Helen C. White Award: Interview with Susan Maloney
The Helen C. White Award is presented to women majoring in the Humanities who exemplify the sterling character of its namesake. Students across the UW campus recognize the name “Helen C. White”—it adorns the building …
December 11, 2018Faculty Publications, 2018
Monographs Postcolonial Paris: Fictions of Intimacy in the City of Light Laila Amine University of Wisconsin Press, 2018 “In the global imagination, Paris is the city’s glamorous center, ignoring the Muslim residents in its outskirts …
December 11, 2018Writing Rivers with Professor Caroline Gottschalk Druschke
In the spring of 2018, a group of twelve undergrads extended their usual commute by about 90 miles. They were on a field trip to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in LaFarge, Wisconsin for their class, …
December 11, 2018Recognizing Excellence in the Department
Our own Professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson received a 2018 Outstanding Women of Color Award. The award recognizes the extraordinary work done by women of color from across campus and in the larger Madison community. Prof. Sherrard-Johnson “drew …
December 10, 2018In Memoriam: Professor Jeffrey Steele (1947-2018)
This year, we sadly said goodbye to Professor Jeffrey Steele, who died on May 5 at the age of 71. A beloved member of the English Department faculty since 1981, Prof. Steele will be remembered …
December 10, 2018Meet the New Faculty
Before coming to UW, Professor Laila Amine most recently taught at the University of North Texas. She specializes in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century African American and African Diaspora Studies with a focus on race, migration, …
December 10, 2018Sage Wisdom from Veteran Teaching Assistants: Leah Pope Parker and Neil Simpkins
Pretty much every student has an anecdote about running into their English TA outside of the classroom. It’s like spotting a snow leopard. The elusive Teaching Assistant may appear at the gym, the grocery store, …
May 23, 2018New English Professors and Global Black Literatures at UW
UW’s English Department is excited to welcome four new professors for the 2018-19 school year. Professor Laila Amine is coming to us from the University of North Texas. She completed her Ph.D. at Indiana University, …
May 23, 2018English Department TA Awards 2018
Here are this year’s award winning TAs in the English Department: Thatcher Spero: English as a Second Language TA Teaching Award Neil Simpkins: L&S Teaching Fellow Award AND Professor Joyce Steward Writing Center TA Teaching Award Tori Thompson Peters: Professor …
May 16, 2018English Department Graduation Spring 2018
On May 11th, senior English majors, their friends, and families gathered in Elvehjem Hall to celebrate this year’s graduating class. In order to accommodate all of our majors, this year’s ceremony was split into two …
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