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UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.

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Introducing the Stanley Plumly Memorial Digital Archive

The Georgia Review hosts a memorial digital archive devoted to Plumly and his work, teaching, influence and life.

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New Podcast Explores Past, Present and Future of Black Studies

John Drabinski and Ashley Newby’s “The Black Studies Podcast” is supported by a $100k grant from the Mellon Foundation. 

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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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$1.4M Mellon Foundation Grant Expands Black Digital Humanities at UMD

Initiative fosters broad range of scholarly, creative and experimental work at all levels–undergrad to faculty.

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English: Where Information Becomes Knowledge

The Department of English teaches students how to think critically, communicate clearly, and create fearlessly. Equipped with a versatile and interdisciplinary liberal arts education, our students emerge from our classrooms well-prepared to navigate the complex landscape of the current moment.

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Our English major and minor programs train students in key approaches to analyzing literature and media, the structures and effects of the English language, and theories and practices of writing from the creative to the professional. Find details about our B.A. program, honors program, and minors.

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Meet our faculty, staff, and graduate students. Our 50-plus tenure-track faculty are first in their fields, with a wide-ranging and award-winning body of work in digital media, scholarly essays, and books, novels, short stories, and poetry. Our professional-track faculty teach a diverse range of courses and make significant contributions to our education goals and research expertise.

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Located just 10 miles from Washington, D.C., we have easy access to the city’s rich cultural and scholarly resources, including the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the National Archives. Our department champions innovation, diversity, and flexibility in pursuit of higher education. By enrolling in our program, students join an exciting, diverse, engaged, and thriving intellectual community.

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The University of Maryland Department of English takes heart in our common pursuit of literature and language as vital to crossing the boundaries of difference. It makes us discerning about language and its effects. It drives us to question ourselves and to empathize with diverse identities. And it helps us compose a better world. Your gift will make a difference in the educational experience of our students. Thank you for your generosity.

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