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Our department is honored to be the home of two professors who are recipients of the College of Letters & Science 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award. Creative Writing Professor Amaud Johnson has been awarded the Chancellor’s Inclusive …

Many of our Faculty and graduate students in the Literary Studies program have been published recently. Consider adding some of these essays and articles to your reading list this week! Adam Schuster‘s article “Boundaries Bind …

Many of our alums have recently won awards that we want to celebrate! Sharon Yam, who received a PhD in Composition and Rhetoric in 2016, has won the prestigious 2021 Conference on College Composition and …

We would like to celebrate Professor Dantiel Moniz’s recent book reviews as well as Creative Writing instructor Leila Chatti’s recent good news: Professor Dantiel Moniz’s collection of short stories Milk, Blood, Heat has gotten great reviews …

ll be part of the series ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise edited by Mel Y. Chen and Jasbir K. Puar.

In Memoriam Howard D. Weinbrot  It is with sorrow that the English department announces the death of Howard D. Weinbrot, Ricardo Quintana Professor English, Emeritus and Vilas Research Professor of English, Emeritus.  Professor Weinbrot, who …

M Ty has received a Volkswagen Foundation Research Fellowship which will allow them to continue their research in Europe. Josh Calhoun has won a Vilas Associate Award. Amanda Shubert, Jen Plants, and Ralph Grunewald all …

We are lucky to begin the year with several new members of the department. Please join us in welcoming the following people: Erin Polnaszek Boyd is our new full-time undergraduate advisor. She is formally from …

Several faculty and alumni from our department are receiving book awards and publishing new work. We congratulate their efforts! Amaud Johnson’s book Imperial Liquor is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle poetry award! Additionally, …