Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Gina Barreca and her former student Josh Couvares ’15 (CLAS) open up about their mentorship connection and love of food and literature.
Faculty
Prof. Anna Mae Duane Receives DEI Project Award
Prof. Anna Mae Duane receives DEI grant for her research project.
English Majors Complete Summer Research Apprenticeship
Undergraduate students Madison Bigelow ’24 (CLAS) and Joanne Biju ’23 (CLAS) discuss their experience in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience (SHARE) Summer Apprenticeship.
Marilyn Nelson wins Wallace Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Emerita Marilyn Nelson has won the prestigious award from the Academy of American Poets.
Disability Visibility at UConn with Professor Brenda Brueggemann
Aetna Chair of Writing Brenda Brueggemann and alumni Jess Gallagher ’22 (CLAS) and Matt Iannantuoni ’22 (CLAS) discuss their research in the Mansfield Training School and its local significance, highlighting the history of disability visibility in the UConn community.
Prof. Alex Menrisky Featured in UConn Today
A UConn expert explains how environmentalist ideas can be weaponized in pursuit of a fascist political agenda.
Department Accomplishments February 2022 – July 2022
Our department accomplishments between February 2022 and July 2022, featuring faculty and graduate students.
Prof. Emerita Lynn Bloom Publishes Book
Please join us in congratulating Professor Emerita Lynn Bloom on her new book, “Recipe“, with Bloomsbury Academic Publishing. In the book, Bloom examines of the social and cultural aspects of recipes.
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.
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!