by Leigh Sparks | Oct 1, 2021 | Awards & Honors, Books & Publications, Features
English Professor’s New Book Wins Eudora Welty Prize; Book Signing Friday Casey Kayser, assistant professor of English and director of the Medical Humanities program, has been awarded the prestigious Eudora Welty Prize for her new book Marginalized: Southern...
by Leigh Sparks | Aug 25, 2021 | Features, Outreach & Impact, Research
Cherokee Language Course to Be Offered On Campus as Part of Indigenous Studies Program Lawrence Panther will be teaching the Cherokee language at the U of A this fall. Cherokee I, offered through the Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures (WLLC...
by Leigh Sparks | May 21, 2021 | Features, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
English Doctoral Student’s Middle-Grade Novel About Trail of Tears Makes NPR’s ‘Best Books’ List Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story, written by English Ph.D. student Andrea Rogers, has been included on NPR’s...
by Leigh Sparks | Feb 10, 2021 | Diversity & Inclusion, Faces of Fulbright, Faculty, Features
Professor Eric Darnell Pritchard Joins English Department as New Brown Chair in English Literacy The Department of English welcomes professor Eric Darnell Pritchard as a new member of its faculty and as the new Brown Chair in English Literacy for the University of...
by Leigh Sparks | Nov 30, 2020 | Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Results in Illustrated Literary Magazine A recent collaboration between a Department of English graduate student and a School of Art undergraduate student has led to the publication of a visually stunning issue of a literary magazine....