UMD English at CCCCs
NewsMon, 02/23/2015When the Conference on College Composition and Communication convenes in Tampa, FL, in March, many faculty members and graduate students will present current research. Some of these...
View ArticleRandy Ontiveros Wins USM Regents Award for Teaching
NewsTue, 02/24/2015Congratulations to Randy Ontiveros, who has been selected as a recipient of a 2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award...
View Article3.2.15 Speculations Sp 15: Sci Fi Subjects and Objects, a Round Table
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View ArticleGlen Burnie High School Students Visit Tawes
NewsWed, 02/25/201545 students from Glen Burnie High School visited Tawes Hall in early February to sit in on a model college class. In early December, Mrs. Angel Speach contacted the Department,...
View ArticleCarla Peterson Writes for the New York Times Online Disunion Project
NewsFri, 02/27/2015Carla Peterson was published in the New York Times this month. CarlaPeterson.jpg Peterson's piece, titled "A Black Preacher Addresses Congress," is about Henry Highland Garnet's role...
View ArticleKent Cartwright begins term as President of ADE
NewsMon, 03/02/2015The Association of Departments of English, in addition to producing the Job Information List and providing Summer Seminars for chairs and directors, facilitates conversations on the...
View ArticleDeadline Extended: English Major Video Competition - $100 Prize!
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View ArticleDepartment Alum John Kelly Interviews Bill Cohen in The Washington Post
NewsTue, 03/03/2015John Kelly '84, interviewed Department Chair Bill Cohen for an article in the The Washington Post titled, "Lost in TV stories, from ‘House of Cards’ to ‘Game of Thrones.'"John...
View Article3.31.15 Houppert Shakespeare Competition
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View Article12 Terps Who Inspire: Lenaya Stewart
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View ArticleLenaya Stewart, '15, one of "12 Terps Who Inspire"
NewsWed, 03/04/2015View the video here: http://umd.edu/12Terps/#lenayaFrom surviving cancer to pursuing their academic dreams despite some of life’s greatest challenges, UMD students exemplify...
View Article03.10.2015: Snow Date: Script-in-Hand EMILY DAVISON
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View ArticleUMD English at CCCCs
NewsMon, 02/23/2015When the Conference on College Composition and Communication convenes in Tampa, FL, in March, many faculty members and graduate students will present current research. Some of these...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Winners of the 2015 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize
NewsTue, 03/24/2015Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize!Prose AwardsInitial Reader: Shira Levenson. Final Judge: Pamela Painter.1st Place: Anna Bella Sicilia...
View Article3.30.15 CMLT Conversations in Comparison: Hester Baer "Digital Feminisms:...
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View ArticleBob Levine To Be Published, Will Also Deliver Talk
NewsWed, 03/25/2015Bob Levine's coedited critical and cultural edition of Frederick Douglass's The Heroic Slave was just published by Yale University Press. His literary biography, The Lives of...
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