Christine Byrne ’19 (CLAS), graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2019 with a degree in English. After spending three years working as a high school English teacher through Teach for America, she was accepted into the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In Iowa, Christine received the John Logan Poetry Prize and the Arthur James Pflughaupt Prize […]
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Grad Landings – Luisana Duarte Armendáriz ’26 (Ph.D.) to UTEP
Luisana Duarte Armendáriz, ’26 (Ph.D.) has accepted a job as an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Luisana will also be serving as Interim Director for their First Year Composition program. Luisana’s committee members included Profs. Victoria Smith (Chair), Peter Constantine, and Cathryn Mercier (Simmons University).
Dr. Amanda Greenwell ’20 (Ph.D.) Wins Children’s Literature Association Book Award
Dr. Amanda Greenwell, ’20 (Ph.D.), an Associate Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, was named this year’s winner of the Children’s Literature Association’s Book Award for her recent publication The Child Gaze: Narrating Resistance in American Literature. Dr. Greenwell was featured on Fox 61 for her work associated with this award, which was […]
Will Hines ’92 (CLAS) featured in UConn Magazine
Will Hines, ’92 (CLAS), was recently featured in UConn Magazine for his successful career as a character actor and a respected improv teacher in venues like the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
Kashawn Taylor, ‘13 (CLAS) releases “subhuman”
A collection of poetry by Kashawn Taylor ’13 (CLAS), subhuman, was released in March 2025 by Wayfarer Books. One of his poems, These Headphones Should Be Free, was featured in their April 2025 Poetry magazine and can be found on the Poetry Foundation website. Congratulations, Kashawn!
Alex Mika ‘21(CLAS), ‘22 (MA) to Perform Play in NYC
Alex Mika ‘21(CLAS), ‘22 (MA), who is currently a PhD candidate in the Penn State Department of English, is co-producing on a musical, In the Wake, at the Green Room 42 in New York City on February 23rd. Livestream passes are also available from the venue. Congratulations, Alex!
Prof. Bercaw Edwards to Host Melville Society Conference
Professor Mary K. Bercaw Edwards is featured in UConn Today discussing the Fourteenth International Melville Society Conference and her role as an organizing committee member. This conference, which highlights the works of renowned maritime author Herman Melville, will run from Monday, June 16, to Thursday, June 19, 2025, on UConn’s Avery Point campus.
Prof. Görkemli’s New Book Wins INDIES Honors
Sweet Tooth and Other Stories, the most recent book published by Prof. Serkan Görkemli, was awarded with multiple Foreword INDIES honors for 2024. The book was named a finalist in the Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category and received the Silver Award in the LGBTQ+ (Adult Fiction) category. Update October 2025: Professor Gorkemli’s short story collection was […]
English Dept. Grad Students with Literary Translation Program
Multiple members of the Department of English community were featured in UConn Today, highlighting their work with the University of Connecticut’s program in Literary Translation
Everyday Ecofascism
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