by Leigh Sparks | Dec 23, 2021 | Features, Outreach & Impact, Radio & Podcasts
Two Professors From University of Arkansas and University of Texas at Austin Launch New Podcast This fall, professor Constance Bailey of the University of Arkansas and professor Vox Jo Hsu of the University of Texas at Austin launched a new podcast about their...
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...