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Welcome Back!

Welcome back to campus and to the 2024-25 academic year, with a special welcome to first-year students and newly declared majors and minors! I’m delighted to greet you in my role as new department chair.

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 […]

English Department Receives a Mellon Grant

The English Department has received a $487,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support “Story for All: Disability Justice Collaboratories.”

Professor Spotlight: Patricia Chu

Professor and Deputy Chair of English Patricia Chu published her book Where I Have Never Been: Migration, Melancholia, and Memory in Asian American Narratives of Return (Temple, 2019) just last Fall! Her book provides valuable insight into the narratives of diasporic Asians, as their offspring travel to Asia to reclaim their heritage. Where I Have Never Been “reframes […]

PhD Student Spotlight: Joanna Falk

What is the subject of your dissertation and how did you decide what your topic would be? My dissertation is about paratexts – all the stuff that’s not technically part of the “main” text but that serves to present it in some way. Titles are paratexts, as are introductions, footnotes, endnotes, appendices, etc. More specifically, I […]

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November 7, 2007

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Stephen Greenblatt is coming to GW

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November 5, 2007

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Events

Although all of the Inauguration Festivities are likely in their own way to be worth attending, allow me to call your attention …

Course Descriptions for Fall 2008

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November 5, 2007

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The course descriptions are online. Registration begins this week. Faculty will be holding extra office hours to lift holds and for advising.

Got $600 for a cup of coffee?

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November 1, 2007

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This message is addressed to the wealthy potential donors who read our blog religiously. We know there are many of you out …

Two deadlines and a reminder

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November 1, 2007

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The deadline for the T-shirt contest is Friday 11/2. Earn enduring fame via your clever logo! The deadline for applying for the …

Changes to English Honors Program

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October 26, 2007

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Dear English majors: A number of you have inquired about the deadline for applications to the English Honors program. I just wanted …