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Faculty News
- Study Abroad in London Summer 2025Join us in London this summer from May 27 to June 28 for Literature of the Witch, co-taught by Dr. Joanna Ruocco and Dr. Sarah Hogan! ENG 302 (D) / CRW 286 / WGS 377: This 3-credit study away summer course will introduce you to wide-ranging works of English literature-mostly by women writers–that portray the […]
- Eric G. Wilson “Point Blank” Film Screening & Book TalkOn Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 6 pm in Scales 102, the Department of English will host a film screening and discussion in celebration of Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English Eric G. Wilson’s study of John Boorman’s Point Blank for the British Film Institute’s distinguished BFI Classics Series. A reception and book signing […]
- Book talk with Prof. Jennifer Greiman: Melville’s DemocracyAssociate Professor of English Jennifer Greiman will present a talk on her new book titled Melville’s Democracy: Radical Figuration and Political Form on Tuesday, April 4, at 5:00 pm in the ZSR Auditorium (room 404). You can access a description, reviews, excerpts, and purchasing options on the Stanford University Press website. Description from Stanford […]
- Prof. Joanna Ruocco releases new novel: Artfully YoursProfessor Joanna Ruocco’s latest historical romance, Artfully Yours, will be available next week from Berkeley Books under the pen name Joanna Lowell. You can read an excerpt and find preordering options on the publisher’s website. Bookmarks is hosting a book launch for Ruocco on Tuesday, February 21, at 6:30 pm. You can find more […]
- English Department Faculty Receive Spring 2023 Research and Travel AwardsThe Wake Forest University English Department is pleased to announce that five English, Writing, and Creative Writing faculty have been awarded research and travel funds for the spring and summer of 2023. These faculty will conduct primary research, attend scholarly conferences, hold panels, and share their recent works. Lucy Alford received an award from the […]
Student News
- Open for Submissions: 24-25 Academy of American Poets / Edwin G. Wilson Prize for Undergraduate PoetryThe Department of English invites students from every discipline to submit their original poetry to Wake Forest University’s Academy of American Poets / Edwin G. Wilson Prize. The Prize, which was inaugurated in spring 2023, is awarded each spring to an outstanding Wake Forest undergraduate poet. The Prize was established by an anonymous donor in […]
- Study Abroad in London Summer 2025Join us in London this summer from May 27 to June 28 for Literature of the Witch, co-taught by Dr. Joanna Ruocco and Dr. Sarah Hogan! ENG 302 (D) / CRW 286 / WGS 377: This 3-credit study away summer course will introduce you to wide-ranging works of English literature-mostly by women writers–that portray the […]
- Announcing the 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award WinnersEach year, English faculty nominate the top essays from their lower- and upper-level literature courses for the department’s D.A. Brown Essay Awards. This summer, three students were recognized for exemplary essays written in the 2022-2023 academic year. The 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award for Literary Scholarship: Ellie Grubbs ’23, for her ENG 339 essay “Race […]
- Class of 2023 contributes books to the Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons LoungeThe 2023 seniors from Wake Forest’s Sigma Omega chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, will be the fifth class to add their favorite books to the organization’s permanent collection in Ammons Lounge in Tribble Hall. Each senior selected a book that they studied at Wake Forest that was personally significant to […]
- 2023-2024 Executive Board for Sigma Tau DeltaAnnouncing the newly elected executive board for Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society: President: Frances Riggs ’24Vice President: Alexis Williams ’25Secretary: Mary Outland ’24Historian: Sydney Pasceri ’25Treasurer: Mackenzie Jackson ’24Membership Chair: Anna Beim ’25Public Relations Chair: Lily Klett ’24Social Events Chair: Sofia Bazant ’24 Sigma Tau Delta is a society for junior […]
Alumni News
- Meet Alum Davita DesRoches MDIV ’21Hometown: Wolfville, Nova Scotia Major/Minor/Graduation Year: BSc with Honours in Math & Statistics and English (Acadia University, ’16); MA in English (McGill University, ’18), MDIV (Wake Forest University, ’21) Current Employment: Alternative Media Specialist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success, Wake Forest University What role has the English major played in your career path? […]
- Meet English Alum Kathleen Rommel (MA ’12)Hometown: Fenwick Island, Delaware Degree: English Master’s Degree (20th Century American Lit) Current Employment: Director of Partnerships at Raising The Village, a nonprofit working in poverty alleviation in Uganda What role has the English major played in your career path? Working at a small poverty-focused nonprofit means you have to be willing to live outside […]
- English alum Kim Jones featured in Deacon SpotlightEnglish alum Kim Jones ’05, MA.Ed ’06, is featured in this month’s Deacon Spotlight. She speaks about how her love of literature and her passion for culturally relevant and responsive teaching practices shapes her work as an English teacher, equity advocate, and change leader in Chapel Hill, NC. Read more on the
- Meet Alum Will Perry ’04, MA.Ed. ’05
A note: Since sharing this with us, Mr. Perry has been appointed Chancellor of the Chancery Court for the 30th Judicial District of Tennessee. He’ll be a participant at our Pre-Law Conversation hosted by Sigma Tau Delta and the English Student Association on September 13 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Students can […]- Meet English Alum Aja Brooks ’05
Hometown: Hobbs, New Mexico Majors and Graduation Year: English and Spanish, 2005 Current Employment: Director, Center for Self-Help and Dispute Resolution, Second Judicial District Court, Albuquerque, NM What role has the English major played in your career path? When I think of the ways my English major has been useful to me as an attorney, […] - Meet Alum Will Perry ’04, MA.Ed. ’05