Graduate Student Tawnya Ravy Wins Prestigious Fellowship
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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…
D. Gilson (center) with graduate students Maia Gil’Adi (left) and Rachel Obenschain (right) On Friday, PhD student D. Gilson won the Larry Neal Writers’ Competition in the poetry category. Each year, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities presents these awards to commemorate the artistic legacy and vision of cultural understanding of Larry Neal –…
Professor Michael Bérubé From October 25-30, GW’s English Department is pleased to host Professor Michael Bérubé as this year’s Wang Distinguished Professor-in-Residence. Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of seven books to date, including…
This Spring, Daniel DeWisepelare has been teaching Critical Methods (ENGL 2800W), and his students for this course will be presenting their work on critical theory and literature at “A Critical Methods Symposium and Party” today at 2pm in Rome Hall 771. The Symposium is in its second year and testifies to the thriving culture in…
PhD Candidate Lori Brister Doctoral candidate Lori Brister has been awarded a 2013 Summer Dissertation Fellowship by GW’s Office of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships. This fellowship will allow her to travel to several notable libraries and collections, including the New York Public Library and the GeorgeEastman House/ International Museum of Photography and Film in…
The room was packed. Students watched as the head of the Creative Writing Department, Faye Moskowitz, ran around trying to find enough chairs to seat all 225 people who came to last night’s final reading featuring professors Ramola D and Gina Welch. The event is a record in not just the Creative Writing Department’s history,…