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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 […]

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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 […]

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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) […]

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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: […]

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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 […]


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