Prof. Mary Burke featured on Irish Broadcaster RTE
Prof. Mary Burke, Coordinator for the Irish Literature concentration, recently wrote an article published by Irish broadcaster RTÉ dedicated to the second-youngest mayor in New York City history, John Purroy Mitchel, following the win by Zohran Mamdani, the newest mayor elect of the city.
Christopher Bolster, ’25 (Ph.D.) Accepted a Position at Hamden Hall
Christopher Bolster, ‘25 (Ph.D.) has recently accepted a position at the Hamden Hall Country Day School as of an Instructor of English and History. Christopher’s advisory committee included Lyn Tribble, Linsday Cummings, Jean Marsden, and Gregory Semenza. Congratulations, Christopher!
Gretchen Geer, ‘25 (Ph.D.) Accepted a Position at Montevideo High
Gretchen Geer, ‘25 (Ph.D.) has recently accepted a full-time English teaching position at Montevideo High School in Montevideo, Minnesota. Her advisory committee included Fiona Somerset, Victoria Ford Smith, Pam Bedore, and Greg Semenza. Congratulations, Gretchen!
UConn Professors Bedore and Paul Highlighted for Exhibit in Benton Museum
Prof. Pamela Bedore, Professor of English at Avery Point, and Prof. Alison Paul, Associate Professor of Illustration and Animation at Storrs, were recently featured in UConn Today for their upcoming exhibition at the William Benton Museum of Art, scheduled for the Fall of 2027. Their project, titled “Damsels, Femme Fatales, and Queens of Crime: Feminism and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction,” received funding from UConn’s Office of the […]
English Student Caitlin Ongley Wins One-Act Festival
English undergraduate student Caitlin Ongley was honored in a competition for her one-act lyrical play, titled Fig Mind. The play was selected as a winner in July and was performed at the Chain Theatre’s festival in New York City. Congratulations, Caitlin!
Julia Brush ’23 (Ph.D.) to UMass Dartmouth
Julia Brush, ‘23 (Ph.D.), has recently accepted a position at UMass Dartmouth as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First-Year Writing Program. She will be starting this position this fall semester. Congratulations Julia!
Prof. Bercaw Edwards to Host Melville Society Conference
Professor Mary K. Bercaw Edwards is featured in UConn Today discussing the Fourteenth International Melville Society Conference and her role as an organizing committee member. This conference, which highlights the works of renowned maritime author Herman Melville, will run from Monday, June 16, to Thursday, June 19, 2025, on UConn’s Avery Point campus.
Prof. Görkemli’s New Book Wins INDIES Honors
Sweet Tooth and Other Stories, the most recent book published by Prof. Serkan Görkemli, was awarded with multiple Foreword INDIES honors for 2024. The book was named a finalist in the Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category and received the Silver Award in the LGBTQ+ (Adult Fiction) category. Update October 2025: Professor Gorkemli’s short story collection was […]
English Professors Anson and Simmons honored by UConn Provost
Professors April Anson and Kali Simmons, among other members of the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) faculty, were recently awarded this year’s Provost’s Award for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship (PAECES) in the Faculty Team category. This award recognizes their involvement with the Tribal Education Initiative (TEI). The TEI is a collaborative effort with the University of Connecticut […]
Ph.D. Candidate Julia Wold on Shakespeare in Modern Media
Julia Wold, an English Ph.D. candidate, was featured on UConn today for her research. She spent the last year as a fellow at the UConn Humanities Institute, where she has been working on her dissertation titled “Adapting Choice: Shakespeare, Video Games, and Early Modern Thought.” Her work focuses on the adaptation of William Shakespeare’s plays into a video game […]