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 where many of them study at some point in their undergraduate careers, and it houses the English Department. Helen C. …

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, “Writing Rivers.” “Writing Rivers” is an undergraduate course designed and taught by Professor Caroline Gottschalk Druschke. The course is rhetoric-focused …

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 a collective ‘wow’” from the award committee with “her tireless recruitment and mentorship of women of color, faculty and students …

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 as a generous teacher, colleague, and scholar.   Prof. Steele was a dedicated teacher who inspired countless students. In 1992, …

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, and colonial legacies. Her book, Postcolonial Paris: Fictions of Intimacy in the City of Light was recently published by the …

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, Bloomington. Professor Amine specializes in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century African American and African Diaspora Studies with a focus on race, migration, …

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 Paula Gillespie Writing Center TA Teaching Award Scott Harmon: English 100 Outstanding Teacher Award Leah Pope Parker: L&S Teaching Fellow Award …

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 sessions. The first ceremony featured speeches by graduating seniors Marian Coker, Erika Gallagher, and Nenad Jakovljevic. In a speech that …