Drs. Donna Kain and Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs were recognized at a Mentorship Breakfast hosted by the Women and Gender Office. Dr. Kain is the English Department’s Undergraduate Director. Dr. Dudasik-Wiggs serves...
Congratulations to Christy Hallberg, whose novel, Searching for Jimmy Page, won in three categories of the Firebird Book Awards: 3rd place Literary Fiction, 2nd place Southern Fiction, and 1st place...
Alum Ina Cariño (BA English and Creative Writing Minor, ’16), recent recipient of the Whiting Award, has received the George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. The...
Dr. Kirstin Squint and Kenneth Roemer’s co-authored chapter, “Tribalography in Motion: LeAnne Howe,” appears in the collection Postindian Aesthetics: Affirming Literary Indigenous Sovereignty, edited by Debra Barker and Connie Jacobs....
Gera Miles won the East Carolina University 2022 Centennial Award in Spirit. The Centennial Awards for Excellence represent the highest awards given to ECU faculty and staff for excellence in each of...
Dr. Margaret Bauer received a $2000 grant from North Carolina Humanities for a project entitled “Teaching North Carolina Literature.” In collaboration with Carolina K-12, the North Carolina Literary Review will...
Christy Hallberg was just featured on the podcast Analog Smile to discuss her novel Searching for Jimmy Page, launching the book in NYC during the pandemic, teaching and writing, and several...
Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication PhD student Ashleigh Taylor was honored with the Outstanding Staff Award from the Student Affairs division. Taylor is the University Program Associate for Student Affairs...
Drs. Tracy Morse and Wendy Sharer have officially started as part of the editorial team for WPA: Writing Program Administration, the flagship journal for writing program and writing studies scholarship....
Alum Ina Cariño (BA English and Creative Writing Minor, ’16) is one of ten winners of the 2022 Whiting Award, a major national award for emerging writers that carries a $50,000 prize....