Sarah Bertekap ’24 (Ph.D.) has accepted an Assistant Lecturer of English position at the Indiana Academy at Ball State University. Sarah’s committee included Mary Burke, major advisor, and committee members Margaret Breen, Greg Semenza, and Victoria Ford Smith. Congratulations!
Author: Carcia, Peter
English Dept. Members Named UCHI Fellows
The UConn Humanities Institute (UCHI) has announced their fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. Among them is four members of the Department of English community: Prof. Yohei Igarashi – Faculty Success Fellow Prof. Greggory Pierrot – Faculty Fellow Daniele Pierratti – Graduate Student, Dissertation Research Scholar Julia Wold – Graduate Student, Dissertation Research Scholar
Prof. Martha Cutter Wins MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Martha Cutter, Professor of English and Africana Studies and Director of American Studies, has won the MELUS (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. This award recognizes individuals for their scholarship work, as well as service to the MELUS organization.
Prof. Fred Roden wins AAUP Award for Teaching Excellence
Prof. Fred Roden, Professor of English on the Stamford campus, has won the AAUP Award for Teaching Excellence: Career. Per the AAUP website, “This award recognizes classroom instruction and advising and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.”
Asia Rowe, 2017 (Ph. D.) to St. Joseph’s (ME)
Asia Rowe, 2017 (Ph. D.) has been hired as a full-time faculty member of English at St. Joseph’s College of Maine. Her committee members were co-chairs Greg Semenza and Clare King’oo, and associate advisor Tom Deans.
Prof. Briona Jones Featured in WGSS 50th
English and WGSS Professor Briona Simone Jones was featured in a UConn Today article marking the 50-year anniversary of UConn Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. This article also featured graduate students from the English department, including Nikki Blumenfeld, Anh Le, and Alejandra Leos.
UConn Today – Terrance Hayes to Read as 58th Wallace Stevens Poet
UConn Today featured the upcoming poetry reading by Terrance Hayes, who will be visiting UConn on March 27th for the 58th Wallace Stevens Poetry Program.
Prof. Bercaw Edwards featured in UConn Today for Melville Work
“Mary K. Bercaw Edwards, Director of Maritime Studies and professor of English on the Avery Point campus, was featured on UConn today for her work with the Melville Society Cultural Project and the New Bedford Whaling Museum in securing a National Endowment for Humanities grant to fund workshops for K-12 teachers.”
Prof. Gina Barreca Featured in Writer’s Digest
Gina Barreca, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the English Department, was featured in Writer’s Digest for her most recent collection, Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction.
Mary K Bercaw Edwards wins NEH Grant
Mary K Bercaw Edwards, Professor of English and Maritime Studies on the Avery Point campus, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for her work as a founding member of the Melville Society Cultural Project, and as co-director of “Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and the World of Whaling in the Digital Age.”