English Department Archives

Apr 18, 2022
  • English Department

Taylor Wins Outstanding Staff Award

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...

Apr 14, 2022
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Sharer and Morse Join WPA Editorial Team

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....

Apr 07, 2022
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Cariño Selected For Whitling Award

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....

Apr 06, 2022
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Hallberg Wins Honorable Mention from BookFest

Christy Hallberg's novel, Searching for Jimmy Page (Livingston Press, 2021), was just awarded Honorable Mention in Fiction by The BookFest Awards. The novel also was recently named a Distinguished Favorite...

Apr 05, 2022
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Bauer Publishes Two Essays

Dr. Margaret Bauer recently published two essays. “There Is No Road Less Traveled” appeared in Chautauqua on March 3. “Queen Me,” which was a finalist in Missouri Review’s prestigious Jeffrey E. Smith...

Apr 01, 2022
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Montgomery Honored with Leadership Award

Dr. Marianne Montgomery received one of ECU’s highest honors, the Talton Leadership Award. The Talton Leadership Award was created to honor the servant leadership of the late James R. Talton Jr. ('65).  The award goes to...

Mar 28, 2022
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Harjo Appears as Part of the Big Read — Greenville

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) will read from An American Sunrise and other works on March 30 at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater in the ECU Main Campus Student...

Mar 21, 2022
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Kitta Gives Presentation at Oklahoma State

Earlier this month, Andrea Kitta gave an invited lecture at the Oklahoma State University as part of its Humanities Initiative Speaker Series, “Bat Soup and Signs of the Beast: COVID...

Mar 20, 2022
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Hallberg Featured on Podcast

Christie Hallberg was recently a guest on the Drinks with Tony podcast to talk about her novel, Searching for Jimmy Page. The podcast, hosted by Tony DuShane, is based in...

Mar 18, 2022
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Morris, Singletary, and Morse Present at CCCC

Abigail Morris, Zachary Singletary (RWPC PhD student), and Tracy Ann Morse presented at this year’s Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) annual convention. Their panel was titled "Insider Identities...