English News Archives

Sep 23, 2025
  • English Department

Bernard Wins Editor’s Prize

Dr. Rebecca Bernard's story "In Plato's Cave No. 1" (which was inspired by her time at new faculty orientation!) won the Editor's Prize from The Adroit Journal and will come...

Sep 23, 2025
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Klein Appears on “Curse of: America’s Next Top Model

Dr. Amanda Klein was interviewed for the new podcast entitled “Curse of: America’s Next Top Model”. “The Series Will Investigate Reality TV’s Most Iconic—and Infamous—Competition Series and the Cultural Impact...

Sep 22, 2025
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Al Muller (1944-2025)

Muller taught at ECU from 1976 until 2011. He served as the Director of English Education, and his research interests were English Education, Young Adult Literature, American Literature, and Baseball....

Sep 22, 2025
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Gueye Writes Article in Theories Feministes

Dr. Marame Gueye wrote a piece on Patricia Hill Collins in French for Theories Feministes (Editions Seuil, 2025),  an anthology edited by Camille Froidevaux-Metterie at the University of Reims in...

Sep 17, 2025
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Hoppenthaler Featured in New Anthology

John Hoppenthaler has a poem included in a new anthology, The Book of Jobs. The anthology was featured first in ONE ART on Sept. 1, 2025 — Labor Day —...

Sep 04, 2025
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Hart Publishes New Poem

ECU Creative Writing alum Austin Harold Hart has a new poem out in Book of Matches. Hart is a Poet, Social Theorist, Linguist, Mythologist and English Literature Professor at Shaw University....

Sep 02, 2025
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Shields Publishes New Article

Dr. Tom Shields, Associate Professor Emeritus, has recently published the article "From Columbus to Corridos: Thirty-Plus Years of Bringing Hispanic and Latinx Writing to the Early American Literature Classroom," in...

Aug 25, 2025
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Gueye Awarded Thomas W. Rivers Distinguished Professorship

Dr. Marame Gueye has been selected for the Thomas W. Rivers Distinguished Professor for Global Understanding for the academic years 2025-26 and 2026-27. Dean Danell writes that the committee was impressed...

Aug 20, 2025
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Kitta Appears on History Channel

Dr. Andrea Kitta was featured on an episode of The UnXplained with William Shatner on Urban Legends that recently aired on The History Channel. Some of the topics Andrea discussed...

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...

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