First Annual Gosnell Prize Awarded at Final Exercises
Award for first-year writing goes to Abby Adams and Zak Fisher
Spring 2008
Letter from the Chair
Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon Professor and Chair, writes on the state of things in the Department of English.
McDowell to Direct Woodson Institute
(U.Va. Media Relations)
Professor Deborah McDowell became the director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies in April
Remembering George Garrett
Beloved novelist, poet, teacher and storyteller died on May 24
London Calling
Lisa Russ Spaar’s new anthology celebrates London through poetry
Where has the English Major Taken You?
Former majors Elizabeth Goldman and Danny Plante talk about how the English degree shaped their careers
Things Matter:
March Graduate Student Conference Focuses on “Thing Theory”
Elizabeth Fowler joins team to edit the works of Edmund Spenser
(U.Va. Media Relations)
Renaissance poet to get new print and electronic editions
Mass-Marketing the Classics
English Department Faculty on Editing Classic Works for General Readers
Going Places
Placement results for our doctoral students
Faculty News
Latest, news, notes, and accomplishments
Undergraduate News
This year’s awards and honors earned by our English majors
Graduate Student News
Essays accepted, awards and honors accrued lately by our current graduate students
Alumni News
Former students bring us up to date
