Meet English Alum Kathleen Rommel (MA ’12) March 18, 2022 Hometown: Fenwick Island, Delaware Degree: English Master’s Degree (20th Century American Lit) Current Employment: Director of Partnerships at Raising The […]
Meet English Major Lauren DeMarco ’22 March 9, 2022 Hometown: Charleston, SC Majors, minors, graduation year: English and Studio Art majors, Spanish minor Highlights of your time at Wake: […]
Meet Laura Mullen, Kenan Chair of the Humanities, English & Creative Writing February 18, 2022 Laura Mullen is the W.R. Kenan Jr. Chair of Humanities in Literature and Creative Writing. A National Endowment for the […]
Meet English Major Katie Wooten ’22 November 19, 2021 Hometown: Thomasville, North Carolina Major and minors: English Major with Minors in Secondary Education and Classical Studies Highlights of your […]
Meet Siddharth Srikanth, Assistant Teaching Professor of Literature November 18, 2021 I’m an Assistant Teaching Professor in Literature. My research and teaching focus on global Anglophone literatures, postcolonial studies, and narrative […]
Meet English Major Caroline Walker ’22 October 5, 2021 Hometown: Hickory, NC Majors: Double major in English and Spanish Highlights of your time at Wake: Winning Hit the Bricks […]
Meet Hannah Harrison, Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing September 15, 2021 Hannah Harrison joined the Writing Program at Wake Forest this fall as an Assistant Teaching Professor after two years teaching […]
Meet Assistant Professor Lucy Alford April 29, 2021 Lucy Alford specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century American poetry and poetics, as well as transnational and trans-historical poetries in […]
Meet Creative Writing Minor Kaylah Bozkurtian ’22 April 8, 2021 Hometown: Garden City, New York Major/Minors: Studio Art major; Theatre, History, & Creative Writing minors WFU Highlights: During the spring […]
Meet English Alum Aja Brooks ’05 April 1, 2021 Hometown: Hobbs, New Mexico Majors and Graduation Year: English and Spanish, 2005 Current Employment: Director, Center for Self-Help and Dispute […]
Meet Guy Witzel, Assistant Teaching Professor, Writing March 25, 2021 Guy Witzel is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Writing Program. As a scholar, he concerns himself with the conversations […]
Meet English Major Declan Sander ’23 March 18, 2021 Hometown: Hendersonville, North Carolina Major/Minors: English & German major, Creative Writing minor Highlights of my time at Wake: Being surrounded […]
Meet English Alum Michael Lyle, MA ’83 March 12, 2021 Hometown: Roanoke, Virginia Graduation Year: MA in English, 1983 Current Employment: Clergy (retired) / Poet What role has the English […]
Meet Derek P. Lee, Assistant Professor, Literature March 1, 2021 Derek Lee is an Assistant Professor of English focusing on twentieth and twenty-first century fiction. Before getting his PhD, he […]
Meet English Major Heather McCauley ’21 November 17, 2020 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Majors: English and French Highlights of your time at Wake: Every second of it, from spontaneous road […]
Meet Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies November 5, 2020 A distinguished scholar and public intellectual, Corey D. B. Walker is the Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities and is […]
Meet Alisa Russell, Assistant Professor in the Writing Program October 7, 2020 Alisa is joining the Writing Program at Wake as an Assistant Professor after recently completing her PhD in Rhetoric and […]
Meet Matt Garite, Assistant Teaching Professor of Literature September 24, 2020 Matt Garite is an Assistant Teaching Professor of English, specializing in the study of 20th and 21st century American literature, […]
Meet English Major Victoria Rackley ’21 September 10, 2020 Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Majors: English & Communication Highlights of your time at Wake: My favorite moments at Wake Forest have […]
Meet Gale Sigal, Professor of English March 24, 2020 Gale Sigal is Professor of English and Medieval Studies. Since joining Wake Forest in 1987, she has served as Chair […]
Meet Eric Ekstrand, Associate Teaching Professor, Writing March 17, 2020 Eric Ekstrand studied English at Wake Forest as an undergraduate and feels quite lucky to work alongside many of his […]
Meet English Alum Alejandra Ortega, MA ’15 February 25, 2020 Hometown: Holt, Michigan Degree: Master of the Arts in English Current Employment: PhD student at Purdue University and Editorial Assistant […]
Meet English Major Stephen Stasko ’20 February 11, 2020 Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Major/Minors: English and History Highlights of your time at Wake: Studying abroad in London. Study abroad opportunities […]
Meet Keri Epps, Assistant Teaching Professor, Writing November 11, 2019 Keri Epps is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Writing Program and an Academic and Community Engaged Faculty Fellow in […]
Meet English Major Chris Verrill October 28, 2019 Hometown: Stallings, NC Majors/Minors: English and political science double major Highlights of your time at Wake: I remember a couple […]
Meet Alum Jennifer Blevins, BA ’00, MA ’13 October 15, 2019 As an undergrad I double majored in English and Theatre, and I graduated in 2000. I finished my MA in […]
Meet Dr. L. Lamar Wilson, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing October 4, 2019 Lamar Wilson is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. This is his first year teaching at Wake Forest. Dr. Wilson comes […]
Meet English Major Lillian Johnson ’20 September 16, 2019 Hometown: Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey Major/Minors: English major with Journalism and Schools, Education, and Society (SES) minors Highlights of your […]
Meet Dr. Dean Franco, Professor of Literature May 7, 2019 Dean Franco is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute. Since joining Wake Forest in 2001, he has […]
Meet English Major Megan Gast ’20 April 30, 2019 Hometown: Naples, Florida Majors: English and Psychology double major Highlights of my time at Wake: It is hard to choose […]
Professor Melissa Jenkins receives 2019 Schoonmaker Award February 26, 2019 Associate Professor of English Literature Melissa Jenkins received the Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service at the 2019 […]
Meet Dr. Randi Saloman, Associate Teaching Professor of Literature February 7, 2019 Professor Randi Saloman is a scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century British literature. She did her undergraduate work at Columbia University […]
Meet English Major Zerin Islam January 31, 2019 Hometown: Royal Palm Beach, Florida Major/minors: English major, biology and chemistry minors Highlights of your time at Wake: I am […]
Meet English Major Matt Schlosser January 24, 2019 Hometown: Tampa, FL Major(s)/Minor(s): Double Major in English and Politics & International Affairs Highlights of My Time at Wake: Traveling […]
Meet English Major Courtney Geiger November 6, 2018 Hometown: Lexington, South Carolina Major/Minors: English (major) and Studio Art and Film Studies (minors) Highlights of your time at WakeDuring […]
Meet Professor Herman Rapaport, Reynolds Professor of English, Literature October 30, 2018 Dr. Rapaport publishes in a number of fields, including psychoanalysis, philosophy, aesthetics, social theory, and literary study. He has been […]
Meet English Major Gabe Marx ’19 September 25, 2018 Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland Major: English Major, Sociology Minor Any highlights of your time here that you want to share?Academically, one […]
Meet Professor Joanna Ruocco, Creative Writing September 13, 2018 Professor Joanna Ruocco is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, and editor. She writes across several genres, including fantasy and […]
Meet Alum Christina Berry ’17 September 2, 2018 Hometown: Riverside, California Major: English Major, Art History Minor, Class of 2017 Current Employment: Professional Services Associate at TrackMaven in […]
Meet Alum Emily Hershman ’12 April 4, 2018 Hometown: Leesburg, Virginia Major/Minor: Major in English and double minor in History and Women’s and Gender Studies Current Employment: Mellon […]
Meet Dr. Erin Branch, Associate Teaching Professor, Writing, and Director of Wake Forest Writing Program March 21, 2018 Writing has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. After four years at Middlebury […]
Meet English Major Boone Aiken March 14, 2018 Hometown: Florence, South Carolina Major(s)/Minors: English Major / Creative Writing Minor Any highlights of your time here that you want to share?: […]
Meet Alum Catherine (Coelho) Riley ’10 February 28, 2018 Hometown: Hilmar, CA Major/Minor: Majors in English and Communication, minor in Spanish Current Employment: Part-Time Assistant Professor, WFU Department of […]
Meet English Major Ariana Weaver February 14, 2018 Hometown: Elmsford, New York Major(s)/Minors: English Major / Communications Minor Any highlights of your time here that you want to share?: I’ve […]
Meet Dr. Sarah Hogan, Assistant Professor of Literature January 10, 2018 Professor Sarah Hogan is a scholar of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British literature, in her fifth year of employment at Wake […]
Department Profile: English Major Carly East October 23, 2017 Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina Major(s)/Minors: English major, Sociology and Medieval and Early Modern Studies minors Any highlights of your time here that […]
Department Profile: Dr. Jefferson Holdridge, Professor of English and Director of WFU Press October 16, 2017 I was born in White Plains, NY and grew up in Weston CT, then studied in California at SFSU. After […]
Department Profile: English Major Alec Jessar September 16, 2017 Hometown: Falls Church, VA Major(s)/Minors: Double major in English and French Any highlights of your time here that you want to share?: […]
Department Profile: Alum Sarah Hendricks ’15 September 1, 2017 Hometown: Vienna, VA Major/Minor: BA English, with minors in Journalism and Sociology Current Employment: Associate Editor at DEFY Media What […]
Department Profile: Professor Amy Catanzano, Assistant Professor, Creative Writing August 25, 2017 Professor Catanzano is a poet and the author of three books. She has been honored with major national awards and […]
