Sunaura Taylor, Arctic Wheelchair, 2013 UWatercolor and Ink on Paper, 7″ x 10″ UPDATED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS! October 31, 2015 George Washington University’s biennial Composing Disability Conference returns in Spring 2016 with the theme of “Crip Ecologies.” The event will be held April 7-8, 2016; featured speakers include Sunaura Taylor and Riva Lehrer, with others to…
GW English Alum CJ Powell GW English Alum CJ Powell: “Two of the investment banking managing directors in Project Finance with whom I worked had Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and Dance“ Like a lot of our department’s majors, CJ Powell (she was then CJ Hall) headed for New York City with an interest in…
Professor McRuer in the late night sun of Copenhagen, Denmark August does have a way of sneaking up on us! It’s hard to believe that classes at The George Washington University start three weeks from today, on Monday, August 31. Our faculty, as usual, has been hard at work over the summer. We’ve been in…
Professor James A. Miller The Departments of English and American Studies and the Program in Africana Studies invite you to join us for “A Celebration of the Work of James A. Miller,” on Friday, September 11, from 2-6 PM. This event will be held in the Jack Morton Auditorium (805 21st Street NW). Professor James Miller…
GW Students (and students in the consortium!): English 3980W, which is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Short-Term Study Abroad Office, will be offered again in Fall 2015. Interested students will need to register through an application process that can be accessed using this link to GW Study Abroad. This unique course has…
Professor James A. Miller in his English Department office The English Department is mourning the loss of Professor Jim Miller, our colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend, who died on June 19, after a year-long battle with cancer. Jim was a highly-respected scholar and beloved teacher in English, American Studies, and Africana Studies whose work focused on…
Alexi LeFevre (GWU ’05) Alexi LeFevre is a 2005 alum of The George Washington University. Although he studied international affairs, he describes himself as someone who has had a lifelong passion for creative writing. At GW, he pursued that passion in a formal setting for the first time. In the spring of 2003, Alexi took…
Professor Tara Wallace was recently in attendance at the Boswell Book Festival at the Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland. Described by organizers as “The World’s Only Festival of Biography & Memoir,” the event was held May 8-10, 2015. Before the official events, Professor Wallace spent some delightful time in the company of Margaret Boswell Elliot (a…
GW English PhD candidate Tawnya Ravy GW English congratulates PhD candidate Tawnya Ravy, who has been selected to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Tawnya, who has also been teaching as a member of the faculty at Northern Virginia Community College as she finishes her…
The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies Have you ever wondered how those scholarly articles that you use in your research papers make it into print? Perhaps you’ve even wondered what would happen to one of your own projects if you pursued it beyond the end of the semester and attempted to place it…
