Meet Turni! She’s a Ph.D. candidate in the English department, who loves Arundhati Roy, our amazing GW English faculty, and presenting her work! If you haven’t caught her jumping from conference to conference, whether it be with the American Comparative Literature Association or Northeast Modern Language Association, swipe to learn more!
Assistant Professor Jennifer Chang NPR has been asking poets to talk about their summers by reading their poems. We’re pleased that our very own Professor Jennifer Chang was among the poets they chose. The interview begins with a brief discussion of a time when Professor Chang was asked to submit a poem to the New…
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…
Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Residence Melinda Moustakis 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 more than 40 years, encouraged the teaching and study of Creative Writing in the English Department, allowing us to bring…
Alumna Zeina Mohammed shares insight on her experience as an English major “People Need English Majors”: Sitting Down with GW English Alumna Zeina Mohammed as told to Maryam Gilanshah, Creative Writing 2021 Why did you choose GW and Washington, D.C.? Why make that switch? Z: So my family actually lives in Washington DC….
The debates about Massive Open Online Courses continues, and Professor Margaret Soltan continues to be sought after for her thoughts on the subject. She was recently featured talking about her Poetry MOOC in Poets and Writers Magazine: Soltan, who teaches a course through Udemy titled Poetry: What It Is, and How to Understand It, says…
Abby Dimen-Taylor GW English ’12 Abby Dimen-Taylor graduated from GW with an English major and a minor in Psychology as part of the class of 2012. She graduated with Honors in English after completing a thesis on James Baldwin under the direction of Professor Jim Miller. She very much enjoyed her time with GW English,…
