English News Archives

Jun 05, 2024
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Squint Serves as Honors Examiner at Swarthmore College

Dr. Kirstin Squint served as an honors examiner at Swarthmore College for Dr. Peter Schmidt’s English Studies 116/Black Studies 116: Rethinking Southern Studies Honors Seminar. Swarthmore’s Honors Program was created...

May 23, 2024
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Hoppenthaler Serves as Poet in Residence

John Hoppenthaler enjoyed a recent residency fellowship at the Wofford College Goodall Center for Environmental Studies. While there, he gave a reading for Wofford students and wrote poems based on...

May 13, 2024
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Herron Completes Work on Castle to Classrooms

Dr. Thomas Herron, Doug Barnum (ITCS), Laurie Godwin (ITCS), and colleagues from outside ECU have completed their prototype teaching modules for the Castle to Classrooms project. Made possible by a...

May 13, 2024
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Froula Speaks About “Tayor’s Version” Class

Dr. Anna Froula recently conducted two interviews promoting her fall class — ENGL 1500 Taylor's Version. WITN Interview WNCT Interview The class' description states, "Using Taylor Swift’s career as a...

May 13, 2024
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Flora Thomas Pens “Killing the Rabbit”

Amber Flora Thomas's essay, "Killing the Rabbit," was published in Orion Magazine. In the piece, Flora Thomas writes, "Over the decades, as though possessed, I continued to write poems about...

May 13, 2024
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Shields Publishes Book on the Lost Colony

Retired Professor Dr. Tom Shields and Charlie Ewen's book Becoming the Lost Colony: The History, Lore and Popular Culture of the Roanoke Mystery is now out from McFarland Books. Shields...

May 12, 2024
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Gueye Pens Article in Africa is a Country

Dr. Marame Gueye published an article on the low representation of women in Senegal's new government and the glamorizing of polygamy in the online site — Africa Is a Country....

Apr 24, 2024
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Squint Wins 2024 Scholar-Teacher Award

Dr. Kirstin Squint received the 2024 Scholar-Teacher Award at the University Teaching Awards Celebration held on April 22. The award is given in recognition of faculty who effectively integrate research...

Apr 24, 2024
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Hoppenthaler Participates in New Poetry Trail

John Hoppenthaler and other creative writers read to celebrate the new Lake Johnson Park Interpretive Poetry Trail in Raleigh on Sunday, 4/21/24. The interpretive poetry trail will feature the work...

Apr 23, 2024
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Squint Hosts Event at Cherokee Central Schools

Dr. Kirstin Squint hosted an event at Cherokee Central Schools entitled “A Celebration of EBCI Writers in the North Carolina Literary Review!” featuring readings by Eastern Band of Cherokee writers...