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College of Arts and Humanities, English

Professor Emerita Merle Collins Recovers Overlooked Life of Louise Little

Collins received the Barbara T. Christian Literary Award for “Ocean Stirrings.”
January 23, 2026 College of Arts and Humanities, English

11 English Students Selected for Competitive Penguin Random House Publishing Mentorship

UMD students secured more than half of the available spots in the program.
December 05, 2025 English

How Professor John Drabinski Wrote Three Books at Once

How Black vernacular culture, Baldwin and the Atlantic world shape his latest scholarship.
October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.
September 29, 2025 English

Nat McGartland Awarded 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize Honorable Mention

Nat McGartland was honorably mentioned for the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for American women book collectors.
September 22, 2025 English

Senior Spotlight: Madeline Arcaro

Madeline Arcaro was awarded for her short story by the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation.
September 17, 2025 English

Sarah Dammeyer Awarded Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

Embodying exemplary leadership, strategic thinking and passion for inclusive excellence, Senior Lecturer Sarah Dammeyer is a relentless advocate for fellow professional-track faculty, her own students and those across the university.
September 08, 2025 Arts for All, English

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram on ‘Writing with Machines’

The poet and professor discusses computational poetics, the history of machine-made texts and their vision for UMD’s new Studio for Literary Technology.
May 22, 2025 English

Senior Spotlight: Lauren Spencer

Lauren Spencer is an English major and rhetoric minor who will be an operations analyst for Morgan Stanley.
May 07, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Tega Oghenechovwen Awarded Elizabeth George Foundation Grant

The grant will support the creative writing M.F.A. student in finishing his upcoming collection of short stories.
Maryland Today February 14, 2025

‘Quantum Steampunk’ Creative Writing Course Explores the Science of Science Fiction

Physics, English faculty combine futuristic themes with Victorian-era aesthetics.
Baltimore Sun December 08, 2024

Music Can Lift the Spirits of a Struggling Nation

Professor of English Jason Rudy pens a guest feature in the Baltimore Sun.
The National Endowment for the Arts December 04, 2024

NEA Tech Check: Poet Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

The associate professor of English speaks to the NEA about AI and technology in their practice.

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Eight ARHU Faculty Receive Teaching Innovation Grants

October 07, 2025 Art, English, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Projects integrate Universal Design for Learning to create more inclusive, accessible classrooms across the humanities.

Nat McGartland Awarded 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize Honorable Mention

September 29, 2025 English

Nat McGartland was honorably mentioned for the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for American women book collectors.

Douglass Center Announces 2025-26 Public Engagement Fellows

September 23, 2025 Art, Douglass Center, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Projects led by ARHU faculty and graduate students address issues of migration, community building and climate action

Senior Spotlight: Madeline Arcaro

September 22, 2025 English

Madeline Arcaro was awarded for her short story by the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation.
Maryland Today

32 Faculty and Staff to be Honored at Convocation

September 18, 2025 English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Annual Awards Recognize Excellence in Service, Teaching, Research

Sarah Dammeyer Awarded Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

September 17, 2025 English

Embodying exemplary leadership, strategic thinking and passion for inclusive excellence, Senior Lecturer Sarah Dammeyer is a relentless advocate for fellow professional-track faculty, her own students and those across the university.

2024-25 Faculty Promotions

September 17, 2025 English

Congratulations to our professional track faculty on their promotions!
Maryland Today

Accolades: Faculty and Staff Awards and Honors

September 16, 2025 English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU faculty featured in roundup of recent accomplishments.
Maryland Today

‘The Baltimorons’ Brings the Charm, Thanks to 2 Terps

September 12, 2025 Arts for All, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Winner of SXSW film festival audience award now out in theaters.
Maryland Today

How Terps Spent the Summer Doing Good

September 10, 2025 English

From College Park to West Africa, UMD students, faculty and staff served communities.