DEPARTMENT NEWS

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

Exciting Faculty News: April

The English Department is home to a productive, award-winning faculty whose members pursue both research and creative activity across the many diverse fields of English today. In celebrating that...

Posted: April 4, 2018, 4:06 AM

Exciting Faculty News: March

The English Department is home to a productive, award-winning faculty whose members pursue both research and creative activity across the many diverse fields of English today. In celebrating that...

Posted: March 4, 2018, 8:36 PM

Exciting Summer English Courses Available

This summer, the English Department will be offering students a number of courses to help expand their educational horizons, whether meeting a general education requirement, studying the nuances...

Posted: March 3, 2018, 12:28 PM