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Joubin Receives the bell hooks Legacy Award
GW English professor Alexa Alice Joubin was named the inaugural recipient of the bell hooks Legacy Award on April 7, 2023. The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (PCA / ACA) established the award to commemorate the late feminist writer and activist bell hooks (1952-2021) who has authored more than 30 books. Alexa Alice Joubin…
Professor Chang Reading at the Library of Congress
Professor Jennifer Chang is on the roster for the Library of Congress reading series at the beginning of December! Join the conversation about poetry and teenagers. Details below. Wednesday, December 2, 6:30 PM TEENS AND POETRY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Poets Jennifer Chang and Mark McMorris read selections of Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation along…
Professor Jennifer Chang on NPR: “Again a Solstice”
Assistant Professor Jennifer Chang NPR has been asking poets to talk about their summers by reading their poems. We’re pleased that our very own Professor Jennifer Chang was among the poets they chose. The interview begins with a brief discussion of a time when Professor Chang was asked to submit a poem to the New…
Graduate Students and Faculty Honored
Several English department graduate students and faculty were honored at the 12th Annual Faculty Honors Ceremony on October 18, 2022 at George Washington University.
Introducing Daniel DeWispelare, Incoming Assistant Prof. of English
The English department is very pleased to introduce readers of this blog to our newest faculty member, Dr. Daniel DeWispelare, who will be joining us as an assistant professor in September. Prof. DeWispelare received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and does research primarily in the British nineteenth century, with a focus on Romanticism,…
Congratulations to Samsara Counts, winner of the Citizen Day poetry contest!
Congratulations to Samsara Counts, winner of the Citizen Day poetry contest! Citizen Day was held in honor of Claudia Rankine’s visit to GWU as a call for students to write about what it means to be “citizens” at GWU in a time of political/racial polarization. The Citizen Project emphasizes the importance of creating a space where student…
