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• Chris Logterman 1977-2020

  The English Department is mourning the sudden loss 0f Chris Logterman, who joined us last year as our undergraduate advisor. She was a wonderful person to work with and an admirable advocate for students. She …

  August 27, 2020

• Celebration of Graduates, Spring 2020

  While we wish we could celebrate in person, UW-Madison English is proud to acknowledge the Class of 2020. Congratulations, seniors—and on, Wisconsin! Printable program Transcript of videos 2020 English Major Awards Welcome Professor Anja Wanner, …

  May 9, 2020

• Q&A with new Department Chair Professor Anja Wanner

  Q: Can you tell our readers a little bit about yourself? A: I am one of the linguists in the department, a syntactician by training. I study the structure of the English language and how …

  December 15, 2019

• Digital Mappa takes online scholarship to a whole new level

  A Digital Humanities project developed by Professor Martin Foys is changing what is possible in medieval studies—and beyond. The project, an open-access software platform called Digital Mappa, can be used for editing, annotating and publishing …

  December 15, 2019

• Celebrating 50 years of the Writing Center

  Did you ever procrastinate on an essay, forcing you to stay up all night writing? This November, the Writing Center celebrated its 50th anniversary of undermining the continued existence of that collegiate rite of passage. …

  December 15, 2019