The National City Christian Church is on the north side of Thomas Circle in NW Washington A memorial service for Professor James A. Miller will be held tomorrow, August 29, 2015, at the National City Christian Church on Thomas Circle. The service will be held at 2:00 PM. Memorial donations in honor of James A….
JMM Writer-in-Washington Kseniya Melnik Photo Credit: Morgan Demeter The Jenny McKean Moore Fund was established in honor of the late Jenny Moore, who was a playwrighting student at GW and who left in trust a fund that has, for almost forty years, encouraged the teaching and study of Creative Writing in the English Department, allowing us 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 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…
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…
Shaun-Dae Clark Reads a Poem Shaun-Dae Clark is a second year student at The George Washington University. She works at Gelman Library and will be studying abroad at the London School of Economics this fall. -Justice Spencer, Nico Page, Marwa Roshan The Recitation The Interview interviewed by Justice Spencer Justice: Why did you choose the poem?…
Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs Peter Konwerski Reads a Poem As Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Konwerski is the chief student affairs officer for GW, managing a diverse staff of education professionals responsible for academic success; student academic engagement; parent engagement; and wellness, education, and prevention for GW undergraduate, graduate, and professional students….
