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Student Farewells to Maxine Clair
Our beloved colleague Maxine Clair is retiring. I’d like to share with you some comments from the student evaluations from her very last class. Professor Clair will be missed dearly. Each class with her is like a small step forward in my life as a student, and also a contribution to whatever I might achieve…
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You read about it at Ducks and What They Do. Now come attend the small, just for you last reading by Edward P. Jones. Wednesday 4/22 in Phillips 411 Share on FacebookTweet
Featured Alumna: Jeanne M. Rose
Jeanne M. Rose graduated with a degree in English twelve years ago. We asked her to let us know how she is doing. She writes: After graduating from GWU in 1995, I enrolled at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. My graduate work focused on the relationship between literature and composition, and my dissertation…
To All Current English Majors: Welcome Back!
On this, the first day of classes, my colleagues in the English Department and I would like to welcome you back to GW and wish you a good semester. Please subscribe to or bookmark this blog to keep up to date on events and important information about the major. You may also wish to become…
Transatlantic Dialogue: Robert McRuer’s Class Goes to Prague
From today’s Hatchet, a piece on Prof. Robert McRuer’s innovative new class by Gabriella Schwarz: Most field trips for GW classes require a Metro farecard, but passports were necessary for 13 students in an English course this fall. The class, “Transnational Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” taught by professor Robert McRuer, went to the Czech…
