DEPARTMENT NEWS

Reminder: Honors Information Session!

Thursday, April 13th, at noon on Webex

Attention Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Are you eager to work more closely with a faculty member in English? Are you driven to challenge...

Posted: April 10, 2023, 3:18 PM

Braly Award Winners!

Stuart Holton and Kainoa Sittman

Stuart Holton, winner of the 2023 Malcolm Braly Award for Fiction for "Shrimp Time": Stuart Holton (he/they) is a junior political science major with an extended minor in creative writing. He...

Posted: April 4, 2023, 4:42 AM

Field trip in Sally Shivnan's Spring 23 Writing Course!

"Writing in the Land of Harriet Tubman's Childhood"

Since the field of Ecocriticism extends to experiential learning and pedagogies of place, the English Department's Environment and Pedagogy Initiative has funded a number of course-related...

Posted: March 12, 2023, 9:37 PM

Lecture: Landscape and Identity in Black Amazonia

Thursday, March 2 at 4 pm

Upcoming Lecture: Thursday, March 2 at 4 pm (Library Gallery) Professor Oscar de la Torre is a historian in Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He researches...

Posted: February 15, 2023, 10:46 AM

Digital Cruikshank launches this week!

Thur., Dec. 8th from 5-6 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuh Library

Digital Cruikshank launches this week! The students from Dr. DiCuirci's English 416/616 course invite you to a digital exhibition launch on Thursday, December 8 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the Albin O....

Posted: December 5, 2022, 11:48 AM

SAVE THE DATE! Digital Cruikshank Exhibition

Thursday, Dec. 8th, 5-6 p.m. Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

SAVE THE DATE! The students from Dr. DiCuirci's English 416/616 course invite you to a digital exhibition launch on Thursday, December 8 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery....

Posted: November 21, 2022, 3:48 PM

Community Poetry Reading

Thur. Nov. 17, 4:30 - 6:00 7th Floor Albin K. Kuhn Library

This year's Community Read is Amanda Gorman's Call Us What We Carry (2021).  Theis event will take place on:  Thursday, November 17th  4:30 - 6 p.m. 7th Floor Albin K. Kuhn Library...

Posted: November 15, 2022, 11:06 AM

Reminder! English Honors Information Session

(Tomorrow) Wednesday, November 16 at 12:00 p.m. on Webex.

Attention Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Are you eager to work more closely with a faculty member in English? Are you driven to challenge...

Posted: November 15, 2022, 6:51 AM

English Honors Information Session

Wednesday, November 16 at 12:00 p.m. on Webex.

Attention Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in developing a project of your own design? Are you eager to work more closely with a faculty member in English? Are you driven to challenge...

Posted: November 8, 2022, 10:00 AM

Alumni Spotlight: Sam Manas, ‘16

Our featured alum is Sam Manas, '16, a former English major who is now a reporter at Inside Mortgage Finance Publications. Read more about his experience at UMBC and professional career here.

Posted: November 2, 2022, 4:12 PM