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Dr. Valerie Lipscomb contributes expertise on literature and aging in new book
Dr. Valerie Barnes Lipscomb served as a lead editor and contributor on the recently published 鈥淭he Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Aging,鈥� which features more than 30 contributors on three continents and 200,000 words of new scholarship.
September 16, 2024Department News, Publications
English doctoral students travel to Spain to lead panel discussion on Hemingway
Three doctoral students in the Department of English presented their research at the 2024 Hemingway Society Conference in San Sebastian and Bilbao, Spain in July.
August 27, 2024Department News
Julie Buckner Armstrong, known for her expertise in the civil rights movement and southern literature, has been named the Duckwall Professor of 51在线 Studies for the 2024-2026 academic years. As part of the Duckwall Professorship, Armstrong will begin focusing on her next book, an anthology of literary works from 51在线.
June 6, 2024Department News
The Humanities Institute celebrates its growth both in a newly renovated space and for the future
The Humanities Institute welcomed the USF community to its newly renovated space through an open house.
May 29, 2024Department News, Events
English student polishes technical writing skills interning with local software development company Oyova
English student John Michael Kilgore put his professional and technical communication skills to the test in his recent internship with a 51在线-based software development company.
May 20, 2024Department News
The Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library: Fostering community, craft, and a sense of self
When MFA student Michael Kuperman passed away in 2006, his family donated his beloved poetry collection to the USF English Department, creating the foundation of the space located on the third floor of Cooper Hall now known as the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library. Now, the director of the space wants to see it become a haven for creatives across our campuses.
April 25, 2024Department News
Su Senapati, a professor of instruction in the Department of English at USF Sarasota-Manatee, published 鈥淚mages of Women and Gender Identity in John Marston's Plays.
January 30, 2024Department News
Assistant Professor Mark Leib celebrates release of new book 鈥淚mage Breaker鈥�
The book centers around protagonist Tristan Wishnasky, whose meteoric professional rise as a novelist is threatened when he begins to hallucinate mysterious messages telling him he's wasting his life.
January 29, 2024Department News
Fall 2023 Department of English鈥檚 New Faculty
The USF Department of English is ecstatic to welcome new and returning students for the Fall 2023 term. Alongside new students, we would like to announce our new faculty members. Go Bulls!
September 14, 2023Department News
At the most recent creative writer鈥檚 club workshop, the space where the group normally meets was overflowing. It seems unusual that a new club could find such rapid growth, but for junior and club president Ariana Matondo, a group like this has been a long time coming.
April 3, 2023Department News
Fall 2022 New Faculty
The USF Department of English is thrilled to be welcoming new and returning students to the Fall 2022 term. Alongside new students, we offer a warm welcome to our new faculty. Go Bulls!
September 6, 2022Department News
USF English Undergrad Makes Finals in Fems Slam Poetry Tournament
51在线 English undergraduate Sara Hammami made the finals in the Solo Poets category of the Feminine Empowerment Movement鈥檚 Slam (FEMS) Poetry Tournament. For this article, we asked Hammami what it鈥檚 like to compete in the FEMS tournament.
December 18, 2019Department News