by Emily Graham, ’22 (CLAS) Wanting to learn more about our newest addition to UConn Waterbury’s English department, we asked Professor Sam Sommers about her own academic interests, what interested her about UConn, and what she hopes to gain through her teaching. Sam Sommers, an Assistant Professor in Residence at UConn Waterbury, was already […]
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Alumna Emphasizes Flexibility and Value of an English Major
by Emily Graham, ’22 (CLAS) Freshly graduated from UConn, Sophia Gabriel ‘21 (CLAS) sat down with Emily Graham to discuss post-graduation life, having a job during a pandemic, and how an English major is what got her to today. After she graduated from UConn Storrs with a double major in English and American Studies, Sophia […]
Write On, Black Girl! Initiative Invites Black Girls to Speak Their Truth
by Emily Graham, ’22 (CLAS) In conjunction with the newly-established literary magazine of the same name, PhD candidate Kiedra Taylor, ‘24 hosted Write On, Black Girl!, a writing retreat dedicated to the crafting of narratives written by Black girls and young women. Sitting down with Emily Graham, Ms. Taylor spoke of how the retreat went; […]
On the Town: Learning by Traveling at UConn Stamford
by Emily Graham, ’22 (CLAS) Taking advantage of UConn Stamford’s great location, Professor Fred Roden has coordinated field trips with his students for years — visiting art exhibits, Broadway, and more. Emily Graham recently met with Professor Roden over Zoom to talk about the trips themselves and, more importantly, what students get out of learning […]
Reimagining the Traditional Dissertation
by Emily Graham, ’22 (CLAS) Considered to go into effect for Fall 2022, the UConn English department will no longer require students to follow the typical graduate school capstone: the written dissertation. Sitting down with Professor Victoria Ford Smith, Emily Graham discusses how the dissertation could evolve from 2022 onward, hoping to grant greater creative […]
Professor Receives NEH Grant to Complete Book
by Emily Graham, ’22 (CLAS) Thanks to a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in September 2019, Professor Martha J. Cutter spent most of her pandemic time investigating the life of Henry Box Brown, an American man who shipped himself from slavery to freedom in 1849. Culminating in the release of her […]
New Faculty featured in UConn Today
Assistant Professor Briona Jones and Associate Professor Erika Williams were recently featured in a UConn Today article, detailing how they will advance antiracism within their classrooms and around campus. Congratulations to Professor Jones and Professor Williams!
Alysa Auriemma ’13 (MA) Featured on Yahoo! News
Alysa Auriemma ’07 (SF) ’13 (MA) was recently featured in Yahoo! News to discuss her life as an educator and author in Connecticut. Congratulations, Alysa!
Department Accomplishments July 2022 – February 2023
Congratulations to our faculty, emeriti, and graduate students for their accomplishments between July 2022 and February 2023!
Danielle Pieratti ’24 (Ph.D) Poems Featured Abroad
We’d like to congratulate Danielle Pieratti ’24 (Ph.D), an English graduate student. Danielle’s selected, translated poems have become quite the sensation abroad in Europe. Taken from her first published collection, Fugitives, Pieratti’s poems are being featured in Albania’s cutting-edge online literary magazines Defekt – Teknik for the next few weeks, and Athenian magazine Τεφλόν (Teflon) has […]