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Jesse McDowell, Conference

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Mar 25, 2016

Graduate Research Symposium Success!

Congratulations to Eric Wilbanks and Laura Zdanski, who won top honors for their research at the Graduate Research Symposium! Kudos as well to their mentors Erik Thomas and Huiling Ding. The English Department was admirably represented at this event by four graduate researchers who presented posters and discussed their work with judges and interested faculty from across…

Mar 25, 2016

Congrats to AEGS!

Congratulations to AEGS on a lively and engaging conference this past Saturday! The day-long symposium explored implications and applications of research “Beyond These Walls.” Ably organized by co-chairs Brooke Wallig and Karissa Wojcik and managed by a host of volunteers, the conference featured presentations by 15 grad student researchers from Linguistics, Literature, and Rhetoric & Composition.…

Mar 25, 2016

Congrats to AEGS!

Congratulations to AEGS on a lively and engaging conference this past Saturday! The day-long symposium explored implications and applications of research “Beyond These Walls.” Ably organized by co-chairs Brooke Wallig and Karissa Wojcik and managed by a host of volunteers, the conference featured presentations by 15 grad student researchers from Linguistics, Literature, and Rhetoric & Composition.…

Mar 25, 2016

Outstanding TAs

Rae Meade, a second-year MA concentrating in Rhetoric and Composition, has received the University Graduate Student Association’s award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching!  Chelsea Krieg, a second-year MFA concentrating in Poetry, was an honorable mention awardee.   Congratulations to Rae, Chelsea, and to all of this year’s English Department nominees: Rachel Amity (MS Tech Comm):…

Mar 25, 2016

Carolina Rhetoric Conference Participants

Kim Lilienthal, Emily Jo Schwaller and Shasta Lewis, three MA graduate students concentrating in Rhetoric and Composition, presented at the 2016 Carolina Rhetoric Conference hosted by NC State University.

Mar 25, 2016

Eva Liu, Conference

Eva Liu, first-year MA concentrating in Linguistics, presented “Discursive Co-construction of Returnee Applicants’ Identities in a Job-hunting Reality TV Show” at (Un)Stable Identities: How the Self is Forged and Found in Greensboro, NC on March 19, 2016.

Mar 24, 2016

Grad Students Display Innovative Work at Research Symposium

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences was well represented Wednesday at the 2016 Graduate Student Research Symposium. A total of 43 Humanities and Social Sciences students from 14 different graduate programs presented their work at the annual symposium, which showcases research from across campus through poster presentations that are judged by faculty.

Mar 10, 2016

Rae Meade, Award Nominee

Rae Meade, a second-year MA concentrating in Rhetoric and Composition, has been nominated for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Awards.  Rae will be recognized at the March 22nd ceremony for Excellence in Classroom Teaching.  Congratulations, Rae!

Mar 10, 2016

Michael Seebold, World Literature

Michael Seebold, a second-year MA concentrating in World Literature, is directing and producing Lord Byron’s Cain (1821) at Burning Coal Theatre, March 17th, 18th and 20th. Admission is free and open to the public and seats can be reserved in advance through the event page: http://lordbyroncain.weebly.com/. We hope to see you at the theater!

Feb 19, 2016

Jesse McDowell, Conference

Second-year MA American and British Literature student, Jesse McDowell, presented his paper, “Scribes and Their Studiers: A Social History of the Old English Boethius Manuscripts” at the Cornell University Medieval Studies Student Colloquium on February 20th, 2016.