Our department is home to several recent recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award! This is the highest teaching honor UW–Madison has to bestow on faculty members. We extend congratulations to: We also congratulate Sunny Yudkoff, our affiliate colleague in the department of German, Nordic, and Slavic, for winning the William H. Kiekhofer Teaching Award.
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 will be greatly missed. We encourage you to read Aaron Conklin’s article detailing Chris’s advising career in the College of Letters …
We have been lucky enough to welcome so many new people into the department this year that we have to split up our introductions over two newsletters! Look for another round of intros in the Spring issue. Professor Ralph Grunewald—Literary Studies We recently met up with Prof. Grunewald for a cup of coffee and a …