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May 27, 2020
Alexandra Calloway's Engl 393 Students Produce a Digital Forum [2]
Each student team chose an engineering or science topic of interest, researched the topic, and presented their findings in this digital forum. Each site also has a page dedicated to younger audiences to share in learning about these ideas. This digital forum was made possible by funds from the Writing Program Award that Alexandra Calloway received this spring. 
May 22, 2020
BookLab End of Semester Recap [3]
Despite the sudden move to online, UMD English's BookLab has had a busy 2020 spring. 
May 20, 2020
Orrin Wang Wins 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award [4]
Professor Orrin Wang is the 2020 recipient of the Keats Shelley Association of America's Distinguished Scholar Award. 
May 14, 2020
Congratulations to the Graduates of our Ph.D. in English Program [5]
The Department of English is pleased to congratulate the latest Doctors of Philosophy in English.
May 14, 2020
Congratulations to the Graduate of our Ph.D. in Comparative Literature Program [6]
The Department of English is pleased to congratulate the most recent graduate of its Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature. 
May 14, 2020
Congratulations to our 2020 English Honors Graduates [7]
The Department of English's Honors Program is pleased to recognize its 2020 Honors Graduates.
May 22, 2020
Congratulations to the Department of English Award Winners [8]
Congratulations to our award winners for the 2019-20 academic year in Graduate and Undergraduate studies. 
May 6, 2020
UMD English's Lynn Martin Wins Winston Award [9]
On behalf of the 2020 Winston Awards Selection Committee, English senior Lynn Martin's research paper, “Enlightenment at the Hand of God” has been selected to receive one of this year’s Winston Family Honors Awards.
May 6, 2020
UMD English's Priya Hay-Chatterjee Wins the Loving Award [10]
English Senior Priya Hay-Chatterjee has won the Loving Award, named in honor of Mildred and Richard Loving for their bravery and perseverance in invalidating miscegenation laws via the landmark Supreme Court decision in Loving vs. Virginia.
March 11, 2020
Jonathan Rick's PR Seminars and New Column for PR Daily [11]
Jonathan Rick began writing a column for PR Daily. Check out his first two articles: “A PR Pro Never Mistakes Silence for ‘No’” and “Want to Close More Clients? Then You Need to Do This.”
May 22, 2020
UMD English Senior Spotlights [12]
Get to know some of our graduating English students, including their job and intern experiences, favorite classes, skills learned and more.
May 6, 2020
UMD English Senior Spotlight [13]
Get to know some of our graduating English majors, including their job and intern experiences, favorite classes, skills learned and more.  
May 4, 2020
Alice Bi Presents Virtually at 2020 Culture Mapping Symposium [14]
For the past month UMD English has been following stories of student and faculty resilience in the age of COVID-19. A standout story of flexibility and triumph came from UMD student Alice Bi, a sophomore double-majoring in English (Literary & Cultural Studies track) and International Relations.
May 1, 2020
English Student Spotlight [15]
Get to know some of our undergraduate English students including their job and intern experiences, favorite classes, skills learned and more.
April 3, 2020
Mallios Selected for Long Teaching Fellowship [16]
Peter Mallios was selected as the AY 20-21 Long Teaching Fellow.
March 24, 2020
Peter Witte, published in The Rumpus's "Letters for Kids" [17]
Peter Witte's letter was published in March as part of The Rumpus's "Letters for Kids" program, a subscription-based series that sends letters from authors to children, educators, classrooms, and libraries to help foster a love of reading and writing in children.
March 24, 2020
Sabrina Islam attends Key West Literary Seminar's Writers' Workshop [18]
Sabrina Islam received a scholarship to attend Key West Literary Seminar's Writers' Workshop Program, January 13-17. The program was a literary week of writing and discovery. In the mornings, Sabrina took part in Fernanda Eberstadt's workshop. Her afternoons were busy exploring the island, stopping into local bookstores, and touring the homes of Elizabeth Bishop, Tennessee Williams and Ernest Hemingway.
March 24, 2020
Alysia Sawchyn, AWP Conference [19]
Alysia Sawchyn participated in the panel "In Defense of Navel-Gazing: Writing Trauma as a Political Act" at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2020 Conference in San Antonio, TX. 
March 24, 2020
Matthew Kirschenbaum Publishes Mellon-Funded Research [20]
Matthew Kirschenbaum has published Books.Files: A Report on the Preservation of Digital Assets in the Contemporary Publishing Industry.
March 24, 2020
Nahid Ahmadian to present at Association for Theater in Higher Education Conference [21]
Nahid Ahmadian will present the paper "Iranian Post-Revolutionary Drama, the Dynamics of Text and Stage" at the 2020 annual ATHE (Association for Theater in Higher Education) Conference. Her presentation will be on the panel "Politics and Protest in Transhistorical Middle East Performance"  in Middle Eastern Theater, a focus group at ATHE. The event will happen in August 2020 in Detroit.

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