Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Gabrielle Freeman’s book of poetry, DISSENT, has been accepted by Small Harbor Publishing’s print house, Harbor Editions. Written in collaboration with poet Kathleen Nalley, the book will be published in November.

The Student Scholarships and Awards Committee is pleased to announce Ilaria Grace Noonan as the Paul Farr Memorial Essay Award recipient. Noonan’s essay “Not the Typical Murder Mystery: Understanding Humanity in De’Shawn Winslow’s Decent People” was nominated by Margaret Bauer.

Dr. Marianne Montgomery just published a chapter, “Using Power for Illumination: Advancement Paths for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty,” in Strategic Shakespeare: Transformative Leadership for the Future of Higher Education, edited by A. M. Balizet, N. K. Eschenbaum, and M. Kostihová.

Dr. Brian Glover published the article “The Boswell Club of Chicago, 1942-1973” in The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual, volume 25. The Boswell Club of Chicago flourished between 1942 and 1973, and was a non-scholarly men’s club dedicated to social and literary pursuits.

Sara Kawalska is an international student majoring in senior psychology at ECU. Taking the ENGL 3040, a professional writing course, and making the video inspired Sara to pursue an MA in English/writing studies after graduation.

Dr. Mark Johnson delivered “Formal Genre-Specific Knowledge as a Resource-Dispersing Feature of Cognitive Task Complexity: Implications for Task Complexity Theory and Research, at the Second Language Writing Research Seminar at the University of Murcia in Murcia, Spain.

Ready to defy gravity with data? 🧙‍♀️ Our new ENGL 3895 course uses the musical WICKED to teach creative data storytelling. Register for Dr. Dighton's class this fall—we have a feeling it's gonna be popular!

Happy Friday, Pirate Nation! 🎉 For #FlashbackFriday, we're celebrating our 2024-2025 faculty award winners: Andrea Kitta for Excellence in Research & Creative Activity, and Laureen Tedesco and Cameron Eigner for Excellence in Service. 🥳

🎉 Congrats to Tom Shields, Associate Professor Emeritus, on his recent publication, "From Columbus to Corridos: Thirty-Plus Years of Bringing Hispanic and Latinx Writing to the Early American Literature Classroom." 🥳 👀 Check it out: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/rals/arti…

It's almost time! 😀 The ✨ free✨ Zine Lab Workshop is this Friday (9/5) and Saturday (9/6) at the Jenkins Fine Arts Center in room 1345 from 9:30am - 11:30am on both days. Come make your very own zine at a free Zine Workshop!😃

🥳 Today's the day! Join us at the Jenkins Fine Arts Center room 1345 from 9:30am - 11:30am today (Sept. 5th) and tomorrow (Sept. 6th) for our ✨ free✨ Zine Lab Workshop!🖌️ See you soon! 😉

🚨 Last chance to join us and make a zine of your own! Come to the Jenkins Fine Arts Center room 1345 this morning from 9:30am - 11:30am to participate in this free Zine Lab Workshop! 🖌️ Can't wait to see you and your creation!😁

Calling all English majors! 📢 🥳 Join us in Bate 2018 this evening at 5pm for the majors social! Come mix and mingle with peers and professors! 🤝 Get to know the department while we get to know you😁 #GoEnglish

🚨 #ICYMI Stills from last weekends Zine lab 🖌️ What a great turnout! 😱 Thanks to all who joined in making this zine workshop such a fun and creative success! 😁 Let's do it again sometime. 😉 #GoEnglish #CreativeWriting #Art

📢The reading list for the fall 2025 Comics & Manga Reading Group has arrived!🥳 📅Mark your calendars and join us on Sept. 29th, Oct. 27th, and Nov. 17th at 5pm in Bate 2136 (English lounge) to discuss these reads. 📖 Refreshments will be provided.😉🍪☕

📢 Get ready for the University Writing Center's new event: Write on the Lawn 😃 📅 Join us on the Lawn between 1pm and 4pm on Wednesday, October 1st for snacks, swag, and a 15-minute (or less!🤯 ) chat with a University Writing Center writing consultant.✍️

😃 Exciting news to share from the department! Rebecca Bernard's story "In Plato's Cave No. 1" has won the Editor's Prize from The Adroit Journal and will come out in their October issue! 🥳 Learn more about the award and The Adroit Journal: theadroitjournal.org/2025/09/16/the…

More great news! 😃 🎉 Amanda Klein was interviewed for the new podcast, "Curse of: America's Next Top Model." 😱 Amanda is in the first episode and will also be in others! New episodes premiere every Tuesday.🥳 Check out episode 1: podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/the…

Let’s kick off the weekend with some good news! 😃 🎉Congrats to Anna Bradley and Steven Amador on winning the department’s Bertie Fearing Award for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants for AY 2024-2025! 🥳 #GoEnglish #ECUEnglish