English News Archives

Sep 20, 2021
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Kruschek Pens Article

Ph.D. Alumna Gina Kruschek published the article, “Stigma in the Comments Section: Feminist and Anti-Feminist Discussions Online,” was published in Computers and Composition. Kruschek is a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral...

Sep 20, 2021
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Kirkland’s 50 Years Highlighted by ECU

Dr. Jim Kirkland is featured in a news story on the ECU homepage for his fifty years of service on the ECU faculty. “Teaching has always been the great joy...

Sep 20, 2021
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Sylvester Saraceno Publishes First Novel

Congratulations to ECU MA Creative Writing alumna June Sylvester Saraceno, whose first novel, Feral, North Carolina 1965 is coming out this month. Originally from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Sylvester Saraceno...

Sep 20, 2021
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Watson’s Article reprinted in Collection

Dr. Reggie Watson’s article “The Changing Face of Biraciality: The White/Jewish Mother as Tragic Mulatto Figure in James McBride’s The Color of Water and Danzy Senna’s Caucasia” was recently reprinted...

Sep 20, 2021
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Hoppenthaler Remembers Toni Morrison

Creative Writing Professor John Hoppenthaler was featured in multiple media outlets reflecting on the passing of literary great Toni Morrison. Hoppenthaler served as Toni Morrison’s personal assistant for about a...

Sep 20, 2021
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Gueye Featured in the New York Times

Dr. Marame Gueye, whose expertise on representations of women in Senegalese popular culture was recently cited in the New York Times. “Bold Women. Scandalized Viewers. It’s ‘Sex and the City,’...

Sep 20, 2021
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Kitta’s Purr-fect Article at #FolkloreThursday

Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Kitta, whose short article “Mis-purrs-ecptions: Cat Folklore” was published August 15 on the #FolkloreThursday blog. This piece is based on Kitta’s Nerd Nite talk from April...

Sep 20, 2021
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Sharer’s Chapter Published in Retellings

Dr. Wendy Sharer’s chapter “Opening the Scholarly Conversation” was published over the summer in the co-edited collection, Retellings: Opportunities for Feminist Research in Rhetoric and Composition Studies from Parlor Press....

Sep 20, 2021
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Parille’s Essay Featured in The Comics Journal

Ken Parille’s essay “Steve Ditko and the Comic-Book People” was recently published at The Comics Journal. First published in 1976, The Comics Journal is an incendiary magazine of critical and journalistic advocacy...

Sep 20, 2021
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Moore Pens Essay in NewBlackMan (in Exile)

Eddie Moore’s essay “Incidents in the Life of an Unholy Black-ish Queer Boy” was published in May on the website NewBlackMan (in Exile). The site is curated by Duke University...