Media Coverage

Prof. Anna Mae Duane on Loneliness and Self-Isolation

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UConn Today ran an article on Professor of English and Director of the UConn Humanities Institute, Anna Mae Duane and her year-long project focusing on loneliness and social isolation. The article follows an opinion piece written by Prof. Duane in The Conversation regarding the risks of AI companionship used in the wake of these mental […]

ENGL Ph.D Candidate Kiedra Taylor to Collaborate with Publisher

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English Doctoral Student Kiedra Taylor is set to collaborate with publishing house Porch Water Press for the first in-print edition of Write On, Black Girl, an annual literary magazine featuring the work of Black girls in Connecticut. Her collaboration with Porch Water Press serves as an important step in uplifting the voices of Black woman writers.  […]

English Senior Gianna Socci Tackles Frankenstein Research Project

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Gianna Socci, an undergraduate senior double majoring in Political Science and English, recently completed a research project exploring the legal implications of Mary Shelley’s character Frankenstein. Gianna, with hopes of attending law school in the future, completed this project under the mentorship of English Professor Dr. Dwight Codr. She explored the possibilities of Frankenstein being held […]

Assistant Prof. Kali Simmons Featured on CBC podcast Unreserved

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Kali Simmons, Assistant Professor of English and Social Critical Inquiry, was recently featured on a podcast episode of Unreserved from the Canadian Broadcasting Company. Unreserved is a radio program dedicated to uplifting and amplifying indigenous voices and causes. Prof. Simmons will be teaching the work of the other featured guests on the episode, Shane Hawk […]

Dr. Katherine Capshaw Featured as Panelist at Puppetry Museum

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Dr. Katherine Capshaw, Professor of English and Africana Studies and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, is featured as a panelist in the Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium presented by The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. The symposium contains panels exploring segregation, the civil rights movement, women’s liberation, 1960s puppet theater, […]

Catherine Keough exhibition featured at Eric Carle Museum

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Catherine Keough, graduate student in the English Ph.D. program, has curated a book exhibition now open at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA. After completing an internship over the summer, she worked on a book exhibition featuring people and plants within picture books, which will be available for viewing until the end of 2024.   […]

Prof. Chris Vials Featured as Panelist in Election Forum

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Professor Chris Vials was a featured panelist at the Old State House in Hartford to discuss the historical significance of the upcoming American elections. This was part of a forum co-sponsored by the Department of English titled Historic Firsts: The 2024 Presidential Election.  This event was organized by Martha Cutter, Professor of English and Area […]