DEPARTMENT NEWS

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

Writing Center Tutors and Director to Present at MAWCA

The English Department here at UMBC is pleased to announce that three of our stellar tutors in the Writing Center—located on the first floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library—as well as Director of the...

Posted: March 3, 2018, 3:50 AM

Holladay to Present on Digital Humanities Panel

On March 8, 2018, as part of the Inclusion Imperative Program at UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities, Dr. Drew Holladay will present as part of a panel exploring how they came to digital...

Posted: February 27, 2018, 12:07 AM

Accelerated BA/MA in Texts, Technologies, and Literature

Is graduate school in your future? The accelerated BA/MA program in Texts, Technologies, and Literature (TTL) here at UMBC is an excellent option worth considering if you are a sophomore or junior...

Posted: February 19, 2018, 10:05 AM