As part of the Department of English’s commitment to express our solidarity with Black Lives Matter by doing more to center black life in our curriculum and scholarship, this month we will be sharing reading lists taken from some of our […]
Categories: Faculty News, Student News, Summer Reading
In spring 2020, students in Professor Meredith Farmer’s “Slave Narratives, Global and Local” English 175 courses worked with Old Salem Museums and Gardens to develop a virtual exhibit about Old Salem’s groundbreaking Hidden Town Project, an initiative to research the […]
Categories: Student News
Student awards for 2019-2020 were announced in the Spring 2020 newsletter this year. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, we were not able to hold our annual awards reception to celebrate their achievements, but the department offers our heartfelt congratulations to these exceptional students. ENGLISH […]
Categories: Student News
Hometown: Holt, Michigan Degree: Master of the Arts in English Current Employment: PhD student at Purdue University and Editorial Assistant for MFS: Modern Fiction Studies What role has the English major played in your career path? The English major has had an integral role in […]
Categories: Department Profiles, Student News
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Major/Minors: English and History Highlights of your time at Wake: Studying abroad in London. Study abroad opportunities were one of the prime reasons I chose Wake, and my trip staying at the Worrell House did not disappoint. Making friends among the people […]
Categories: Department Profiles, Student News
“Books, Authors, and Readers in Eighteenth-Century England” is a student-curated collection that will be on exhibit in ZSR Special Collections & Archives (ZSR 625) from January 20 through April 1, 2020. The exhibit was designed by students in Dr. Jessica Richard’s fall 2019 Eighteenth-Century British […]
Categories: Department Events, Student News
Several English majors and Writing minors were among the students who gave oral presentations and presented posters at Undergraduate Research Day on November 1, 2019, in Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Undergraduate Research Day is an annual event held by the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities […]
Categories: Student News
Hometown: Stallings, NC Majors/Minors: English and political science double major Highlights of your time at Wake: I remember a couple years ago gushing to a friend at a different school about one of the early English classes I was taking. It felt like I had […]
Categories: Department Profiles, Student News
This fall, 24 students were inducted into Wake Forest University’s Sigma Omega chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honors society. Students honored with Sigma Tau Delta induction are junior or senior English or Writing majors/minors who are in the […]
Categories: Student News
Hometown: Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey Major/Minors: English major with Journalism and Schools, Education, and Society (SES) minors Highlights of your time at Wake: Some of my fondest memories have taken place on late Wednesday nights working at the Old Gold & Black, our school’s student-run, […]
Categories: Department Profiles, Student News