Department of English
Exploring the Crossroads of Science and Storytelling
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡senior Isabella Emerick has never been content with choosing just one path. As an English major with a concentration in professional writing and a minor in paleontology, she has found a way to unite two fields that may seem worlds apart. This past summer, she explored the surprising inter…
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Emerita English Professor Wins APsaA Prize Highlighting Literature in Psychoanalysis
Vera J. Camden, emerita professor of English at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, has posed a few questions for academia upon receiving a national award for her edited book. Should the sciences intertwine with literature and why is it of so much importance? Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Camden’s resear…
IN A FLASH: Meeting Abolitionist John Brown
A group of international students from Â鶹¾«Ñ¡experienced living history on a field trip with the university's English as a Second Language Program.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡English Professor Reflects on Authoring New Book
Jennifer MacLure's book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction, was released in hardcover and digital on Nov. 2. In this book, MacLure examines the works of authors George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens and William Morris through the lens of necroeconomics. This book examines, in MacLure's words, how Victorian authors "depict the feelings that circulate around capitalism's death function."
Honors Student Receives Dr. Elizabeth Howard Memorial Honors Scholarship
Gabrielle (Gabby) Volz is a second year Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Honors College student from Mansfield, Ohio, and a graduate of Lexington High School. She is the second recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Howard scholarship, the recently established fund for Honors College students in memory of Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D., who was a prominent member of the Honors College community, as well as the Department of English.
All or Nothing
Alena Miskinis, a senior and triple major in the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Honors College, has passionately seized every opportunity she can to pursue her combined interests in the arts and science. With a diverse array of classes intensified by Honors courses, as well as projects, internships, and even…
Honors Student First to Receive Dr. Elizabeth Howard Memorial Honors Scholarship
Olivia Eader is a second-year Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Honors College student from Bellefontaine, Ohio. She is the first recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Howard Memorial Honors Scholarship, the newly established fund for Honors students in memory of Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D., who was a prominent member of …
Honors Student Announced as Fulbright Alternate
Moira Armstrong (they/them), an Honors College senior from Warren, Ohio, has been selected as an Alternate for the 2022 Fulbright Scholarship Award. As an alternate, candidates such as Moira may be elevated to finalist status for an award should extra funding become available. Moira’s alternate stat…
Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Debuts With Talk on May 4 Memorializing Process; Service of Faculty Marshals Also Remembered, Honored
The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Kent Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Department of English, as the featured speaker.
