English Department Archives

Oct 22, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Assists River District

John Hoppenthaler was a featured reader at the Writer's Association of Northern Appalachia online reading to raise money for Asheville's hard-hit River District. The portal for contributions will remain open until...

Oct 10, 2024
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Clark and Bikmohammadi Named #PITUN Grantees

Dr. Erin Clark, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication doctoral student Mina Bikmohammadi, and Dr. Ryan Cheek (Missouri S&T) were named #PITUN #NetworkChallenge24 grantees. The group will convene scholars, students, and...

Oct 10, 2024
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Brantley Selected as Jordan Chair of Southern Literature

ECU alumni Michael K. Brantley has been selected as the distinguished Elizabeth H. Jordan Endowed Chair of Southern Literature at Barton College. Brantley’s new appointment was effective at the beginning...

Oct 10, 2024
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Glover and Hoppenthaler Receive Research Reassignment Award

Dr. Brian Glover and Professor John Hoppenthaler received the ECU research reassignment award for Spring 2025 The Research and Creative Activities Committee and the Office of Research, Economic Development and...

Sep 26, 2024
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Tuck Wins AWP’s James Alan McPherson prize

Dean Marshall Tuck's novel Twinless Twin was selected as the recipient of the James Alan McPherson prize for the novel by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. The AWP recently...

Sep 12, 2024
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Kitta Gives Byokin Lecture at LOC

Dr. Andrea Kitta gave one of the Botkin Lectures at the Library of Congress. In this lecture, "Conspiracy Theories, Folklore, and Belief," Kitta discussed some definitions of conspiracy theories and...

Aug 20, 2024
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Blackmon Wins CPTSC Graduate Student Research Award

Codi Renee Blackmon is one of the winners of the second annual CPTSC Graduate Student Research Award. The committee selected three winners from an excellent pool of applications. Codi Renee's...

Aug 15, 2024
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Gueye Featured in THCAS and World Literature Today

A news article about Marame Gueye's work and upcoming Fulbright stay Gueye receives Fulbright to teach, research the politics of feminism, wifehood has been published on the Harriot College website. Also,...

Aug 15, 2024
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Feder Publishes Article and Poem

Dr. Helena Feder has published an article in Green Letters titled "Desexualisation of the Species or Frankenstein and Possibility of an Island." In the article, Feder writes, "Shelley imagined the creation...

Aug 12, 2024
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Hoppenthaler Poetry Featured in Multiple Outlets

John Hoppenthaler has two poems in the Gallery for Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders: A companion to the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1), Forthcoming, Fall...