Faculty News
Spring 2019 English Department Newsletter
The Spring 2019 edition of the newsletter is now online! You can view the PDF here or visit the Newsletters section of this website to view it along with past newsletters. This edition summarizes department news and events from the 2018-19 academic year, with a look forward to fall 2019… Continue Reading: Spring 2019 English Department Newsletter
Meet Alum Lillis Hendrickson ’13
Hometown: Houston, Texas Major/Minor: English and Communications Current Employment: Freelance Content Writer in London, England What role has the English major played in your career path? Before attending Wake Forest, I had never considered English as a viable major, but after my first English course (Introduction to British Literature with… Continue Reading: Meet Alum Lillis Hendrickson ’13
Department faculty receive tenure and promotions
Five faculty in the English department were approved for promotions by the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees on Friday, April 26, 2019. Sarah Hogan, who teaches English literature, was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. In the Creative Writing program, Joanna Ruocco was awarded tenure and… Continue Reading: Department faculty receive tenure and promotions
Professor Keri Mathis receives 2019 Summer Course (Re)Design Award
Writing professor Keri Mathis was one of eight recipients of the 2019 Summer Course (Re)Design Award, a joint program from the Teaching and Learning Collaborative (TLC) and the Provost’s Office. The program assists faculty who wish to develop new courses (or redesign already existing courses) that pursue creative and evidence-based… Continue Reading: Professor Keri Mathis receives 2019 Summer Course (Re)Design Award
Professor Meredith Farmer Receives Smithsonian Fellowship
From April 15 through June 15, literature professor Meredith Farmer will be a Dibner Library Resident Scholar at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, based in the National Museum of American History. She will be doing research for two different projects: completing her book project, Melville’s Leaks: Science, Materialism, and the… Continue Reading: Professor Meredith Farmer Receives Smithsonian Fellowship
Professors Bowie, Hogan, and Lancaster receive Wake Forest Faculty Fellowships
English department professors Rian Bowie, Sarah Hogan, and Zak Lancaster received Wake Forest Faculty Fellowships this spring that will begin in the 2019-2020 academic year. These three-year fellowships are designed to honor exemplary teacher-scholars who demonstrate a commitment to mentoring students and who are outstanding citizens of our academic community.… Continue Reading: Professors Bowie, Hogan, and Lancaster receive Wake Forest Faculty Fellowships
English Department Faculty Receive Spring 2019 Research and Travel Awards
The Wake Forest University English Department is pleased to announce that six English and Creative Writing faculty have been awarded research and travel funds for the spring and summer of 2019. These faculty will conduct primary research, attend scholarly conferences, and give lectures across the United States as well as… Continue Reading: English Department Faculty Receive Spring 2019 Research and Travel Awards
Prof. Judith Madera to speak at “The Second Book Project” symposium in March 2019
Associate Professor of Literature Judith Madera will give a talk titled “Black Counter-Cartographies: Bodies, Texts, and Networks in the Age of Abolition” for the Trowbridge Initiative in American Culture (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)’s “Second Book Project” on Friday, March 1, 2019. The Second Book Project is a symposium bringing together… Continue Reading: Prof. Judith Madera to speak at “The Second Book Project” symposium in March 2019
English faculty draft letter in support of students seeking to address institutional racism at Wake Forest
View a PDF of the letter here. February 27, 2019 We the undersigned faculty in the Department of English wish to express our full and complete support for students, faculty, and staff who promote racial equality and who seek to end institutional racism through restorative and reparative transformation.… Continue Reading: English faculty draft letter in support of students seeking to address institutional racism at Wake Forest
Professor Melissa Jenkins receives 2019 Schoonmaker Award
Associate Professor of English Literature Melissa Jenkins received the Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service at the 2019 Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel. The Schoonmaker award is given each year to a faculty member who demonstrates extraordinary community service. Professor Jenkins’s commitment to community service is reflected… Continue Reading: Professor Melissa Jenkins receives 2019 Schoonmaker Award