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Zack Vernon's edited collection Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash has just been published by the University of South Carolina Press
Mar 2, 2018

Congratulations to Zack Vernon!  His edited collection Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash has just been published by the University...

Kathryn Kirkpatrick's "Mother Ireland" published in a special issue on Irish Environmental Studies in the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies!
Mar 2, 2018

Congratulations to Kathryn Kirkpatrick!  "Mother Ireland," a long poem in three sections has just been published in a special issue on Irish Envi...

David Orvis invited to teach this summer at Shakespeare's Globe in London!
Mar 2, 2018

 I'm delighted to announce that David Orvis has been invited to teach this summer at Shakespeare's Globe in London.  This week-long sum...

Morgan Pruitt in English Department Office receives a Staff Shout Out!
Mar 2, 2018

Here's a shout out for Morgan Pruitt!    Thanks for your terrific work and everything you do to make the department a better place, Mor...

Joseph Bathanti to be featured speaker at Camp Lejeune Conference
Mar 2, 2018

Congratulations and thank you to Joseph Bathanti!  Next month, the North Carolina Arts Council will be partnering with groups on and around Camp ...

Jim Brooks, NBCT from North Carolina, finds joy in helping students make connections.
Feb 18, 2018

Jim Brooks, NBCT from North Carolina, finds joy in helping students make connections. Something he loves most about his career is each year is a chanc...

Tammy Wahpeconiah invited to contribute a chapter to War in American Literature and Culture for Cambridge UP's series, Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture.  
Feb 13, 2018

Congratulations to Tammy Wahpeconiah!  Tammy has just been invited to contribute a chapter to War in American Literature and Culture for Cambridg...

Aaron Balance wins the Linda Flowers Award.
Feb 13, 2018

  Aaron Ballance Linda Flowers Award Story.pdfCheck out the cool story in the Winston-Salem Journal about Aaron Balance winning the Linda Flowers...

Congratulations to Craig Fischer on his talk last Thursday at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum on cartoons and McCarthyism! 
Feb 13, 2018

Congratulations to Craig Fischer on his talk last Thursday at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum on cartoons and McCarthyism!  Tom McGowan r...

Elaine O'Quinn's manuscript entitled "Girl Culture: Decoding, Understanding and Resisting Image and Message" has been accepted for the inaugural publication of Blackwell's "The International Encyclopedia for Media Literacy."
Feb 13, 2018

A big congratulations to Elaine O'Quinn!  Her manuscript entitled "Girl Culture: Decoding, Understanding and Resisting Image and Message" ha...