Professor Yohei Igarashi and Professor Anna Mae Duane have both been awarded a SCHARP (Scholarship and Collaboration in Humanities and Arts Research Program) Development Grant from UConn’s Office of the Vice President for Research.
Awards
Prof. Anna Mae Duane Receives DEI Project Award
Prof. Anna Mae Duane receives DEI grant for her research project.
Latin American Representation in Children’s Literature
Ph.D. candidate Luisana Duarte Armendáriz discusses her recent award-winning book and how the need for representation guided her in creating these stories.
Marilyn Nelson wins Wallace Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Emerita Marilyn Nelson has won the prestigious award from the Academy of American Poets.
Department Accomplishments February 2022 – July 2022
Our department accomplishments between February 2022 and July 2022, featuring faculty and graduate students.
Aetna/English Department Awards and Scholarships Granted
Congratulations to all of our Aetna/English Dept. Award recipients!
Prof. Briona Jones wins Lammy in LGBTQ Anthology
In addition to recently winning the Publishing Triangle’s Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, Professor Briona Jones has just won a Lammy in the LGBTQ Anthology category.
Katherine Jimenez Earns BOLD Scholarship
Please join the English Department in celebrating Katherine Jimenez ’24 (English & Journalism, CLAS) as the very first English major to be awarded a BOLD Scholarship at UCONN. Congratulations, Katherine, on this incredible achievement!
Prof. Briona Jones wins Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction
We are proud to recognize Briona Jones for winning the Publishing Triangle’s Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction. Briona won this award for her anthology, Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought. Congratulations, Briona!
Prof. Jason Courtmanche Wins Alumni Faculty Award
It was announced this month that Prof. Jason Courtmanche has won this year’s Alumni Faculty Excellence Award in the Undergraduate Teaching category. Congratulations, Professor!