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Graduate Student John Macintosh Wins Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship

April 27, 2016 English

John Macintosh is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship for his thesis tentatively titled, "The Trouble with Precarity: Representations of Labor in Post-1980 U.S. Fiction." Congratulations!

Creative Commons Cafe Opens In Tawes Hall

April 27, 2016 American Studies, English

The new Creative Commons cafe in Tawes Hall opened on Monday.

Casey Patterson Selected as an "Undergraduate Researcher of the Year"

April 25, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Casey Patterson has been selected as one of Maryland's "Undergraduate Researchers of the Year" for 2016.

Jenna Bachman Awarded a James F. Harris Arts and Humanities Visionary Scholarship

April 25, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Jenna Bachman was selected to receive a James F. Harris Arts and Humanities Visionary Scholarship for the academic year 2016-2017.

Umd Students Partner With Northwestern High School To Promote Social Change

April 24, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Students in English department's Writing for Change class work with ninth-graders to express "marginalized voices."

#SpeareTheTurtle Poetry Winners

April 21, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Winners of the #SpeareTheTurtle poetry contest were awarded at the Wake for SHX!

Ann Bracken's Second Collection of Poems to be Published

April 20, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Ann Bracken, a lecturer in the Professional Writing Program, has had a second collection of poems accepted for publication this year by New Academia Publishing.

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.