Two English Professors nominated for Professor of the Year
Prof. Lisa Page |
Prof. Lisa Page |
The Fat Studies Reader, a collection of essays to which GW English graduate student Julia McCrossin contributed a piece, was mentioned in a recent New Yorker article: So what’s wrong with putting on an extra pound, or ten pounds, or, for that matter, a hundred and ten? According to the contributors to “The Fat Studies…
José Muñoz is off to Berlin this week. But do not worry, our already much-loved Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary Literature this semester is enjoying his time at GW, its just that his work has just been translated into German hence the trip. It is really no surprise that Muñoz is always traveling. He is…
Seeing Shakespeare rarely conjures up the taste of jerk chicken or the sounds of Bob Marley, but that is not to say that the Bard was not meant for the beaches of the Caribbean. These were exactly Timothy Douglas’ thoughts when directing a Much Ado About Nothing set during the 2009 DC Caribbean Festival at…
English and Creative Writing major senior, Nada Shawish, was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the 2008 NY State Summer Writers Institute. According to the press release, over 350 applications were received, and Nada was one of thirty selected. Below, read more, in her own words, about Nada’s success and her representation of the GW…
The English Department administers a biannual essay contest open to current GW freshmen, sophomores and juniors interested in parliamentary procedure. To enter, you must compose an essay of three to four hundred words on some aspect of parliamentary procedure as taught in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised. The essay should be submitted under a…
English 3960-10 (36721) Asian American Literature MW 12:45-2 p.m. Course Description: This course complicates received ideas of “America” as a nation of blacks and whites by examining the writing of Americans of Asian descent. Our readings will examine what Asian American and Asian global writers have to say about growing up in Chinatown in…