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By Hannah Millikan

The Department of English would like to congratulate Assistant Professor Corinne Sugino and Assistant Professor Charles Athanasopoulos for each being recognized by the National Communication…

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By Audrey Williams

The Department of English would like to congratulate Associate Professor Pranav Jani for being awarded a 2026 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Affiliate Intellectual Freedom Award. …

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The Department of English is incredibly proud of these recent and forthcoming works from our MFA students, faculty, and alumni! From reflections on parenthood to a poetic reimagining of

Corinne Sugino next to the cover of her book Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans
By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is delighted to congratulate Assistant Professor Corinne Mitsuye Sugino for receiving the Cultural Studies Association’s (CSA) First…

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By Audrey Williams

The Department of English would like to congratulate fifth-year PhD candidate Adrian Salgado for being awarded a 2025-2026 Graduate Associate Teaching Award.

The Graduate…

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Lord Denney's Players has announced the winners of its nineth annual sonnet contest. Congratulations to the following award recipients:

1st Place: "A Tale of Salt" by Sam…

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Reporting by The Mershon Center for International Security Studies.

Dorothy Noyes, a world-renowned folklorist and director of The Ohio State University's Mershon Center for…

Professor Frederick Aldama
By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is thrilled to announce a new scholarship endowed by a former professor, the Frederick Luis Aldama Leadership Scholarship Fund…

Morris Beja
By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is honored to announce the Morris Beja Odyssey Award: Thriving Through Global Discovery, an endowment created in honor of

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Reporting by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Herbals, a genre of books that contain information and illustrations about plants and their uses, dominated the print marketplace in England…

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By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is delighted to congratulate Senior Lecturer Weston Morrow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Poetry Allison Pitinii Davis…

Kelsey Stratman
By Audrey Williams

The Department of English is excited to announce that Kelsey Stratman, PhD student in writing, rhetoric, and literacy, has been awarded a 2025-2026 Graduate Student Engaged…

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In the Department of English we're fortunate to have multiple teams of talented students working in our offices: they are often the first faces visitors see, and we couldn't do all we do without…

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In the new rankings of English graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report, released earlier this month, the Department of English graduate program has moved up to #26. This is a rise from the…

Sabrina Durso and other Hayes Forum Humanities winners
By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is proud to congratulate Sabrina Durso for winning third place in Humanities research at the 39th annual Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum on…

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Lord Denney's Players has announced the winners of its eighth annual sonnet contest. Congratulations to Nicholas Orzo, who won all three prizes this year!

First Prize: "The Sacred Garden" by…

Zoë Brigley
By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is thrilled to announce the launch of Senior Lecturer Zoë Brigley’s project: Women of Ohio: Poetry and Art Competitions Celebrate…

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By Reem Kadimi-Skalli

The Department of English is proud to congratulate Elyse Reed for her Center for Ethics and Human Values Award at the Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum!…