On May 12, 2019, UW-Madison’s English department held a ceremony for its graduating English majors. Below see a video of the speeches given by three graduates (Ryan J. Mulrooney, Richardo Cortez de la Cruz II, …
Month: May 2019
English Department Retirements
On April 11th, friends and family gathered to celebrate this year’s retirees from the English department. The crowd raised glasses to celebrate Susan Stanford Friedman, Theresa Kelley, Lynn Keller, Judith Mitchell, and Karen Redfield. One highlight …
Global Black Literatures at UW
In the fall, we introduced our readers to the four new professors hired to the English department this school year. Professors Laila Amine, Ainehi Edoro, Yanie Fecu, and Kristina Huang joined the department after a …
Saying the “Unsayable”: An Interview with Sonya Larson ‘05
Saying the “Unsayable”: An Interview with Sonya Larson ‘05 Sonya Larson’s (B.A. ’05) short fiction and essays have appeared in Best American Short Stories 2017, American Short Fiction, American Literary Review, The Harvard Advocate, and …
Diversity + Inclusion Student Committee (D+ISC)
Readers of the fall newsletter might remember the announcement that Composition and Rhetoric graduate student Neil Simpkins won the inaugural Leadership and Service Award organized by the department’s Diversity and Inclusion Student Committee (D+ISC). This …
2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner: Gillian Laub ’97
“Then I stumbled on a more complicated story.” With this simple segue in her 2015 HBO documentary film: Southern Rites, Gillian Laub (BA ’97) shifts focus from her ongoing photographic chronicle of segregated proms in …
English Department TA Awards 2019
The English department celebrated its award-winning TAs this year at the April 30th department meeting. See below for the names of all award winners and for pictures from the event. In other big news, English …
Undergraduate English Major Awards 2019
On April 28, 2019, the English Department celebrated its award-winning majors in a ceremony at the Pyle Center. Pictures for the event below. For a full list of award winners, see the program here. Share …