DEPARTMENT NEWS

On September 14, 2016, the Washington Independent Review of Books published Dorothy Reno's stunning review of Senior Lecturer Sally Shivnan's Piranhas & Quicksand & Love--what Reno...

The Department of English is pleased to announce the much anticipated release of Sally Shivnan's collection of short fiction, Piranhas & Quicksand & Love (Press 53). Please join her for a...

Professor of the Practice, Christopher Corbett, has published an article with Reuters entitled, "In a City of Unsolved Murders, Freddie Gray's is Now One More," in response to the recent trials of...

March 21st marked the opening of registration for summer courses here at UMBC and the English Department has a number of exciting offerings for your consideration. This is a great opportunity to...

The time has arrived once again for the CityLit Festival (scheduled from April 15th through the 16th) and our own Professor of the Practice, Deborah Rudacille, will participating in two exciting...

The Department of English is pleased to announce that we have a number of English students presenting oral and poster presentations at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day...

National Poetry Month is on its way and the poets of the English Department are coming out in force. Michael Fallon, a Senior Lecturer and esteemed poet, will be reading his work in a one of a...

National Poetry Month is on its way and the poets of the English Department here at UMBC will be out to celebrate in a big way. On Tuesday, April 5, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Lia Purpura and Tanya...

The English Department would like to offer congratulations to Molly Bradtke, '14, for being named a program associate with the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI). During her time here at UMBC,...

In Fall 2015, Professor Steph Ceraso hosted an exciting new course on "Sound, Composition, and Culture" that culminated with "a multisensory dining event to inspire students to think holistically...