Localization: Some Local Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana

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Community Health Officer Gertrude Doku washes her hands before attending to a patient. (Photo Credit: Emmanuel Attramah, PMI Impact Malaria) Today we share the second of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English”: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic … Continue reading Localization: Some Local Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana

Who is Writing?

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(Image: "The Future of Work and Human Collaboration") In ENGL 801 "Graduate Studies in English," a required course for incoming M.A. students, we have always asked our graduate students to develop an original contribution to a current scholarly conversation about a literary or cultural text. Starting in 2020, we added a final writing assignment: we … Continue reading Who is Writing?

November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Phillip Marzluf's essay appears in Studies in Travel Writing (10 Oct. 2025) Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative activity outlined below.  Want to catch up on past successes or to find future … Continue reading November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

October 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Philip Nel's contribution to the OUPblog titled "Turn off AI. Pick up a crayon" (10 Oct 2025).  Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative activity outlined below.  Want to catch up … Continue reading October 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

September 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Landas, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders (Paloma Press, 2025), which includes a contribution from Traci Brimhall.  Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, … Continue reading September 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

In Memoriam: Peter Elbow (April 14, 1935 – February 6, 2025)

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On the night of September 25, the Graduate Concentration in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication (WRTC) sponsored a virtual event to celebrate the life of Peter Elbow (Professor Emeritus, U Mass Amherst), who died on February 6 at the age of 89. Elbow was a towering figure in the teaching of writing, and many of … Continue reading In Memoriam: Peter Elbow (April 14, 1935 – February 6, 2025)

From the Archive: Grad Student Spotlight: Hannah Rollison

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Hannah Rollison (MA ’22) (Photo: 2022) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views … Continue reading From the Archive: Grad Student Spotlight: Hannah Rollison

Summer 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Immigrant Englishes around the World (Routledge, 2025), which includes an essay by Mary Kohn and Trevin Garcia (BA '18).  Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. The issue for September showcases a greater range of research, scholarship, and creative activity that … Continue reading Summer 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

April 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Beyond Little Women: Essays on the Secondary Works of Louisa May Alcott (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025), which includes an essay by Greg Eiselein.  Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative activity … Continue reading April 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Found Object: 2025 M.A. Projects

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Location: Social media.Object: Project Titles,  graduating M.A. students.Observations: 1) Each spring, for many years, we displayed the M.A. Project and Thesis titles of our graduating M.A. students at our annual spring Awards Banquet.  2) For the past few years, we have continued a newer tradition: with the help of our 2025 Graduate Program Assistant Mary … Continue reading Found Object: 2025 M.A. Projects