English Department Archives

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Raper’s Class Appears on ECUNOW

Dr. Angela Raper’s class is the lead story on ECUNOW, the official blog about news, honors, and events at East Carolina University. Raper is using a Reacting to the Past...

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Almuna Davis Featured in Missouri S&T video

Dr. Carleigh Davis (Ph.D. 2018) is currently featured in a Missouri University of Science and Technology video in which she discusses the differences between technical writing and conventional writing. Dr....

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Jennette Named Robert H. Wright Alumni Leader

English major Matthew Jennette was named as one of this year’s recipients of the 2020 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award. This prestigious university-wide award is given by the ECU...

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Herron Awarded Visiting Fellowship

Dr. Tom Herron has received a visiting fellowship from the Maynooth University Arts and Humanities Institute (MUAHI) in Ireland. He will be in residence there for two weeks this summer,...

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Wieland Receives ECU Lifetime Award for Excellence

Dr. Liza Wieland was named this year’s winner of the ECU Lifetime Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity. Wieland’s long and impressive record of creative activity will be...

Sep 20, 2021
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McKoy Receives Outstanding Dissertation Award at CCCC

ECU English alumna Dr. Temptaous Mckoy (Ph.D. 2019), now an assistant professor at Bowie State University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Conference on College Composition and...

Sep 20, 2021
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Roszak Publishes Two New Chapters

Dr. Suzanne Manizza Roszak recently published two book chapters: “Rewritings and Relevance: Teaching Gloria Naylor’s Linden Hills Alongside Dante’s Inferno,” in Approaches to Teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy. “Where Spirituality Ebbs...

Sep 20, 2021
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Eble Wins Book Award

Congratulations to Michelle Eble, whose book Key Theoretical Frameworks: Teaching Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century (Utah State UP 2018, co-edited with Angela Haas of Illinois State University) has won...

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Kitta Publishes New Chapter

Dr. Andrea Kitta has a chapter, “American Folk Medicine and Health Practices,” in The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore And Folklife Studies (Oxford University Press, 2019). This book was recently...

Sep 20, 2021
  • English Department

Klein Publishes Two New Essays

Dr. Amanda Klein had two essays recently published. “Teaching Fake News and Resisting the Privilege of Forgetting,” invited essay for Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age....