The Book of Timur in India
PhD student Ananya Bhardwaj Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library located in her birthplace, Patna, India, and studied the folio of Timurnama.
Professor’s Books Named as NYT’s Best Books
Award-winning author Edward P. Jones has written stories that depicted life in the Antebellum South and the lives of working-class African Americans in Washington, D.C. Edward Paul Jones, a professor of English at George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has two books listed on the New York Times’s list of the 100…
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…
Senior Spotlight: Hailey Katzenberger
Meet this week’s GW English Senior Spotlight: Hailey Katzenberger from Oceanport, New Jersey! Hailey will be working as a paralegal assistant in a corporate law firm here in DC after she graduates in December.
Senior Spotlight: Abby Simard
Meet Abby Simard from Farmington, Connecticut! Abby has loved writing for as long as she can remember, and after taking some creative writing classes and getting to know the department here at GW, she couldn’t imagine majoring in anything else! Abby is currently working on her Creative Writing Honors Thesis in short fiction, which consists…
Senior Spotlight: Promise Harvey
Meet this week’s GW English Senior Spotlight: Promise Harvey from West Philadelphia,
Meet Our Alumni: Jennifer Cheng
Meet our first Alumni Spotlight of the year: Jennifer Cheng! Jennifer studies English because it feels like a way for her to connect with people and stories she would otherwise be unable to access, thereby helping her connect more meaningfully with those around her. Jennifer Cheng received her Masters in Teaching through the NYU Teacher…
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.
Senior Spotlights: Rebecca Radillo
“Raising High & Saying Goodbye: Rebecca Radillo is a graduating senior majoring in English. She currently has an internship with TheDailyFandom.org where she writes on pop culture with an academic lens–she already has an article published analyzing Doctor Strange through an Orientalist and disability lens. She will be attending Boston College in the fall for…
Senior Spotlights: Izzy Cassandra-Newsam
Raising High & Waving Goodbye: Izzy Cassandra-Newsam graduates with a degree in Creative Writing & English, after completing her fiction thesis under the guidance of Professor Annie Liontas. After this summer, she will return to her native Los Angeles to pursue a career in television. Thank you, Izzy, for everything you’ve provided the department, and…