degeneration, and ‘Old English’ Politics in Spenser’s Bower of Bliss and Castle Joyous,” in the journal Spenser Studies. This article is...

Sep 20, 2021
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Gueye Featured in The Bellingham Review

Dr. Marame Gueye’s new creative nonfiction essay, “Cooking Yassa with Ami,” was recently published in the Bellingham Review’s new online series “Resilient Pieholes.” The Bellingham Review publishes literature of palpable...

Sep 20, 2021
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Wieland Featured on NC Bookwatch

Dr. Liza Wieland was interviewed for the 12/13 episode of NC Bookwatch. Wieland discussed her latest novel, Paris 7 a.m. NC Public Television described the book as “a beautifully imagined depiction of...

Sep 20, 2021
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Herron Featured in Medieval Warfare

Tom Herron’s NEH-funded “Castles to Classrooms: Developing an Irish Castle in Virtual Reality” project is featured in a two-page spread in the Feb/March 2021 issue of Medieval Warfare magazine, with...

Sep 20, 2021
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Mckoy Wins Presidents Dissertation Award

ECU English alumna Dr. Temptaous McKoy (PhD 2019), now an assistant professor at Bowie State University, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Presidents Dissertation Award from the...