Another success story from English @ USC!
A standing ovation goes to Dr. Sarah Tanner, who landed a tenure-track position at Coastal Carolina starting in Fall 2026
Two English Department Graduate Students Win Prestigious Awards
Delaney Sullivan's essay was selected as one of the best PhD essays and Allie Moore's essay won the year's "Master's Student Essay Award,".
Assistant Professor Tharini Viswanath has been named a 2026 McCausland Faculty Fellow
The McCausland Faculty Fellow, the premier fellowship in the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, recognizes Viswanath's outstanding record as both a scholar and a teacher
The Department of English has established the Benjamin Franklin V Graduate English Endowed Fund
Dr. Anne Hardin has established the Benjamin Franklin V Graduate English Endowed Fund, which will provide summer financial support for some graduate students to complete their dissertations.
Seulghee Lee, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and English, has published a new book
Seulghee Lee, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and English, publishes new book, "Other Lovings: An AfroAsian American Theory of Life"
Jonathan Edwards wins prestigious CAS award
Associate Professor Jonathan Edwards has been named a 2025 McCausland Faculty Fellow
David Greven published expanded second edition of his first book
Greven publishes an updated second edition of his first book, "Men Beyond Desire: Male Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America".
Luke Hodges, English department alumnus, has co-produced a documentary, Cashing Out
English department alumnus, has co-produced a documentary called Cashing Out, about a controversial AIDS-era industry
Dr. David Greven publishes new book on American Romanticism and its precursor texts
"All the Devils Are Here" views literary influence as the enactment of narcissism and melancholic identification
Dr. Qiana Whitted publishes new collection on race and comics
"Desegregating Comics" unearths the hidden history of Black contributions to the comics industry
Dr. Ed Gieskes publishes new book on genre in early modern theatre
In an exciting new book from the Edinburg University Press, the English department's Professor Ed Gieskes provides a fresh way to understand the mutability of genre in early modern theater.
Dr. Dianne Johnson-Feelings' two recent picture books honored
"Indigo Dreaming" and "H is for Harlem" garner prestigious awards!
Drs. Seulghee Lee and Federica Schoeman win Department Teacher of the Year Award
Professors honored for their pedagogical rigor, passion, and commitment to students in 2022!
David Shields publishes new collaboration on heritage foods in the US
"The Ark of Taste" lushly illustrates the movement to preserve our food's diversity
Pat Gerhke collaborates with Megan Foley on new textbook
"Contemporary Public Speaking" transforms speech pedagogy for a diverse and digital world
David Greven publishes landmark study of Merchant-Ivory's "Maurice"
Book explores "how a stunning novel of gay love became a classic of queer film"
Chelsea Hawthorne-Rogers lands tenure-track job!
English PhD student to start as Assistant Professor at Charleston Southern U in the Fall 2023
Eli Jelly-Schapiro publishes new book on world literature and critical theory
Moments of Capital explores the conflicted unity of global theory and culture
Claire Jiménez's What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez published to crucial acclaim
New novel explores the reverberations of a thirteen-year-old Latina's disappearance
English MFA Alum is Columbia's New Poet Laureate
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, MFA 2014, takes up the charge to "encourage appreciation and dissemination of poetry in Columbia"
Holly Crocker's Matter of Virtue Wins 2023 Singerman Prize
A "timely intervention ... that helps us rethink the gendered ecologies of ethics and virtue
Cola Literary Review Vol. 1 Now Out!
Editors Samantha Liming and Briley Jones relaunch MFA journal
Michael Gavin publishes Literary Mathematics
Book explores the methods and value of quantitative analysis
David Greven publishes volume on Ryan Murphy
Co-edited book collects essays on Murphy's Queer America
Leon Jackson and Hannah Rule Win Teaching Awards
The Department of English continues to honor its outstanding faculty as Teachers of the Year!
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