PhD Candidate Tawnya Ravy Selected for NEH Summer Institute
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GW English PhD candidate Tawnya Ravy |
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GW English PhD candidate Tawnya Ravy |
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…
GW English alumnae Jennifer Nelson recently published the anthology Deaf American Prose with Gallaudet colleague Kristen Harmon. The collection is the first in a series called the Gallaudet Deaf Literature Series and promises to be a rich perspective to explore. Professor Harmon is an English professor and on loan as the Center Manager of Impact on Education and Disseminations for VL2, a…
GW English Major Katherine Bradshaw During the summer, as well as during the academic year, our majors often serve as interns in a wide range of locations. Classical Studies major, English minor, and Dean’s scholar Katherine Bradshaw recently sent us a summary of her experience in Summer 2013 as an intern for the Shakespeare Theatre…
At Stonehenge, 2014 The GW English Department is proud to announce that Siegfried Huffnagle will be the communications liaison for the spring 2015 semester! As communications liaison, Siegfried will be contributing to the production and management of content on this blog, our Twitter, and Facebook page. Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Siegfried…
Professor Hsy tweets @Jonathan Hsy GW English is on Twitter! And we thought it might be useful to our readers, especially as the next Digital Humanities Symposium kicks off, to have a round-up of where to find us. Join us on Friday, January 30, for a Digital Humanities Symposium which in fact includes a few twitter…
The English department is delighted to announce that Melissa Mogollon is the winner of this year’s Student Poetry Prize for her poem “Salon.” David Meni is the winner of this year’s Academy of American Poets Prize for his set of poems titled “Intermezzo.” There was a robust set of entries for both prizes this…