Congratulations to Professor Christa Olson, new chair of the English Department, whose recent book, American Magnitude, received the 2022 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award from the Public Address division of the National Communication Association!
Professor Sunny Yudkoff is the recipient of the 2022 Phillip R. Certain-Gary D. Sandefur Letters & Science Distinguished Faculty Award. This annual award honors and recognizes outstanding teaching by a member of the College of Letters & Science faculty. The honorees are nominated by the academic associate deans in the college and selected by the dean. Congratulations Professor Yudkoff!
Professor Ainehi Edoro’s article “Unruly Archives: Literary Form and the Social Media Imaginary” came out this summer in English Literary History. In this article, Professor Edoro, working specifically with Facebook and “Dear Ijeawele,” Chimamanda Adichie’s feminist manifesto posted on Facebook in 2016, challenges the notion that the impact of social media has not been significant enough to …
Elaine Cannell, a PhD candidate in literary studies, has been awarded a campus-wide teaching assistant award for innovation in teaching. This award recognizes TAs who bring extraordinary creativity to their work and have developed or adapted teaching methods or techniques in new and innovative ways. To Elaine, innovative teaching means “not only deploying creative methods …
Congratulations to to Kristina Huang and Yanie Fécu, who have both been selected to receive Exceptional Service Support Program awards, which will provide them with one course release during the 2022-2023 academic year. This program acknowledges and supports assistant and associate professors, especially women and those from historically underrepresented groups, who are tasked with service activities beyond what is usually …
Caroline Hensley has been honored by the College of Letters and Sciences with a Graduate Peer Mentor Award which recognizes her current role as the Career Advisor for the English major. Her advising practice is centered around encouraging interdisciplinary thought and making employment pathways more accessible and equitable. The Graduate Student Peer Mentor Awards recognize …
Professor Sarah Ensor has been accepted into the Center for Humanities’ First Book Program. This program provides both scholarly and collegial support for junior faculty members revising their first academic book with the goal of turning solid and promising manuscripts into first-rate, field-shaping books. Professor Ensor’s project is tentatively titled “Terminal Regions: Queer Environmental Ethics …
Erin Polnaszek Boyd has been honored with a College of Letters and Sciences Early Career Academic Advising Award for her exemplary performance both in terms of her positive impact on students and through her contributions to the English Department. Hired just as the pandemic was forcing the campus into remote operations and instruction, Erin was …
The superb work of Nancy Linh Karls has improved the quality of writing of students, faculty and staff at all levels of the university. Far beyond campus, she’s made a profound impact through community outreach. Karls has been part of the core leadership team of The Writing Center and its Writing Across the Curriculum program …
Professor Ralph Grunewald has been appointed Mellon-Morgridge Professor in the Humanities for the 2022-23 academic year, leading a constellation course on “Truth and Crime.” Made possible by support from the Mellon Foundation and John P. and Tashia Morgridge and housed in the Constellations humanities program, Mellon-Morgridge Professors teach high-enrollment classes animated by contemporary questions around …