Congratulations to our new PhDs!
Well done, everyone!
Tara Ghoshal Wallace
Associate Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
Well done, everyone!
Tara Ghoshal Wallace
Associate Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
Christina Beasley. Photo by Thomas Sayers Ellis. The first-place winner of this year’s Academy of American Poets’ University and College Poetry Prize is Christina Beasley ’12, an International Affairs major and Creative Writing minor. Christina will receive a $100 prize and a one-year membership to the Academy. Honorable mention goes to senior Annie-Rose Strasser, an…
I’d like to express my gratitude to a former student whom I remember fondly: Sarah Griswold, who recently donated $250 to the department. This is quite a sum for a 2006 graduate to give us … and we are honored by her generous support. Thank you, Sarah! I’m happy that my Chaucer class did not…
Although you wouldn’t know it from the mild manner of those of us who inhabit Rome 760, the English Department has been quite busy lately. This is not Prof. Tongson at GW last week, although the set up was remarkably similar and the photo is in the commons! Last week, in addition to seeing the…
To: English MajorsFrom: Professor Jonathan Gil HarrisRe: ENGLISH HONORS January 4, 2008 Dear English Major, You are invited to apply to the English Department Honors Program. Department Honors offers a unique opportunity to participate in an intensive and supportive year-long program, comprising the fall and spring semesters of the senior year. In the fall semester,…
To mark the beginning of June and as a nod to our 2009 graduates, this week GW English News will feature a five part interview with alumnus Mark Olshaker. A 1972 graduate of the English Department, Olshaker has put his B.A. in English to good use as a writer, filmmaker, and self-proclaimed dilettante who has…
If you are a current undergraduate and have not yet submitted your application for our special “Screenwriting” (Jason Filardi) or “Fiction” (Edward P. Jones) courses (English 182 for spring 2009), please do so immediately. We hope to announce decisions by the end of the week. Due to a glitch, several people were allowed to register…