English Department Members Named to Fulbright Grants in 2023-24

Multiple Department of English community members were among the students named to the Fulbright US Program for the 2023-24 academic year. Congratulations to Danicia Brown’ 23 (CLAS), Elisa Shaholli ’23 (CLAS), and Joan Tremblay ’22 (CLAS) for their assignments! Congratulations as well to Neal Krishna ’23 (CLAS), who was named an alternate for a Fulbright […]

UConn English Junior named 2023 Beinecke Scholar

Congratulations to Katherine “Kat” Jimenez, ’24 (CLAS), who has officially been named a 2023 Beinecke Scholar! Kat will become the university’s first student with this accolade, which includes $35,000 in scholarships. Read Kat’s nomination biography on the ONSF website.

Department Accomplishments July 2022 – February 2023

Congratulations to our faculty, emeriti, and graduate students for their accomplishments between July 2022 and February 2023!

Ph.D. Programs in English, Fall 2023 and Earlier

Ph.D. Programs in English, Fall 2023 and Earlier This page contains information only for students who began their MA/Ph.D. or Ph.D. study in Fall 2023 or earlier. For students beginning their graduate work in Fall 2023 or earlier, the Department of English offers a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in English for students who already completed […]

Possible Knowledge

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023

Powell and Pressburger’s War

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023

Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History

Oxford University Press, 2023

Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

WoodHall Press, 2023

Professors Are (Cool) People Too

Professors Are Cool People, Too, revived and reimagined after five years, explores the humanity and personalities of English professors. Host, English alum, and former student worker Pascale Joachim investigates what makes our professors tick and why studying English is so cool. In this season, Pascale chats with Darcie Dennigan, Debapriya Sarkar, and Grégory Pierrot. Listen […]

Prof. Bercaw Edwards featured in UConn Today for Melville Work

“Mary K. Bercaw Edwards, Director of Maritime Studies and professor of English on the Avery Point campus, was featured on UConn today for her work with the Melville Society Cultural Project and the New Bedford Whaling Museum in securing a National Endowment for Humanities grant to fund workshops for K-12 teachers.”