The Department of English would like to extend its congratulations to two of its students--Kaila Philo, an undergraduate student, and Deborah F. Kadiri, a former MA student who graduated in 2016....

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

$200 1st Place Grand Prize and prizes for second and third place The Big Prize Poetry Slam returns for UMBC's 2017 Homecoming on Friday, October, 6th, and the window for submissions is now...

As the Fall 2017 semester approaches and classes begin next week, the English Department faculty would like to extend a warm welcome back. There are a number of exciting and informative classes...

The 2017 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention will be hosted in Baltimore, Maryland, from March 23-26th at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel, and the English Department has four...

Summer courses are a great opportunity for students to take additional courses or to meet general education requirements here at UMBC. The English Department is offering a number of exciting...

It is with great sadness that the Department of English shares with you the passing of Dr. Larry Lasher, a founding faculty member at UMBC and an exceptional leader and educator, on Thursday,...

Since its publication earlier this year, Piranhas & Quicksand & Love by our very own Sally Shivnan has made quite the stir across Maryland and beyond. In the words of Dorothy Reno, for the...

On November 1, the UMBC community celebrated faculty who have earned exemplary recognition as fellows by their professional associations and societies. Designation as a fellow is one of the top...

The Open Circle Read & Response "is a quarterly collaborative performance of literary, musical, and visual arts, live on stage at The Creative Alliance and other venues around town." In its...