DEPARTMENT NEWS

This Week: English Students Presenting at URCAD 2020

This year the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) will be hosted online, and many English students will make presentations about their compelling research. Find all their...

Posted: April 20, 2020, 4:08 PM

McKinley Essay on Boccaccio and Coronavirus Pandemic

Published on international journalism forum The Conversation

Professor Kate McKinley discusses similarities between responses to the coronavirus pandemic and Boccaccio's accounts of the Black Plague on the international journalism forum, The Conversation. ...

Posted: April 16, 2020, 3:59 PM

The Inclusion Imperative Highlights Work of English Faculty

English Faculty Working Closely with Dresher Center

UMBC News recently reported on the Dresher Center's Inclusion Imperative--a program focused on increasing diversity and inclusion in the humanities led by  Scott Casper, CAHSS Dean, and Jessica...

Posted: April 9, 2020, 4:19 PM

Seven UMBC Writing Tutors Presenting at Regional Conference

Writing Center Director Elaine MacDougall Also Presenting

Seven UMBC writing tutors will be presenting at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference, held this weekend at Towson University. Elaine MacDougall, director of the UMBC...

Posted: March 7, 2020, 3:27 PM

TODAY: CAHSS Faculty Books in the Humanities Celebration

Three English Faculty Among Featured Authors

Join CAHSS and the Dresher Center in celebrating new books in the humanities published by faculty at UMBC. Three English faculty members will be among the featured authors--Keegan Cook Finberg,...

Posted: March 4, 2020, 12:07 PM

2020 Malcolm C. Braly Award Winners Announced!

The winners of the English department's 2020 Malcolm Braly Awards for creative writing have been announced. Congratulations to Ryan Saladino, Maxi Wardcantori, and Lauren Gouin for their...

Posted: March 3, 2020, 12:07 PM

Graduate Student Reception - Thank You!

Thank you to all who attended last week's Graduate Student Reception! The space was standing room only for presentations by current graduate students Joy Kish and Corbin Jones. You can see...

Posted: February 25, 2020, 3:20 PM