The following grants have been awarded to faculty members in the Department of English:

Gina Barreca, Distinguished Professor, won a grant from CLAS to support the editing of Fast Famous Women: 75 Essays of Flash Non-Fiction.

Tolonda Henderson, graduate student, won a grant from the American Studies program to present two papers at the Children’s Literature Association Conference in June 2023.

Kathy Knapp, Associate Professor, won a grant from CLAS to support her research project, Still Lives: The Contemporary U.S. Bildungsroman and the Case Against Progress.

Ellen Litman, Associate Professor, won a grant from CLAS to support her creative writing project, 30 Years of Post-Soviet Russia: A Story Cycle.

Sam Sommers, Assistant Professor in Residence, won a grant from the American Studies program for research at the American Antiquarian Society toward her book project, Reading in Talking Books: Theories of Race and Reading from Nineteenth-Century America.

Congratulations to all, and thank you for your hard work!