Dylan Lewis Named to Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
The prestigious fellowship is a capstone graduate career achievement for the English doctoral candidate.
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Isaac Asimov, John Updike, and John Hersey changed their writing habits to adapt to word processors, according to the first literary historian of the technology.
From Pussy Riot to Caribbean literature by women, Elle Magazine highlights three UMD courses offered this fall.
Lee Konstantinou's Cool Characters: Irony and American Fiction has been reviewed by Dissent Magazine and Politics / Letters. He has also published articles in Salon and Slate this past semester.
English Professor Matthew G. Kirschenbaum explores the technology of writing.
ARHU profs in English and Women’s Studies make exceptional contributions to graduate education.
Christin Taylor has accepted a tenure-track appointment as an assistant professor in Shenandoah University (in Winchester, VA).
Rob Wakeman has accepted a one-year post-doctoral position at the University of South Florida (in Tampa). Rob expects to defend his dissertation, "Eating Animals in Tudor and Stuart Theaters,” later this summer.
PhD graduate Chris Brown has accepted an appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor at Wake Forest University.
Congratulations and thank you to Shirley Logan, who has served as Associate Chair of the Department, Chair of the Campus Writing Board, and a dedicated professor of English.
Fellowships will fund research related to African American history, literature and culture.