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New Administrative Support Associate: Kaila Hill
Dec 2, 2019

I am happy to announce that we have hired Kaila Hill to be our Administrative Support Associate, starting on December 16. Kaila is a graduate of the E...

Peaches Hash and the Fulbright TEA Program
Nov 19, 2019

Peaches Hash and the Fulbright TEA ProgramFor almost two months, the Fulbright TEA (Teachers Excellence and Achievement Program) brought dozens of tea...

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The 2019 Rhetoric and Composition Institute
Nov 13, 2019

Every year, the English Department hosts the Rhetoric and Composition Institute (RCI). This year’s RCI, held on October 24th and 25th, was on the th...

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Meet Dr. Frank Hurley
Nov 11, 2019

Dr. Frank Hurley, one of our visiting professors, specializes in business writing and communication and brings over fifteen years of professional expe...

Human Development and Creative Writing in Croatia
Nov 6, 2019

Looking for a creative and engaging opportunity to study abroad and write this summer? You can earn credits for English 3652 and get to explore the hi...

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Contributing to The Many Lives of the Evil Dead
Oct 30, 2019

Drs. Leon Lewis and Alexander Pitofsky recently contributed to a book titled The Many Lives of the Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise (McFar...

English 4509- Classical Receptions: The Afterlife of the Greco-Roman Tradition
Oct 29, 2019

This class, taught by Dr. Germán Campos-Muñoz, approaches the convoluted history of classical reception through examining prominant cases of adaptat...

English 4850- Renaissance Drama
Oct 29, 2019

Dr. David L. Orvis will be teaching this course which will focus on the explosion of literature in Renaissance London by Shakespeare's contemporaries....

English 5930-101: Transnational Literature
Oct 28, 2019

Kathryn Kirkpatrick will teach this course which focuses on the study of Transnational Literature. It will include the advanced and comparative study ...

English 5870-101: Gothic Romantic Literature
Oct 28, 2019

William Brewer will be instructing this course which examines not only the beginnings of Gothic in British Romantic Literature but how writers would d...