English News Archives

Oct 14, 2025
  • English Department

Kitta Interviewed in Pittsburgh Papers, leads ECU Ghost Walk

Dr. Andrea Kitta was  interviewed for two recent Halloween-focused articles — “Behind Pittsburgh’s ‘Most Haunted House’, a Story of Gangland Intrigue.” Pittsburgh City Paper. and “Is Pittsburgh One Big Haunted...

Sep 29, 2025
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Bradley and Amador Win Teaching Awards

Anna Bradley and Steven Amador were selected as winners of the Bertie Fearing Award for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants for AY 2024-2025. Bradley,  who graduated in Spring...

Sep 29, 2025
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Wieland Pens New Novel

Professor Emerita Liza Wieland, who taught fiction writing for many years, has published a new novel, The Journal of Djuna Malik (Livingston Press). The book is described as "a harrowing...

Sep 23, 2025
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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
  • English Department

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...

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