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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…
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. …
As the Autumn 2026 semester begins, the Department of English would like to introduce our newest hires.
Tenure Track FacultyBen Markey is an assistant professor who…
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
The Department of English is seeking undergraduate student workers to join three teams: Front Desk/Department Ambassadors, Communications and the Digital Media Project. While we typically only…
Reporting by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Few writers stir such mixed emotions as Shakespeare. His devoted fans — often called Bardolaters — speak passionately about their…
The Department of English is delighted to congratulate Assistant Professor Corinne Mitsuye Sugino for receiving the Cultural Studies Association’s (CSA) First…
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…
Sunny Jiang is a fourth-year English major with varied involvement at Ohio State and beyond:. she is a peer career coach within ASC’s Center for…
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…
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…
As spring semester moves forward and summer creeps closer, students begin to look beyond the next assignment on their to-do list; whether post-graduation job searching or seeking a summer…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce a new scholarship endowed by a former professor, the Frederick Luis Aldama Leadership Scholarship Fund…
The Department of English is honored to announce the Morris Beja Odyssey Award: Thriving Through Global Discovery, an endowment created in honor of
Periodically the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and graduate program and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they…
You’d never expect it from the hallway, but for many weeks an otherwise unassuming lecture hall has had a secret identity. Alongside more conventional lectures and classes, a group of students,…
Most people think they know what a vampire is: a pale, fanged figure dressed in a black cloak, or perhaps an appealing, misunderstood, and eternally attractive suitor. We encounter vampires…
Introducing the Newest Members of the English Department
As the Autumn 2025 semester progresses, the Department of English would like to introduce our newest hires.
Tenure Track Faculty…
The Department of English is thrilled to welcome Sofia Racevskis as our new administrative assistant! Although her position is new, Racevskis is no stranger to…
When thinking of classes concerning climate change and sustainability, it can be easy to default to typical STEM classes, but Thomas Davis, associate professor of English and affiliated faculty at…
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…
Reporting by The Ohio State University Libraries.
When you think about cookbooks, you might picture well-loved family recipes or dog-eared pages passed down through generations…
In Ohio State’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Library (RBML), carefully preserved in a protective casing, lies a piece of parchment that has survived over 1,200 years. The manuscript fragment, one of…
The Department of English is delighted to congratulate Senior Lecturer Weston Morrow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Poetry Allison Pitinii Davis…
“Everything is Frankenstein,” Senior Lecturer Calvin Olsen exclaims. “Everything is made of smaller parts that are pieced together that somehow work and eventually do something.” …
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…
The Department of English is seeking undergraduate student workers to join two teams: Front Desk/Department Ambassadors and the Digital Media Project. Multiple positions are open on each team, and…
Periodically the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and graduate program and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative…
Looking at AJ Calderon’s life, you might not expect that he’d be an English major. A veteran of the Marine Corps, Calderon initially pursued a degree in psychology because he wanted to help future…
Periodically the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and graduate program and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they…
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…
When Sophia Wood graduated from high school, she had two personal goals in mind – attend a Big 10 University and graduate debt free.
Thanks to Ohio State Mansfield (and her financial…
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…
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…
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…
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…
During her freshman year at The Ohio State University, English major Jasmyn Maingi stumbled upon a flyer that would change the course of her college experience: an invitation to join the Ohio…
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!…
When Blaise Reader began their English degree, they knew they wanted to use their studies in service of their community in Appalachia — that desire hasn’t wavered. Their method, however, has…
It’s safe to say that Maggie Lardie, an English major with a specialization in literature, film, folklore and popular culture studies and a screenwriting minor, has a deep love of…
This article was orginally posted on The Ohio State Mansfield site. English 3264: Monsters Without and Within is offered on all Ohio State Campuses, varying by campus and…
For many graduating students, the transition from full-time student to full-time professional can be daunting: transferring classroom skills to a resume and cover letter and persevering through…
From chart-topping songs to box office hits and best-selling books, everyone is looking to get a little taste of romance. To date, romance novels remain the highest-grossing genre worldwide, but…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Professor Paloma Martinez-Cruz was awarded a silver medal in the Best Biography category at the International Latino Book…
The English Department is thrilled to congratulate Associate Professor Margaret Price, who has been awarded the Alison Piepmeier Book Prize from…
Does magic only exist within the pages of fairy tales? Alumni Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman (both PhD ‘18) say no. To them, magic exists all around us, as…
Natalie Kopp has always had a passion for storytelling and an interest in the various ways stories can be shared. After earning a bachelor's degree in English from St. Olaf…
On July 1, 2024, the Department of English welcomed Professor Elizabeth Hewitt as the new chair, succeeding Susan Williams’ term. Hewitt holds a PhD and an MA from Johns Hopkins University and a…
As the autumn semester continues and everyone begins to settle in, we want to take a moment to introduce our new hires in the Department of English!
FacultyCharles Athanasopoulos…
Professor Angus Fletcher will deliver the commencement address at Ohio State's summer commencement on August 4, where approximately 1,600 degrees will be awarded. Fletcher is a story scientist,…
In the Department of English we're fortunate to have two teams of talented students working in our main office: our Department Ambassadors and the Communications Team. The Department Ambassadors…
The Department of English is excited to announce that the Greater Columbus Arts Council has awarded Senior Lecturer Zoë Brigley a $10,000 Artist Projects Grant in a new program…
Every year at our Awards Celebration, the Department of English recognizes the excellent work of our students, faculty and staff. (If you missed this year’s event, feel free to peruse this year’s…
The Department of English is seeking undergraduate student workers to join two teams: Front Desk/Department Ambassadors and Communications. Multiple positions are open on each team, and you may…
In the lead-up to the Great American Eclipse on April 8th, the Department of English announced an Undergrad Eclipse Poetry Contest open to any undergraduate student at Ohio State, to be judged by…
Like many English majors, Audrey Smith’s academic focus grew out of her love of both reading and writing, in and out of school. As she began her time at Ohio State, she knew that…
As Ohio gets ready to mark a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, the Department of English is excited to announce an Undergrad Eclipse Poetry Contest! Undergraduate students…
The Department of English is excited to congratulate PhD student Elise Robbins, who was awarded a 2023-24 Graduate Associate Teaching Award! Robbins is one of only 20 awardees…
In April of 2023, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded 171 outstanding individuals the Guggenheim Fellowship to help them pursue their work in any field of work. The department’s…
In the spring of 2021, Amrita Dhar and Dr. Amrita Sen of the University of Calcutta co-led a seminar, “Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies,” at the…
Every year the Department of English invites a distinguished speaker of national or international reputation to speak about a topic relevant to the disciplines of the Department of English at the…
The Department of English would like to announce that MFA student Andrew Romriell is one of the recipients of the 2023-24 Presidential Fellowship
As Ohio State’s Graduate…
As we start this new semester and new year, we are pleased to welcome the following new faculty members to the department.
Ruth Awad joins us for the semester as a…
Jordan Woodward, a PhD student in the Department of English, was recently awarded the 2023 Zora Neale Hurston Award from the American Folklore Society (AFS) for her project …
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and graduate program and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they…
The Department of English is excited to announce Professor Simone Drake’s inclusion in the 2023 edition of Who’s Who in Black Columbus.
Who’s Who in Black…
From entering The Ohio State University without a declared major to completing an externship at the Supreme Court of Ohio, third-year English student Richa Thakar has come a long…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Associate Professor Marcus Jackson has received one of the 2023 Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Artists Elevated Awards.
…
For an entire week in the summer 30 students from high schools in Columbus City Schools, charter schools in the city of Columbus, and students in public schools across Ohio got a taste of what…
On October 24, the Graduate School announced Julie Kim and Samantha Trzinski as recipients of the 2023-2024 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship …
Associate Professors David Adams, Pranav Jani and Professor Ryan Friedman have been named as members of The Global Arts + Humanities Discovery…
As she sat attentively in the middle of Professor Christopher Jones’s classroom, Celeste Alva Jimenez was ignited by their discussion of Edmund Spenser’s…
Elizabeth Holup, a fourth-year English major, originally came to The Ohio State University without declaring a major. After taking her time to explore different options, she…
In September, Newark Earthworks earned the title of Ohio’s first UNESCO site. Elizabeth Weiser and the exceptional team in Newark were greatly rewarded for their hard work. Read…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and graduate program and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they…
As students, staff and faculty settle into the semester, we want to take a moment to welcome our new hires to the English department! Please send a warm welcome to our newcomers this semester.
Consider this scene from a folktale: “Four animals sit in a circle in a grassy field: a donkey, a cat, a dog, and a rooster. A banner above them reads ‘Too old ... too weak ... too slow.’ The…
Over the summer we asked our Department of English alumni to share the books they’ve been reading and the books on their to-be-read list. Check out the recommendations below!
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and graduate program and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they…
Dr. Carlos Gabriel Kelly González has always been passionate about video games. He just never expected to be able to study them for a living, not until he joined the English…
Earlier this year, PhD student Caleb Gonzalez wrote a letter to Vice President Kamala D. Harris about how his students in the Young Scholars Program used writing…
Professor Chris Highley of the Department of English and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is part of a team of scholars who have been awarded an NEH…
We are excited to announce Professor Beth Hewitt, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, has been selected to join the 2023-24 cohort of the President and Provost's Leadership…
The Ohio State University delegation consisting of the director of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Angela Brintlinger, director of the Mershon Center for International…
Káyọ̀dé Odùmbọ́ní, a PhD in English student, created the Care and Compassion awards to highlight how important values like empathy and consideration are in our English community,…
As we celebrate graduation and the class of 2023, we also bid a bittersweet farewell to six of our student employees. These students have left an indelible mark on the department, serving as…
Project Narrative and the Department of English celebrated Professor Amy Shuman on the occasion of her retirement.
During her illustrious career, Shuman simultaneously…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Professor Kathy Fagan Grandinetti has received the 2023 William Carlos Williams Award.
The William Carlos Williams…
ChatGPT. Bard. Watson. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is growing rapidly, with implications for every area of our lives, from the home to the workplace to the classroom…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Professor Simone Drake is the recipient of the Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award.
The Distinguished Diversity…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor Ben McCorkle has been awarded the Nancy Dasher Book Award.
The College English Association of…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor Elissa Washuta has been selected for the Provost’s Midcareer Scholars: Scarlet and Gray…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Professor Andreá N. Williams has received the Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award.
According to the…
The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!
The Department of English would like to congratulate Morgan Podraza on winning first place, Chris Turpin on winning third place and Sabrina Durso…
The Department of English congratulates the following graduate award winners on their outstanding accomplishments. The recipients of these awards include any Ohio State graduate student who has…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Evan DeCarlo has received the Robert L. and Phyllis J. Iles Award for Graduate Study of Myth.
The Robert L. and…
Lord Denney's Players has announced the winners of its sixth annual sonnet contest. Congratulations to the following award recipients:
First Prize: "Long Married" by Eleanor…
The Department of English is pleased to announce that Professor Elizabeth Weiser has been named an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor.
The College of Arts and…
The department of English is thrilled to announce that Assistant Professor Amrita Dhar is the recipient of the Virginia Hull Research Award.
The Virginia Hull Research…
Julia Keller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer from Huntington, West Virginia. She holds a PhD in English Literature from The Ohio State University and has taught at Princeton University, the…
In addition to congratulating our graduating English majors, the Department of English is recognizing all the outstanding undergraduate award winners. The recipients of these awards include any…
Kathy Fagan Grandinetti, professor in the Department of English, and David L. Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, have…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Rolando Rubalcava has been chosen as a Career Diversity Fellow by Humanities Without Walls.
The Career Diversity…
The DMAC (Digital Media and Composition) Summer Institute is proud to announce their 2023 faculty presenters.
DMAC is an annual week-long summer institute for faculty and staff, put on by…
Christina Szuch, an embedded clinician for the College of Arts and Sciences, started Write Mind, a creative writing workshop for the Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS), to…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor Leslie Lockett has received the 2022-23 Honors Faculty Service Award…
Molly Teller is a senior undergraduate student using their English major to augment their skill set as a production assistant for WOSU Public Media.
Teller started their college career…
Angus Fletcher, a professor in The Ohio State University Department of English, has been awarded the U.S. Army’s Public Service Commendation Medal for training special operations personnel in…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Clarissa Surek-Clark on becoming certified as a court interpreter by the Supreme Court of Ohio. She received this…
The Department of English is thrilled to welcome India McDougald as the new Fiscal Officer and PCard Manager for the English Department and Center for the Study and Teaching of…
Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Department of English and interim chair of the African American and African Studies (AAAS) department,…
The year is 1978, viewers watch as Laurie Strode fights for her life against the masked Michael Myers. Laurie is the only survivor of John Carpenter’s Halloween, left alone in the wake of…
“No matter what a STEM student chooses to do, the better they can write and communicate, it’s only going to add value to whatever their career path is,” said Susan Lang, professor…
The English department is excited to announce that Katie Stanutz has been selected for The Women's Place Staff Leadership Series 2022-23 cohort.
The Women…
Walking into a library with floor to ceiling shelves brimming with books is every English major’s dream. Stuart Rose’s shelves are mystical, filled with first editions of works by Dickens, Kant,…
The English department is excited to announce that Melissa Guadrón and Katlin Sweeney-Romero have been named Presidential Fellows for 2022-23.
The…
The Department of English is excited to announce that PhD student, Sean Yeager, is a recipient of the Graduate School’s 2022-2023 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
You may have heard about the new general education requirements for the incoming first-year students of 2022 and beyond at Ohio State. If you are wondering how to begin navigating this new…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Associate Professor Elissa Washuta for her essay “Drinking Story” (originally titled “How Do I Tell My Story of Getting Sober?…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For the past several months, we’ve been reaching out to our alumni to find out your English story. Here are just a few of the fantastic responses we’ve received, sharing how the English major has…
Sarah Grace Smith embarked on a study abroad adventure to Scotland this summer before her senior year (every undergrad’s dream) to pursue a Creative Writing course at the…
Imagine you are in your prime years, with everything you could have dreamed of in life: a good career, family and friendships. One day you feel your muscles become rigid, your hands trembling…
Current faculty and alumni of the Department of English are contributing to Appalachian literature and reconnecting with their Appalachian roots through creative works in their field. From writing…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
As students, staff and faculty settle into the semester, we want to take a moment to welcome our new hires to the English department! Please send a warm welcome to our newcomers this semester.
…
Graduate Students Noah Bukowski and Mariah Marsden are recipients of the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme’s 2022-23 Graduate Team Fellowship competition. …
Lord Denney’s Players is excited to announce the cast of The Chronicle History of Henry V, LDP's ninth production since 2015. The Chronicle History of Henry V will be performed…
The Department of English is excited to welcome Rachael Speck as the new Academic Advisor. In her new position, Speck will meet with students to discuss their class schedules and…
American poet Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919) enjoyed a prolific career during her lifetime, widely acclaimed from the 1850s—when she was still a teenager—through the turn of the 20th century…
As we return to campus for the autumn semester, we're taking time to celebrate and share the outstanding work our department members completed this summer! Whether they took on projects in…
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Andreá Williams, Associate Professor of English and director of The Women’s Place (TWP), has been appointed as the interim associate vice provost in the Office…
The Department of English would like to welcome Travis Nixon as the new Assistant to the Chair of the English department. His responsibilities include “overseeing Dr…
Standing in the yard of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the crowd roars in laughter as Claudio takes a tumble or Benedick hikes up a trellis. The groundlings still when Beatrice singles out a member…
Held in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library are a number of fascinating and important collections, some yet to be studied. One collection in particular is over 100 years old, holding secrets to…
This past semester, professors Amy Shuman and Mary Hufford were awarded Discovery Field School Grant Awards, which allowed them to “take students to domestic…
PhD student Nick Hoffman has had a long journey to Ohio State. He grew up in the Hudson Valley in New York — a place he describes as similar to Washington Irving’s “The Legend of…
Lover of stories and passionate about all things English, English major Brian Sproule uses the tools he’s learned in English classrooms in the workplace and in his personal life…
The Department of English congratulates Associate Professor Jacob Risinger on being awarded the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.
The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching…
When graduating senior Alexis Santiago signed up for English 3662, Intro to Literary Publishing, she wasn't anticipating that she would end up creating the Wildflower Journal for an…
Associate Professors Molly Farrell and Martin Ponce have been named as a part of The Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme’s 2022-23 Society of Fellows Faculty…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Undergraduate Studies Program Manager, Katie Stanutz, on receiving the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Staff Award…
Associate Professor Elissa Washuta is the recipient of the Early-Career Distinguished Scholar Award and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award. …
The English department would like to congratulate Amy Shuman and Mary Hufford for winning 2022-2023 Discovery Field School Grant Awards! Discovery Field School…
Over a hundred students, colleagues, and friends gathered in person and virtually on Monday, May 2nd to celebrate Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor Brian McHale, who is…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Associate Professor Pranav Jani for receiving the ASC Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award. This award recognizes faculty whose…
As we celebrate graduation and the class of 2022, we also bid a bittersweet farewell to three of our student employees. These students have contributed to and supported the department in myriad…
Lord Denney's Players has announced the winners of its fifth annual sonnet contest. Congratulations to the following award recipients:
First Prize: "The Constants" by Lindsay…
The Department of English congratulates academic advisor MaryKatherine Ramsey for winning the Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award!
According to the College of…
Molly Becker ’13 was not one of those kids like Akeelah in the 2006 movie, whose passion for words led her to compete in local spelling bees in hopes of becoming a national…
The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!
The Department of English congratulates the following graduate award winners on their outstanding accomplishments. The recipients of these awards include any Ohio State graduate student who has…
The Department of English is pleased to announce that professors Jared Gardner and Wendy Hesford have received the President and Provost's Award for Distinguished…
Laila Ujayli has been busy the past few years. She graduated summa cum laude from The Ohio State University in 2018, with majors in English and international relations along with minors in…
In addition to congratulating our graduating English majors, the Department of English is recognizing all the outstanding undergraduate award winners. The recipients of these awards include any…
The Department of English congratulates Keira Hambrick on placing first in the Hayes Forum Humanities Oral division!
The Hayes Forum is an opportunity for graduate…
The Department of English is pleased to announce that Nick Hoffman and Liz Miller have won the 2022 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA). The GATA recognizes…
While some may imagine that English majors spend their careers scribbling away in notebooks or with their noses buried in a book, the truth is that an English degree opens up a wealth of career…
If you frequent BookTok, you might be hard pressed to avoid tropes like enemies to lovers or the classic “unlikely pairs” trope. Well, put down your current read, because we have a real-life…
For fourth-year English major Logan Grant, there is no such thing as a typical week. On any given day, he may consult with first-year composition students for his job in the…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Professor Elizabeth Hewitt and Associate Professor Scott DeWitt have been awarded the Ronald and Deborah…
The Department of English congratulates Professor Emeritus Doug Sutton-Ramspeck on winning the Tenth Gate Prize for his publication Blur.
Sutton-Ramspeck’s book…
Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Weiser, as well as Jefferson Roberts, William MacDonald, Karen Goodell, Melissa Buelow from The Ohio State…
Who doesn’t love a good vampire story? From Twilight to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Vampire Diaries, vampire narratives have shaped contemporary popular culture. The impact has been so far…
The English department in thrilled to announce that faculty members Amrita Dhar, Leslie Lockett, John Jones, Amy Shuman and Karen Winstead have been recognized as Buckeye Access All-Stars…
The Department of English is excited to announce that Associate Director of First-Year Writing Ashleigh Hardin has received a 2022 Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) Grant. The…
The Department of English congratulates graduate student Keira Hambrick on her invitation to join the 2022 Summer Seminar for Composition and Research. Her dissertation project …
The Department of English would like to welcome Tess Cumpstone as the new Creative Writing Program Assistant. In her new position, Cumpstone supports the students, faculty and…
Last semester, the Department of English held a slogan contest for new English-themed sayings to put on promotional items. We received hundreds of clever, funny, and all-around delightful…
Lord Denney’s Players has announced the cast for their upcoming production of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. The company's eighth show will run March 3, 4 and 5 in the…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Professor Emeritus Richard Firth Green on being elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
Fellowship is…
The English department is delighted to announce that Andrew Bishop, Keira Hambrick and Clinton Morrison Jr. have been named Presidential Fellows…
The Department of English congratulates Caleb Gonzalez on being awarded the 2022 K. Patricia Cross Future Leader Award in Higher Education.
The K. Patricia Cross Future…
Balancing two majors, a minor and a job as an assistant to the Office of the President at The Ohio State University is all in a day’s work for fourth-year English major,
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Professor Dorothy Noyes is the recipient of the Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership, awarded by the American Folklore Society. This award is presented to…
Ty Williams, an undergraduate English major, was awarded a scholarship from the Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment Fund, which will help him to pursue his passion for creative writing. …
The Department of English is excited to announce that postdoctoral scholar Dr. Chris Castillo has been awarded the Emerging Scholars Award at the annual Coalition for Community…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (November 2, 2021) — Sonya Huber didn’t have the idea to write her latest book until the afternoon of the “anxiety-fueled” day it’s written about.
The Department of English is proud to announce that Dr. Beverly Moss, associate professor of English, has been awarded the 2021 Coalition for Community Writing’s Distinguished…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Professor Susan Lang, the Director of the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, has been selected to join the 2021-22 cohort of the President and Provost's Leadership…
“It was my grandfather’s dream to have someone in the family become a doctor, and then it became my own!” English department alumna Farah Hasan says. Since graduating in the…
Catherine Pierce, an ‘03 MFA alumna, has been named the Poet Laureate of Mississippi for 2021-25. She moved to Mississippi in 2007 and is currently the co-director of the creative…
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of English Robyn Warhol was awarded the 2022 Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for the…
The Department of English would like to welcome Dr. Ashleigh Hardin as the new Associate Director of First-Year Writing. She is part of the team that oversees English placement,…
The Department of English is delighted to announce Associate Professor Christa Teston has received a Research and Implementation Grant from the Michael V. Drake Institute for…
As faculty, staff and students begin a fresh start in a new semester, we want to take a moment to welcome the newest members of our English department. Please send warm regards to our newcomers! …
The Department of English needs your help! We are looking for new sayings to put on our promotional items (stickers, buttons, bookmarks, etc.). We have some English-themed phrases from older items…
The Department of English would like to congratulate recent PhD alumna Jordan Lovejoy ‘21 on receiving a 2021 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Emerging Voices…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (2021) -- Ask Ohio State's Margaret Price the question, "What is accessibility?" and you'll get an answer that goes beyond neat definitions. "Access is not…
Associate Professor Scott DeWitt has been named the 2020 recipient of the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field. One of the most prestigious awards in…
The Department of English is proud to announce that PhD candidate Antonio "Joey" Ferraro is a recipient of the Outstanding Student Advocate Award from Disability Services…
Undergraduate students in the Department of English contribute to their community in innumerable ways; from creative endeavors to extracurriculars, from internships to scholarship, our…
Whether we are willing to admit it or not, we have all indulged in the occasional TV binge. Maybe you were one of the millions of Americans who binged Tiger King at the beginning of…
“I talk more about [my minor] in my interviews than I do my major, because people are interested,” says 2019 Minor in Professional Writing and The Ohio State University graduate Lauryn…
Your paper is due at midnight.
Six hours to go.
Yet still you cannot seem to figure out how to craft the perfect conclusion. Anxiety courses through your veins as you scroll through…
Promises. We’ve all made them, and we’ve all had someone make one to us. We’ve also all experienced the disappointment of an unfulfilled promise. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a promise…
“… What was phenomenal, in many ways, about my experience at Ohio State in the Rhetoric and Composition Program, was… that the study of language, and not necessarily the study of the famous…
The Department of English is proud to announce that Associate Professor Christa Teston is one of 21 faculty members admitted to the inaugural cohort of the Growing Research…
As we celebrate graduation and the Class of 2021, we also bid a bittersweet farewell to five of our student employees. Each of these students has played a huge part in supporting our entire…
As the 2020–2021 academic year draws to a close and newly minted alumni celebrate graduation, The Ohio State University Department of English wants to express its gratitude and well wishes to a…
The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!
The past year has been full of twists and turns, but members of the Department of English have continued to find opportunities to create, to share their research, to support one another and to…
In addition to congratulating our graduating English majors, the Department of English is recognizing all the outstanding undergraduate award winners. The recipients of these awards include any…
The Department of English congratulates the following graduate award winners on their outstanding accomplishments. The recipients of these awards include any Ohio State graduate student who has…
There aren’t a lot of English majors who accidentally become president of a club, much less of the Amateur Radio Club, a student organization housed in the College of Engineering. But
The Department of English is proud to announce that PhD in English student Jordan Woodward is the recipient of the 2021 Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Outstanding Writing…
A unique project is underway in central Ohio, one that seeks to tell the story of the region and its residents during the COVID-19 pandemic through an unconventional medium: poetry.
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The Department of English would like to congratulate D’Arcee Neal on winning first place honors in the Humanities Division of the 35th Annual Hayes Graduate Research Forum! Neal’s…
Reading Amber Alexander’s resume, it seems unlikely there is an office or organization on the Marion campus that she hasn’t been involved in. The fourth-year English major with three (yes…
Dr. Jian Neo Chen, associate professor of queer studies in the Department of English and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University, received the 2021 Social…
The Department of English warmly congratulates Professor Dorothy Noyes on receiving the 2021 University Distinguished Scholar Award. Established in 1978, the award recognizes and…
Lord Denney's Players has announced the winners of its fourth annual sonnet contest. Congratulations to the following award recipients:
First Prize: "Ode to Prometheus" by…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that MFA in Creative Writing student Daniel Barnum was named an autumn 2020 Presidential Fellow. Every autumn and spring semester…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please welcome to the stage Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at The Ohio State University, Elissa Washuta. Her…
The Department of English would like to congratulate undergraduate student Emma Deimling, a junior English major in the Creative Writing concentration, for the publications of …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 22, 2021) — Born in Chicago to a Filipina mother and South Indian father, Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a ’96 BA English and ’00 MFA poetry and creative…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Professor Simone Drake has received a 2021 Community Engaged Scholar Award. According to the award’s website, the Community…
Whether it’s a Zoom family holiday, a virtual Super Bowl watch party or a work happy-hour moved to video conferencing, many of us have had to endure the shift from in-person to virtual events over…
The universally disdained “Beep! Beep! Beep!” of an alarm clock going off in the morning is usually a signal to hit the snooze button. But for one highly driven English major and ASC Career…
The Department of English is delighted to congratulate undergraduate student Brittany Halley, a junior English major in the Writing, Rhetoric and Literacy concentration, for the…
The Department of English extends its congratulations to undergraduate student David Martz, a senior English and political science major, for the publication of his short story, …
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
“…I think that...English majors are essential to ensuring that information is conveyed to the general public clearly and concisely. We’re a lot more than we’re made out to be in mainstream…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Feb. 2, 2021) — Professor Jared Gardner, the Joseph V. Denney Designated Professor of English and the director of the Popular Culture Studies program, has been…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Jan. 26, 2021) — From leading a rally against former President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Muslim countries at the Columbus airport in 2017 to spending his free time chanting…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that undergraduate student Ema Davis has been accepted to the Fisher College of Business’ Leading Expeditions Program. This…
The lights dim. A series of yawns ripples across the room, undoubtedly due to late nights spent studying. It’s that time of the semester. Soon, however, a communications major and Minor…
Lindsay DiCuirci, an alumna of The Ohio State University’s PhD in English program, was named the recipient of not one, but two prestigious book awards: the Early American…
“My world has been pink for three weeks.”
So begins “Pink,” undergraduate student Sarah Grace Smith’s first published work. The flash fiction piece appeared in Flash…
Do you know an Ohio State English faculty member who really went above and beyond in their teaching? Is there someone whose class was truly excellent, whose instruction made a significant impact…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor and Director of Second-Year Writing Beverly Moss is the recipient of the 2021 CCCC Exemplar Award…
Sravya Patibandla knew autumn 2020, her final semester at The Ohio State University, would be nothing like what she’d spent the past three years looking forward to. Masks, daily temperature checks…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) — Amrita Dhar, assistant professor in the Department of English, and Christopher Pincock, professor in the Department of Philosophy, were recently…
Columbus has so much to offer that it can sometimes be difficult to decide where to go or what to do! That's why the Student Communications Team has created an English major's guide to Columbus, a…
On January 1, 2021, Professor Susan Williams commenced her term as department chair. She assumed the position following the conclusion of Professor Robyn Warhol’s…
On December 14, 2020, members of the Department of English gathered for a festive, virtual celebration of Robyn Warhol’s many contributions during her term as department chair…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor David Brewer is a recipient of the Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award. Each year,…
The Department of English is proud to announce that graduate student Nicole Pizarro wrote a chapter in the newly published collection, New Approaches to Contemporary…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, College of Arts and Sciences…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
From grant writing to blogging, students in the Minor in Professional Writing practice a wide range of writing styles and genres. This minor not only gives students the opportunity to refine their…
On November 19, the Department of English's Diversity and Inclusion Committee, along with the Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme, hosted a Zoom forum titled "Race in Early Modernity."…
We've all experienced extreme emotions—the thrill of an exciting accomplishment, the grief of losing a loved one. But not all of us can eloquently put those emotions into words. That's just what …
When Emerita Professor Katherine Burkman has an idea, she’s not going to waste any time getting it out into the world, pandemic or not. Which, in 2020, means that Burkman’s new…
The Department of English is pleased to announce that Professor Michelle Herman has published her recent book, The Darling, as part of the Ploughshares Solo…
On Tuesday, November 10, Project Narrative hosted a virtual lecture by Professor Leigh Gilmore. A former Ohio State faculty member, and current visiting professor, Professor…
Writing for The Ohio State University Airport may not seem like the perfect fit for a molecular genetics major, but Erin O’Brien, a senior at The Ohio State University, sees it…
Nothing is quite like the nostalgia of rediscovering your favorite childhood book. The magic, the adventure, the old friends—many years ago, all of it ushered you into a world where books could…
Distinguished University Professor James Phelan was awarded the 2021 Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for the Study of Narrative. This…
The leaves are falling, the air is getting colder and Halloween is right around the corner! There are so many ways to get into the spooky spirit this autumn, whether it be designing a costume or…
Natalia Colón Alvarez, a PhD candidate studying popular culture, had never worked with children prior to this summer. However, through a series of happy accidents, she ended up…
One possible metric by which to measure an artist’s success is the universality of their work. Can anyone regardless of age, gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, time or place find within a…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
As students, staff and faculty settle into the semester, we want to take a moment to welcome our new hires to the English department! Please send a warm welcome to our newcomers this semester.
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that MFA student Clancy Tripp is the recipient of the 2020 Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction. The Iowa Review Awards is an annual…
We are so thrilled to announce that Reel Latinxs by Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González won first place for the Best Nonfiction- Multi-Author…
The Department of English congratulates Assistant Professor Sarah Neville, one of the recipients of this year’s Paul W. Brown Excellence in Teaching Award. This award, presented…
The Department of English congratulates Professor Angus Fletcher for receiving the 2020 Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring. As stated…
Dr. Mark Rankin (Ph.D. English, 2007) has received a $159,005 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to run a seminar on "Printing and the Book…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Please join the Department of English in congratulating Professor Frederick Aldama on the publication of his newest scholarly book, Graphic Indigeneity: Comics in the Americas…
In her upcoming book, Associate Professor Koritha Mitchell states what seems especially counter-intuitive this summer: African American culture is not about protest. This…
If there is one lesson to be learned from two months of quarantine, it is that humans will always find ways to form connections and communities. From virtual graduation ceremonies to drive-by…
Just before the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to say "goodbye" to our in-person semester, the Department of English hired a new academic advisor. Since then, some of you may have had the pleasure of…
Distinguished University Professor Frederick Aldama’s abuela used to tell him stories when he was a child about how the chupacabra would get their chickens in the night…
The Department of English is proud to announce that Professor Elizabeth Weiser is a recipient of the 2020 Ohio State Newark Faculty Service Award. The award is presented annually…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Associate Professor Robert Hughes for winning the Newark campus’s 2020 Teaching Excellence Award. The Teaching Excellence…
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor and Director of Business and Technical Writing Christa Teston has been named the Andrea Lunsford…
The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!
The Department of English would like to congratulate Ma/PhD Student Noah Bukowski for winning the 2019-2020 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA). The GATA is Ohio State’s…
The Department of English congratulates the following graduate award winners on their outstanding accomplishments. The recipients of these awards include any Ohio State graduate student who has…
In addition to congratulating the 141 graduating English majors of the Class of 2020, the Department of English is recognizing all the outstanding undergraduate award winners. The recipients of…
Congratulations, Class of 2020! On behalf of the English department, we are so proud of you! We know that you’ll go on to do amazing things in the future, and we can’t wait to hear about them.
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Assistant Professor Amrita Dhar is the recipient of the Mayers Fellowship and the Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, for 2020-2021…
English Senior Lecturer Mira Kafantaris has been awarded a short-term residency with the Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies for her book
April is National Poetry Month, and Ohioana Library Executive Director David Weaver talks to acclaimed poet Marcus Jackson…
Because the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis has had such an extraordinary impact on student life, the Ohio State University Archives would like to capture the experiences of…
Ryan Mitchell, double major in history of art and English, class of 2017, has been awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright Grant to pursue research in Turkey during the 2020-2021 academic year. Ryan will…
Ayush Peddireddi, senior Honors double major in biomedical science and English, has been awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright Grant to teach English in Vietnam during the 2020-2021 academic year…
The show must go on.
It’s as true on Broadway as it is for Lord Denney’s Players (LDP), a theater troupe housed in the Department of English.
LDP was all set to raise the curtain on…
As English majors, graduate students, faculty and friends of the English department, many of us find solace in our favorite books. During this unprecedented and challenging time, the department…
Beyond the shadow cast by the coronavirus, the future remains bright for Margaret Price: The associate professor and director of disability studies has been awarded a…
In times of crisis—times of boredom, fear, loneliness and, of course, hope—humanity reaches for the arts. Literary and visual art is a way to move between worlds; it is a way to digest emotions, a…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
A Story Told in Mountains
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition,
Chloe Nelson, senior English major with minors in professional writing, German and women's, gender and sexuality studies, has been awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright Grant to teach English in South…
Lord Denney's Players has announced the winners of its third annual sonnet contest. Congratulations to the following award recipients:
First Prize: "Gray Noise" by Logan…
Matthew Martello ’18, now a PhD Candidate in English at the University of Virginia, has continued his research interest in reclaimed poet Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt …
The Department of English is delighted to announce that at least twelve English alumni and four faculty members have received the $5,000 Ohio Arts Council (OAC) Individual Excellence Award this…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Associate Professor and Director of Business and Technical Writing Christa Teston is among the five College of Arts and Sciences faculty members awarded the 2019 Ronald and Deborah Ratner…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, MFA in Creative Writing Student…
WACO, Texas (Jan. 21, 2020) – Baylor University has named Jennifer Cognard-Black, Ph.D., professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM), as the 2020 recipient of…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
The Digital Media Project has a new steward — please join us in welcoming Elizabeth Falter to the department. Falter is the new digital media specialist and manager of the Digital Media Project…
Lord Denney’s Players has announced the cast for their upcoming production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The company's sixth show will run March 26, 28 and 29 in the…
Department of English Emeritus Professor Richard Firth Green has been named the recipient of the Medieval Academy of America’s 2020 Haskins Medal for his book Elf Queens and…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Professor Elizabeth Weiser guides us…
The Ohio State University was founded in 1870—an impressive 150 years ago—as a land-grant university under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. In recognition of its sesquicentennial anniversary, the…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Senior Lecturer Matthew Cariello tells…
Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Professor Chris Highley tells us what it's like to both teach and direct a program of study, which leads to an eventful day of…
Urbana, IL – Dec. 4, 2019 – Jessie Male, Ohio State University, Columbus, has won a 2020 CCCC Disability in College Composition Travel Award. The Conference on College Composition…
Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor in the Department of English Frederick Luis Aldama was recently named a Distinguished University Professor, a distinction that anually highlights one to…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
If you ever want to identify the English major in the room, just shout something along the lines of, “What can you even do with an English degree?” Follow the choked sounds of protest and the…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Professor of English and Director of…
Professor of English Amy Shuman received the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award at this year’s annual American Folklore Society (AFS) meeting, which occurred from Oct. 16-19 in Baltimore, Md…
Earlier this week, Assistant Professor Amrita Dhar was named the 2019 recipient of the Milton Society of America’s Albert C. Labriola award. The award recognizes a distinguished article written by…
The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology and Medicine (ARSTM) has announced the winner of its 2019 Book Award: Bodies in Flux: Scientific Methods for Negotiating…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
What frightens you, tingles your spine, gives you that isolating sense of dread?
For some, it’s monsters — grotesque creatures that are unnatural yet unnervingly human. For others, it’s the…
Author and College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Lee Martin shares how he spends his days moving between writing and teaching and how he uses his roles as creator and scholar to…
Virginia Cope, associate dean at Ohio State Newark and associate professor in the Department of English, has been named the 2019 Reviewer of the Year for the Journal of Community Engagement…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Distinguished University Professor,…
My family was never in such need for a story than in August 2014. That month, my mother was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma—i.e. a disease with relatively little research, little funding and little…
This past summer, Professor Elizabeth Renker launched a digital public humanities website about the poetry of Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919), who published more than 600 poems in her…
This past September in Kyoto, Japan, Professor Elizabeth Weiser was elected to the Executive Board of the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM). Weiser is one of 14 Executive…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Despite Shakespeare’s proclamation that "all the world's a stage," performers still need access to spaces designed and designated specifically to meet the unique needs of their craft…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Assistant Professor Jacob Risinger…
Eat, drink and dress up at the English department’s annual Alumni Panel and Dinner. On Thursday, October 24, 2019, the Department of English will host its sixth annual Alumni Panel and Dinner.
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There are boundless opportunities for an English major to get involved at The Ohio State University. From department-affiliated publications to English-related student organizations,…
Every summer, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) announces the winners of its Circle of Excellence Awards. CASE is an association for professionals who work in…
It is time to greet the new school year - and the Department of English’s new hires! Please take a moment to welcome these new faces by dropping by their offices or sending a friendly email.
Marcus Jackson, assistant professor of poetry, was awarded the Ohioana Book Award in poetry for his collection Pardon My Heart. Upon the collection's release in April of 2018, The New…
By Madalynn Conkle and Avery Samuels
A magnetic storyteller on and off the page, Lee K. Abbott was an inimitable teacher and writer. His voice shines in his story collections:
Zoe Brigley Thompson, Assistant Professor of English at Ohio State, and fourth-year student Brendan Walsh have recently collaborated to launch a new podcast titled Sinister Myth. The…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Associate Professor Elizabeth Hewitt…
From my walks between my two homes, south campus and Denney Hall, I’ve become accustomed to the dynamic green of the Oval as it shifts with the seasons. Now, in April, we witness the emerald…
On Monday, April 22, the Department of English recognized its 2019 award winners at the Annual Awards Ceremony. Read below for a comprehenive list of recipients.
Business and Professional…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Professor Frederick Luis Aldama has been selected to receive the 2018-2019 Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award.
This award recognizes a faculty member, staff member or student…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Associate Professor Merrill…
Associate Professor of English Christa Teston has been awarded the 2019 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication for …
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Associate professor Sara Crosby is a recipient of the 2018 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award. The Ratner Awards recognize faculty for making a difference in students'…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
The Association of Departments of English (ADE) Executive Committee has named Valerie B. Lee the recipient of the twenty-seventh annual Francis Andrew March Award.
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Professor Hannibal Hamlin
This April, join Lord Denney’s Players in "fair Verona" as they share the story of those star-crossed lovers. Congratulations to all students, faculty and staff members recently cast in LDP's…
By Madalynn Conkle
Fox in the Snow owner and creative writing alumna Lauren Culley mixes delectable pastries with skilled storytelling to forge a new Columbus coffee identity.
…
By Avery Samuels
This beginning feels familiar.
Those of us who are bibliophiles have likely encountered a book about a protagonist who, like us, loves, loves, loves to read…
By Avery Samuels
There are very few children in Shakespeare’s work. Excluding the occasional infant, and capping the age at tween—thereby excusing Romeo and Juliet…
By Avery Samuels
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Elissa Washuta has been announced as a recipient of a 2019 Creative Capital Award for a brave personal project that…
This past autumn, English graduate students Dan Knapper and Rachel Miller were each awarded a Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious award given by Ohio…
Wendy S. Hesford, professor and faculty director for the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme, has been named Ohio Eminent Scholar in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy.
Hesford has…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Urbana, IL – Dec. 10, 2018 – Laura L. Allen, The Ohio State University, Columbus, has won a 2019 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award. The Conference on College Composition and Communication …
Dorothy Noyes, Professor in the Departments of English and Comparative Studies and former Director of the Center for Folklore Studies, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Folkloristics at the 99th…
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. These coming weeks—as I try to resist crumpling up sheets and backspacing lines and lines of text—I’ll have this mantra on repeat in my brain…
Earlier this month, at Ohio State’s 2018 Second-Year Transformational Experience Program Expo, several English majors presented their signature projects to a bustling ballroom full of students,…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For many new college students, choosing a major is a daunting task. Not only will this be your life for four years, but it will likely determine which career field you will enter and remain in for…
This semester, Associate Professor Tommy Davis is teaching English 4590.06H: The Modern Period, with the special topic the Art of Anthropocene or, An Unnatural History of Modernism…
From Murray Beja—
It’s with deep sadness that I have learned of the death of Emerita Professor Barbara Rigney. It would be difficult—or impossible—to record the profound role of Barbara in the…
In honor of the two-hundredth anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Frankenreads will take place the week of October 31, 2018, from Wednesday until Friday. Graduates and…
Lisa J. Kiser—
At the time of his recent retirement, Mark was an associate professor; he was a specialist in modern British and American literature and film. He will be remembered for his sharp…
The Department of English's spring 2018 course promotion campaign, designed by Communications Specialist Breanne LeJeune, has received two graphic design awards: The HOW In-House Design…
By Avery Samuels
Human knowledge is rooted in storytelling. Early humans developed the cognitive machinery necessary to make sense of their lives through narrative, and…
By Madalynn Conkle
Working on my laptop, I am constantly referencing Spotify’s “Friend Activity” feed to discover new tunes and uncover my friends’ psyches by picking apart…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
Each month, the Communications Team reaches out to members of the Department of English faculty and asks them to elaborate on a current research or creative project they are working on or have…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Undergraduate Academic Advisor …
In recognition of September being Comics Month in the Department of English, we asked some of our graduate students who are involved in comic studies why they are intrigued in this oftentimes…
By Avery Samuels and Madalynn Conkle
Ohio—from its icy lakeshores in the north to its rolling viridian hills in the south—is an undeniably liminal space. The state spent…
The United Kingdom experienced unusually warm weather this summer. Throughout the months of May, June, July and August, the countryside browned beneath the burning, unyielding sun. Metropolitan…
The Writing Center—Ohio State’s go-to space for writing support—is a remarkable resource for students looking to develop and refine their papers, get tips on graduate school application materials,…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Associate Professor Lauren…
In May 2018, the Department of English’s Edgar Singleton, director of the First-Year Writing Program, travelled to Ghana.
Singleton joined program leaders, D Elder and Nathan Crook,…
Michael Shirzadian—Assistant Coordinator of the Writing Center and English graduate student—has been awarded the Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Community Service.
It is time to welcome the new school year, which also means welcoming new hires across the Department of English's many campuses. Please take a moment to welcome these new faces by dropping in…
Associate Professor David Brewer has been appointed editor of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture. Brewer will officially begin the position during the 2020-2021 academic year. He will…
On the evening of July 20, 2018, comic scholars, artists and fans from around the world gathered at San Diego Comic-Con to attend the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Arts and Humanities…
Associate Professor Koritha Mitchell distinctly remembers seeing a Malcolm X poster on the walls of her high school that said “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the…
Associate Professor Beverly Moss is the most recent recipient of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. She is one of ten faculty members awarded this year for their excellence in teaching.…
Kanyinsola Oye, a Columbus high school senior and two-time alumna of the department’s Young Writers Workshop, has co-written an article for Teen Vogue about the recent Parkland, Florida…
We poked around the heads of twins—balancing back and forth on that thin occipital nerve between understanding and perspective—playing with every trope that comes with having an identical…
The Digital Media laboratories in Denney Hall are usually kept fairly chilly. Large ventilators perch on window tops where they pump out the excess heat created by computer components, then stream…
In the spring of 2017, the Department of English received a generous donation from Andrea Lunsford—the Director of Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric, former director of Ohio…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Professor Dorothy Noyes…
On Sephora.com, you can find the eau de parfum, Book, for $105—an exclusive fragrance designed by Commodity to meet the needs of those fat-pocketed readers who just don’t have time for real books…
Looking for a new podcast? Interested in learning more about contemporary literature on folklore? PhD Candidate Rachel Hopkin and Tim Thurston, Ohio State alumnus and folklorist in East Asia…
We have a show! Congratulations to The Lord Denney’s Players and all those students, faculty and staff members recently cast in the upcoming production of Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Lecturer Karen Bruce shares…
During the winter of 2013 in Toronto, Suzannah Showler sifts through streaming channels for a less-than-intellectually-stimulating TV show as her feverish mind and flu-stricken body recoup. That…
Department of English Associate Professors Christa Teston, Margaret Price and John Jones, and have received a three-year, $140,000 grant from Humanities Without Walls for their project “Building…
Doctoral candidate Ayendy Bonifacio’s memoir, Dique Dominican, has been named one of The Latino Author’s Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books for 2017.
Recounting his childhood in a…
PhD student Sherita V. Roundtree is one of four recipients of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship. The CCCC is a constituent organization…
Kathy Fagan Grandinetti, Director of Ohio State's Creative Writing Program, is a finalist for the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, one of the world’s most prestigious poetry awards.
Yonina Hoffman (PhD) has won the 2017-2018 Presidential Fellowship, an award given each year by the Ohio State Graduate School. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by…
Become an international artist. Launch a YouTube songwriting channel. Serve communities in need. Research drugs to combat cancer. This is what Ohio State English undergraduates are doing nowadays…
On Friday, November 3, 2017, four panelists led a discussion about the connections between dance, movement and ethnography. The panelists—Ann Cooper Albright and Meiver De la Cruz from Oberlin…
The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences has selected Associate Professor Lauren Squires to receive the prestigious Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award. Squires will use the funds…
In late November, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Elissa Washuta, the department’s newest creative writing faculty member, would receive one of their prestigious 2018 Creative…
For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the world. In this edition, Associate Professor Leslie Lockett…
Everyone has secrets—skeletons in the closet they hope, for whatever reason, will never be brought to light. Literary characters are certainly no exception. A classic example is that of…
All games have rules, whether they are explicit or implicit. In Monopoly, for example, when one lands on GO, one collects $200. Conversely, if one lands on another’s property, they must,…
This story is the first of a recurring series on obsession. For this series, we reach out to a member of the department who has a very particular obsession and ask them to share it with the…
The Department of English’s new brand identity has received four American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA. The winning entries include the AU’17 course promotion suite, the Master's…
Folklore faculty and students from various departments across campus—though primarily in English and Comparative Studies—attended the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Minneapolis…
Contrary to popular belief, not all English majors end up working at Starbucks. In fact, English majors are three-times more likely to go into computer or math careers than they are to go into…
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” -Audre Lorde
Knowing oneself can be extremely difficult; many spend their entire…
The Department of English is proud to announce that Distinguished University Professor and Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor James Phelan and Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor…
He opened his mouth and out poured a flood of water. He then reached into his pockets and pulled out handfuls of gravel, sand and dirt and repeatedly rubbed them on his face and chest. Next to him…
“Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves?” – The First History of Man, a fictional book from the Mad Max universe
Most people have…
On Monday, September 11, 2017, the Department of English hosted representatives from the Folger Shakespeare Institute and the University of Sheffield. Each program outlined its key…
Kathy Fagan Grandinetti, director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing, was selected to be the recipient of the Raymond J. Hanley award!
The Raymond J. Hanley award is given to…
Whether they are answering advising questions or giving out chocolate, our student administrative team is always smiling and eager to help.
This autumn, there…
A new semester means new classes, new faces and new books to read. In the Department of English, the new semester also means the debut of two new academic programs: the MA in Medical…
Over the summer, Denney Hall’s second floor received a major makeover. The hallway tiles have been replaced, as have the desks and carpets in the classrooms. The project, led by Ohio…
The newly updated classrooms on the second floor aren’t the only things worth getting excited about for autumn 2017, although you should definitely get excited about those! There are…
By Madalynn Conkle
Whether encountering Associate Professor Margaret Price as a student in one of her English or disability studies courses or around Denney Hall where she…
Robyn Warhol, who was appointed Interim Chair after Debra Moddelmog left this past summer, has officially been named chair of the English department for a term running from January 1, 2017 to May…
The Department of English is thrilled to (belatedly) welcome its two new hires: Breanne LeJeune, communications specialist, and Theresa Delgadillo, professor of comparative studies.
LeJeune…
Drs. James Phelan and Angus Fletcher recently participated in a collaboration to create promotional videos for the Infectious Diseases Discovery Theme program. The resulting videos can be viewed…
The International Society for the Study of Narrative has awarded Honorable Mention (second place) in the Perkins Prize competition for Best Book in Narrative to Robyn Warhol’s Narrative Theory…
Note: This article originally appeared on columbusalive.com. All credit goes to Erica Thompson
On Sept. 30, Marvel’s “Luke Cage” series, featuring an African-American lead character…
This article originally appeared in The Lantern and was written by Sheridan Hendrix
Adriana Del Valle dreams of pursuing a career in medicine. The Worthington Kilbourne High…
Professors Wendy S. Hesford, Amy Shuman, and Jennifer Suchland are taking a group of Ohio State students to New York City from June 12 to June 16, 2017.
Students will attend Human Rights…
The English Department is proud to recognize Lina Ferreira on being one of six writers to receive a 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award for her creative nonfiction work. Lina will receive …
The North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) awarded its 2015 Best Book of the Year prize to Robyn Warhol, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, co…
Professor James Phelan appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, June 21st in a story where he compares basketball star LeBron James' career to a bildungsroman—otherwise known as a coming-of-age…
Ruth Friedman and Pablo Tanguay are the unanimous recipients of this year’s Arts and Sciences Recruitment and Diversity Services Breitenberger Award given for their recruiting efforts on behalf…
Jenny Patton, senior lecturer in the English department, worked with many a successful student in her first- and second-year writing courses. But that success came at a cost. “Many were dealing…
The Ohio Arts Council board has honored seven faculty from the English department in their 2016 Individual Excellence Awards. Those honored include Lee Martin, professor, English; Memory Risinger,…
Two weeks ago today, faculty, staff, students, families, and friends all gathered in the Longaberger Alumni House to celebrate another successful year of English at Ohio State. They were greeted…
Laura Esposto has been awarded the second inaugural R.L. Stine Scholarship. Generously provided by author R.L. Stine, an Ohio State English alumnus (BA, 1965) and award-winning author of children…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Wendy Hesford on receiving Yale University's Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery interdisciplinary fellowship at the Gilder Lehrman Center…
“Graphic Memoir,” English 5664 in the Spring of 2016, is a course on autobiographies written and drawn by comics artists. All the students (half of them graduate students and half advanced…
Rand Morrison was teeming with advice when he sat down for his interview conducted by professional writing minor students Emily Berestecky and Trent Lammers on Friday, April 15. Morrison visited…
Scott DeWitt, Associate Professor of English and Vice Chair of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy, appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on Sunday, April 24th for his work in Strings Attached, a…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Andreá Williams on receiving the University’s Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award. The award is the highest honor that the university…
This article originally appeared in The Lantern and was written by Mitch Hooper. Check out the original article.
From Tulsa, Oklahoma,…
Lynn Itagaki will appear on the radio show "Rising Up with Sonali" on Monday, April 18th, in an interview where she talks about her book Civil Racism: The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the…
16 English undergraduates enjoyed a lunch with R.L. Stine, author of the famous Goosebumps children’s horror series, in NYC last week.
Last year, Stine established the…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Rachel Hopkin on winning the Sue Samuelson Foodways Essay Contest, which is awarded via the Foodways section of the American Folklore Society…
The Department of English mourns the passing of two of our beloved colleagues: Dan Barnes and Jon Erickson.
Dan Barnes (1940–2016), emeritus professor of both English and Folklore,…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Angus Fletcher on being selected as a 2016 "Forty Under 40" honoree.
Sponsored by Columbus Business First, this award…
The Department of English congratulates Elizabeth Kolkovich of Mansfield campus on receiving the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest award for distinguished faculty teaching given by…
Minnesota doctoral student’s path shows the best of what mentorship can be
Please note that this article initlally appeared as an onCampus feature and was written by…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Ph.D student Kaitlin Clinnin
for winning the Graduate Associate Teaching Award, the university's highest recognition of…
In 2013, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia James Shapiro was our Shakespeare's Birthday Lecturer. Shapiro talked about his most recent book, but he also…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Professor James Phelan for winning the Sir William Osler, MD, Award given by Ohio State College of Medicine's Medicine and the Arts Board. The…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Leslie Lockett and Koritha Mitchell on receiving residency fellowships at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS).
The NDIAS…
The Department of English is pleased to introduce a new initiative: The Visiting Professor Interview Series (VPIS). The Series aims to grant students and faculty the opportunity to learn more…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Brian McHale for winning the university-wide Distinguished Scholar Award. Established in 1978, the Award recognizes…
The Department of English would like to congratulate Amy Shuman for winning the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. The award recognizes a faculty member in any department across the…
The Department of English is pleased to welcome professor Margaret Price. Price’s research interests within rhetoric and composition include discourse analysis, disability studies, and digital…
Madison Durham, a third-year English major and front desk assistant in the Ohio State Department of English, spent the fall of 2015 working as an editorial intern with UWeekly, a magazine…
Ohio State English Professor Frederick Aldama recently appeared on MSNBCTV's Road Map segment. Aldama and entertainment reporter Zayda Rivera joined the show on January 13, 2016, to discuss how…
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus A.E. Wallace (Wally) Maurer, age 94, on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Funeral and burial service details are available through…
We are very pleased and excited to announce that Ilhan Dahir (BA, English and political science, 2015) has been named a 2016 Rhodes Scholar. Among the most prestigious awards worldwide, Rhodes…
The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) has announced that Ohio State English Professor Frederick Aldama will receive the Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in Higher…
We are pleased to announce that The Ohio State Unviersity Press will begin publishing a new book series, New Directions in Rhetoric and Materiality. Ohio State English Professors Wendy…
During Spring Semester 2015, Ohio State English Professor Elizabeth Renker oversaw the creation of unique student research projects in her archival research graduate…
Last week, 23 undergraduates had the opportunity to explore Ohio State's Rare Books and Manuscripts Library as part of Professor Jacob Risinger's upper-level course on the Romantic and Victorian…
Nature's deputy news editor, Richard Van Noorden, recently interviewed Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and Professor of English and History Harvey…
LASER—an Ohio State scholarship and mentoring center for Latino/a students—has just been named a 2015 Bright Spot in Hispanic Education by the White House. Founded and directed by Ohio State…
Sam Zafris has been awarded the inaugural R.L. Stine Scholarship. Generously provided by author R.L. Stine, an Ohio State English alumnus (BA, 1965) and…
Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of English and History Harvey J. Graff's Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century is now…
This past May, staff of the Digital Archive of Literacy Narrative (DALN) at The Ohio State University (and in conjunction with Georgia State University) released to the public former U.S…
Dr Manuel Luis Martinez was recently awarded the American Book Award for his novel Los Duros (Floricanto Press, 2014). The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for…
The Department of English is very pleased to announce the inaugural R.L. Stine Scholarship, an undergraduate scholarship for Ohio State English majors who have demonstrated a serious…
Originally published December 1, 2014
From BalletMet to the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, from the Mid-Ohio Foodbank to McGraw-Hill Education, professional writing minor…
Originally Published November 25, 2014
Last Wednesday, the Department of English hosted its eighth semi-annual English Major Alumni Panel. Designed to highlight the exciting work…
Originally published November 12, 2014
November 10, 2014: The department’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee held “Trigger Warnings in the Classroom,” a roundtable discussion and…
Originally published November 7, 2014
October 23, 2014: The Minor in Professional Writing’s Grammar Smackdown introduced the savagery of professional wrestling with the finer points…
Originally published November 4, 2014
Professor of English and Director of Disability Studies Amy Shuman and Bridget Haas, of Case Western University, were awarded a Wenner-Gren…
Originally Published October 29, 2014
Four Ohio State English professors received awards at yesterday afternoon's Arts & Humanities Faculty Recognition Reception. The reception…
Originally published October 17, 2014
October 11, 2014: The 2014-15 steering committee (Torsa Ghosal, Colleen Morrissey, Zachary Harvat, and Joey Kim) of the English Graduate…
Originally published October 10, 2014
October 5, 2014: The third-annual 5K Race for Education, hosted by the English Undergraduate Organization (a student organization within the…
Originally published October 3, 2014
Congratulations to Professor Lynn Itagaki, who was recently awarded the 2014 Arts and Humanities Diversity Enhancement Award.
Itagaki has…
Originally published September 30, 2014
Dr. Elizabeth Renker has been named one of the inaugural Ratner Teaching Award winners. The Deans of Arts and Humanities and Department Chair…
Originally published September 26, 2014
On August 22, over 110 faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of English gathered at the Barrister Club in the…
Ivonne M. García, who holds a masters and a Ph.D. in English from The Ohio State University, was recently appointed Associate Provost of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Kenyon College. Ivonne…