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Merle Collins Selected as 2018-2019 Distinguished Scholar Teacher

April 03, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

This distinction honors faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievements, as well as exemplary contributions as teachers and leaders in their respective field.

CLCS Grants Fall 2017

March 30, 2018 English

Join us in congratulating the following people for receiving support from CLCS for programs for 2017-2018.

CLCS Grants Spring 2017

March 30, 2018 English

Please join CLCS as we thank these faculty, staff, and students for the effort that went into orchestrating these proposals. We are pleased to announce funding for these programs for 2017-2018.

Donald Hall selected as Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences & Engineering

March 27, 2018 English

Alumnus Donald Hall was recently selected as Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences & Engineering​ at the University of Rochester. 

Congratulations to Professor Kim Coles

March 15, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The Department of English is delighted to announce Kim Coles has been selected for an Arcan Semester Research Award for fall 2018.

The Department Welcomes Chad Infante!

March 13, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The English Department is delighted to announce that Professor Chad Infante will be joining us this fall as Assistant Professor of English at the University of Maryland. 

Connect with UMD at CCCC 2018

March 13, 2018 English

The Conference on Composition and Communication will take place March 14th through March 17th in Kansas City, Missouri for, "Languaging, Laboring, and Transforming".   

Symposium: The Cultural Politics of Breakdown & Repair

March 06, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Friday, April 6, 2018 — 1:30–4:45 p.m., with reception following. Sponsored by the Potomac Center for the Study of Modernity. Free and open to the public.

Kate Starbird, Lecture & Discussion: "Muddied Waters: Online Disinformation During Crisis Events"

March 06, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Kate Starbird, assistant professor at University of Washington and expert on informatics, will share how alternative narratives of crisis information spread, creating confusion and clouding judgment.

John and Anne Long Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Endowment

February 22, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

John J. Long and Anne C. Long, Ph.D., give $100,000 to the Department to enhance students' education by recognizing, rewarding, and supporting faculty as they develop curricular and pedagogical best practices.