Alumni Achievements
Graduate
Emily Bloom Book Prize Winner
The Modernist Studies Association awarded its prize for a first book to Emily B. Bloom's The Wireless Past: Anglo-Irish Writers and the BBC, 1931-1968 (Oxford University Press, 2016). In this text, [Read more....]
In conversation with Louisa Hall about her new book, Speak
English Department graduate program alumna and past Lecturer Louisa Hall has a new book out called Speak, and it’s getting ravereviews from the likes of National Public Radio and The Guardian. [Read more...
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Meghan Andrews wins the 2015 University Co-op and OGS Best Dissertation Award
Congratulations to Meghan Andrews, who has been awarded the 2015 University Co-op and OGS Best Dissertation Award. [Read more...]
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Alumnus Stephen Dobranski is named Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Dobranski, one of the English Department’s accomplished graduates, on his being named a Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University [Read more...]
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Alumnus David Harper becomes a Rare Book School-Mellon Fellow
Congratulations to Lieutenant Colonel David Harper, a graduate of the UT English Literature Ph.D. program who is now an assistant professor at the United States Military Academy [Read more...]
An Interview with Dustin Stewart, our 2013 department level dissertation prizewinner
Dustin Stewart has been named the 2013 English Department dissertation prizewinner. [Read more...]
Alumnus Jeremy Dean, the Education Czar of Rap Genius, discusses his career path with us, will give campus talk next week
If you’re not already familiar with Rap Genius, the website that just over a year ago received a $15 million dollar investment from the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (founded by Marc Andreessen, the inventor of the web browser), it’s a website founded in 2009 by three Yale grads with a love of rap music. [Read more...]
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Dr. Supriya Nair's newest book wins the prestigious Nicolás Guillén Award
Supriya Nair earned her Ph.D. in the English Department at UT in 1992 by writing a dissertation on "Making History: Social Revolution in the Novels of George Lamming," a version of which, Caliban's Curse: George Lamming and the Revisioning of History, was published as her first book in 1996 by the University of Michigan Press. [Read more...]
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English department alumna Layne Parish Craig, now an instructor at TCU, publishes her first book
In alumni news, Dr. Layne Parish Craig, a graduate of the University of Texas Ph.D. program in English Literature, now an Instructor of English at Texas Christian University, has published her first book, When Sex Changed: Birth Control Politics and Literature between the World Wars. [Read more...]
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University of Houston Associate Professor Margot Backus, a UT alumna, publishes second book
In alumni news, Margot Backus, a graduate of the University of Texas M.A. and Ph.D. programs in English Literature, now a professor of English at the University of Houston, has published her second book [Read more...]
Alumna Terri LeClercq fights uphill battle to preserve prisoners’ rights
After 10 years spent investigating and exploring the conditions of the U.S. prison system, Alumna Terri LeClercq is fighting the uphill battle to preserve the legal rights of prison inmates [Read more...]
English Alumna Jeanette Herman wins Cale McDowell Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Studies
The Department of English congratulates English alumna Jeanette Herman [Read more...]
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Greg Barnhisel and Vessela Valiavitcharska receive prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
The Department of English congratulates alumni Greg Barnhisel and Vessela Valiavitcharska [Read more...]
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Alumna Susan "George" Schorn publishes 'Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly'
The Department of English congratulates alumna Susan "George" Schorn on the forthcoming publication of her memoir [Read more...]
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Chicago-Kent College of Law appoints graduate alumna Terri LeClercq as first ever Ralph L. Brill Distinguished Visitor
The Department of English congratulates graduate alumna Terri Leclercq on her recent appointment as the Ralph L. Brill Chair Distinguished Visitor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Leclercq, a pioneer in the field of legal writing, is the first scholar to hold the College of Law’s newly established Distinguished Visitor position. [Read more...]
A Q&A with Michael Erard, Author of 'Babel No More'
English graduate alumnus Michael Erard speaks with ShelfLife about his new publication. [Read more...]
Undergraduate
Alumni Focus: Allison Dillon in Shakespeare Studies Program at King's College London
Allison Dillon, our inaugural Shakespeare at Winedale Outreach (SHOUT) Assistant and also an alumna of the undergraduate English program and the Shakespeare at Winedale program, is beginning her graduate studies in the Shakespeare Studies program at King’s College London this fall. [Read more...]
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English Alumna April Matthis receives Obie Award
Congratulations to English Department alumna April Matthis, who was this summer awarded an Obie for “sustained excellence of performance.” [Read more...]
English Alumnus Kirk Lynn's Commencement Address Notes
My First Alarm Clock: One of the reasons I’m here, that nobody talks about, is because when I was a kid I invented my own alarm clock. [Read more...]
Former UT English major and veteran travels the world, creates non-profit foundation
When Erick Prince-Heaggans came to the University of Texas, he had already completed four tours of military duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a security forces and maintenance specialist for C-130 aircraft [Read more...]
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English Alumnus Ben Stroud publishes Byzantium
The literary world is buzzing about Department of English Alumnus Ben Stroud [Read more...]
English Graduate Pamela Willeford Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
The Honorable Pamela Willeford (BA English, ’72) has been named one of six University of Texas Distinguished Alumni by the Texas Exes. [Read more...]
A Q&A with Ashley Hope Perez, Author of "What Can't Wait"
English alumna Ashley Hope Perez speaks with ShelfLife about her young adult novel.[Read more...]
A Q&A with Ashley Hope Perez, Author of "The Knife and the Butterfly"
English alumna Ashley Hope Perez speaks with ShelfLife about her young adult novel.[Read more...]
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