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Amanda Visconti, PhD 2015, has won the University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Prize

April 13, 2016 English

The Graduate School has announced that Amanda Visconti, PhD 2015, has won the University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Prize in the disciplinary area of Humanities and Fine Arts.

Ralph Bauer Recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies Award

April 06, 2016 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English

Ralph Bauer is the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Director of Studies Award.  He was nominated by the Graduate English Organization, led by Susie Compton. 

Faculty Promotions for Emily Mitchell and Amanda Bailey

April 06, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Congratulations to Emily Mitchell, who has been promoted to associate professor with tenure and to Amanda Bailey, who has been promoted to full professor.

Kent Cartwright to Serve on MLA’s Committee on the New Variorum of Shakespeare

April 06, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Kent Cartwright has been appointed by the Modern Language Association Executive Committee to serve a four-year term on MLA’s Committee on the New Variorum of Shakespeare.

Carla Peterson Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

April 06, 2016 English

Professor Emerita Carla Peterson has been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for 2016, one of only two fellowships in American Literature.

UMD at AWP

April 06, 2016 English

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs held their annual conference, AWP, this past week in Los Angeles. The creative writing undergraduate and graduate programs were well represented at the event. Keep reading to learn more. 

English Majors Receive Library Award for Undergraduate Research

April 06, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Join us in congratulating Michelle Sauer for receiving the 2016 Library Award for Undergraduate Research for her paper "The Liminality of Irene Redfield: a Reading of Ambiguous Identity in Nella Larsen’s Passing.”

University Libraries

2016 Library Awards For Undergraduate Research

March 29, 2016 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Congratulations To Three English Majors Who Won The 2016 Library Award For Undergraduate Research.

UMD Writers Bloc

Writers Here & Now: University Faculty Share Their Work

March 29, 2016 English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

Writers Here & Now Faculty Reading: Tania James, Emily Mitchell, Stanley Plumly & Will Schutt discuss their work.