Anna Ziering, an English Ph.D. student and 2021-2022 UCHI Dissertation Research Scholar, was chosen as one of the 100 doctoral students in the USA and Canada to receive a $20,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. This award was established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree at […]
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Victoria Sun ’21 (CLAS) Featured in UConn Today
Victoria Sun, a recent graduate with the Class of 2021, was featured in UConn Today to discuss why she chose to be an English major and how it will help her pursue goals in the years to come. Congratulations and best of luck on future endeavors!
In Memoriam, Spring 2021
by Emily Graham ’22 (CLAS) In this issue of the newsletter, we honor three members of the UConn English community who have passed during this year. While they might not be with us in person, their insight and passion for literature and writing has left a lasting impression. Gabriella Schlesinger, 84, passed away in […]
Finding Signs of Life: An Interview with Fred Roden
by Alex Mika ’21 (CLAS) In his musical, Company, Stephen Sondheim describes Manhattan as “A city of strangers. Some come to stare, some to stay, and every day, some go away…” Professor Fred Roden, who lives in Manhattan and teaches at the UConn Stamford campus, found himself “landlocked” when the pandemic swept through and closed […]
Remote Reporting: An Interview with Ali Oshinskie
As an undergraduate English major, Oshinskie started her own podcast, “Professors are People Too.” She now works with Connecticut Public Radio and Report for America as a reporter for the Naugatuck River Valley region.
Cross-Country Graduate School: An Interview with Alyse O’Hara
by Alex Mika ’21 (CLAS) When she received her letter of acceptance from UConn’s PhD program in the early spring of 2020, Alyse O’Hara was ready to move across the country to begin the next chapter of her academic journey. As spring turned to summer and summer looked to fall, however, it became increasingly clear […]
Starting at the Close: An Interview with Peter Carcia
by Alex Mika ’21 (CLAS) Balancing school in Storrs and work in Hartford, Peter Carcia had plenty on his plate at the start of 2020. After being accepted as a program assistant in the English department, Carcia breathed a sigh of relief; school and work could now be completed in the same place. A week […]
A Retrospective Interview with Alex Mika
by Peter Carcia, Program Assistant, Department of English Alex Mika (CLAS ‘21) is a senior English major and student worker for the English department. He has recently released a chapbook called Alex and the Dinosaur Prints and will be continuing his education in the MA program at UConn, focusing on early modern drama, dramatic literature, […]
Looking Back and Looking Forward: An Interview with Kate Luongo
by Alex Mika ’21 (CLAS) Long before she began working on her Honors thesis—a middle grade fiction novel—and even before she began reading middle grade fiction, Kate Luongo ’21 (CLAS) knew she wanted to be a writer. Now, as she prepares to don her cap and gown, Luongo looks back on completing her degree in […]
The UConn Graduate Pandemic Narrative Project
Aetna Chair of Writing Brenda Brueggemann, along with graduate students Margaret McFarlane, Emily Tarconish, and Kathryn Warrender-Hill, created an online survey in academic year 2020-2021 for graduate students, focusing on how the pandemic has influenced their education experience.