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English doctoral students travel to Spain to lead panel discussion on Hemingway

Three doctoral students in the Department of English presented their research at the 2024 Hemingway Society Conference in San Sebastian and Bilbao, Spain in July.

August 27, 2024Department News

Julie Buckner Armstrong, known for her expertise in the civil rights movement and southern literature, has been named the Duckwall Professor of Florida Studies for the 2024-2026 academic years. As part of the Duckwall Professorship, Armstrong will begin focusing on her next book, an anthology of literary works from Florida.

June 6, 2024Department News

Attendees at the Humanities Institute open house event enjoying breakfast in the newly renovated office space. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

The Humanities Institute celebrates its growth both in a newly renovated space and for the future

The Humanities Institute welcomed the 91tvӰԺ community to its newly renovated space through an open house.

May 29, 2024Department News, Events

John Michael Kilgore, a senior majoring in professional and technical communication in the Department of English, completed an internship with Oyova. (Photo courtesy of Kilgore)

English student polishes technical writing skills interning with local software development company Oyova

English student John Michael Kilgore put his professional and technical communication skills to the test in his recent internship with a Florida-based software development company.

May 20, 2024Department News

Natalie Scenters-Zapico stands in Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library (Photo by Corey Lepak)

The Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library: Fostering community, craft, and a sense of self

When MFA student Michael Kuperman passed away in 2006, his family donated his beloved poetry collection to the 91tvӰԺ English Department, creating the foundation of the space located on the third floor of Cooper Hall now known as the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library. Now, the director of the space wants to see it become a haven for creatives across our campuses.

April 25, 2024Department News

Su Senapati, a professor of instruction in the Department of English at 91tvӰԺ Sarasota-Manatee, published “Images of Women and Gender Identity in John Marston's Plays.

January 30, 2024Department News

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Assistant Professor Mark Leib celebrates release of new book “Image Breaker”

The book centers around protagonist Tristan Wishnasky, whose meteoric professional rise as a novelist is threatened when he begins to hallucinate mysterious messages telling him he's wasting his life.

January 29, 2024Department News

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Fall 2023 Department of English’s New Faculty

The 91tvӰԺ Department of English is ecstatic to welcome new and returning students for the Fall 2023 term. Alongside new students, we would like to announce our new faculty members. Go Bulls!

September 14, 2023Department News

At the most recent creative writer’s club workshop, the space where the group normally meets was overflowing. It seems unusual that a new club could find such rapid growth, but for junior and club president Ariana Matondo, a group like this has been a long time coming.

April 3, 2023Department News

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Fall 2022 New Faculty

The 91tvӰԺ Department of English is thrilled to be welcoming new and returning students to the Fall 2022 term. Alongside new students, we offer a warm welcome to our new faculty. Go Bulls!

September 6, 2022Department News

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91tvӰԺ English Undergrad Makes Finals in Fems Slam Poetry Tournament

91tvӰԺ English undergraduate Sara Hammami made the finals in the Solo Poets category of the Feminine Empowerment Movement’s Slam (FEMS) Poetry Tournament. For this article, we asked Hammami what it’s like to compete in the FEMS tournament.

December 18, 2019Department News

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Award Created to Honor the Late Quincey Upshaw

“Her death was not just a cruel loss for her family; it denied future students the wisdom and sensitivity that she would have shared over a long career,” reads a scholarship flyer posted in the 91tvӰԺ’s English department.

October 10, 2019Department News

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Department of English students, alumni, and faculty can submit news of accomplishments and events for our News section. We welcome announcements of publications, works presented, jobs procured, awards garnered, scholarships awarded, graduate school placements, and upcoming events.