DEPARTMENT NEWS

English Faculty Dr. Jessica Berman Named Lipitz Professor

UMBC English Department faculty member Dr. Jessica Berman has been named the Lipitz Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2019-2020. This professorship is supported by an...

Posted: May 14, 2019, 3:22 PM

English Students Presenting at URCAD Next Week

Come out and support English students presenting at URCAD 2019 on April 24! URCAD events will be held in the University Center and the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. Participating...

Posted: April 18, 2019, 3:49 PM

English Student Readers at the Baltimore Book Festival

Come out and support our student readers at the Baltimore Book Festival on Sunday 9/30 at 3:00 pm. Nadine Benavides and Abigail Moore will be reading at the University Writers Reading, sponsored...

Posted: September 28, 2018, 5:10 PM

Keegan Cook Finberg to Read at Baltimore Book Festival

Joining Poet Patricia Smith for "Incendiary Poets Poeting"

Keegan Cook Finberg to Read at Baltimore Book Festival Keegan Cook Finberg, Assistant Professor of English, will be reading her poetry this weekend as part of the Baltimore Book Festival. She...

Posted: September 26, 2018, 12:05 PM

2018-19 English Department Reading Series

On September 19, 2018 we’ll be hosting The Black Ladies Brunch Collective, a group of Maryland-based poets whose mission it is to “promote and inspire the voices of Black women,” and on February...

Posted: September 7, 2018, 2:49 PM

Saira Khan '09 Wins 2018 Outstanding Alumna Award

Saira Khan (English '09), currently the director of social media for The New Yorker, will be the recipient of an outstanding young UMBC alumna award on October 4.  Ms. Khan’s journalism - on...

Posted: August 29, 2018, 3:36 PM

English Department BA-MA Program

A Great Head Start on your Masters Degree!

If you plan to pursue a Masters Degree when you graduate, you should take advantage of the English Department’s BA-MA program. You start your MA while you are finishing your BA by enrolling in...

Posted: August 22, 2018, 2:49 PM

Corbett's "Autotonsorialist" Featured on Jeopardy

A word that Professor of the Practice Christopher Corbett invented was a clue on the March 9, 2018 episode of Jeopardy. The word was autotonsorialist--one who cuts his own hair or looks as if he...

Posted: April 4, 2018, 4:12 AM