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Summer Hiatus

Like the rest of the campus, the English Department blog will be taking a summer break.  If you have questions or suggestions for stories for next year, please feel free to email us at ucbenglish@gmail.com.  In the meantime, have a restful and productive summer.

Professors Round Out Academic Year with Prizes

Professors Cecil Giscombe and Anne-Lise Francois each received awards for their recent work. Read full post…

Professor Kathleen Donegan wins American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award

The English Department is delighted to announce that Professor Kathleen Donegan is this year’s recipient of the American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award. This campus-wide award, given by the American Cultures Center, “recognizes the use of pedagogical developments to enhance the students’ learning experience in the American Cultures classroom.” Professor Donegan was awarded this distinction for the ENGL 166AC course she taught this past Fall, “Race and Revision in Early America.” Read full post…

Graduate Student Instructors Receive Teaching Awards

Seven of our graduate students received the University’s Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award this year in recognition of their excellence as instructors of Reading and Composition. Read full post…

Ian Duncan Delivers Annual Gayley Lecture, Department’s Highest Honor

On a recent Thursday evening, the English Department gathered in the DarwinMaude Fife Room on the third floor of Wheeler Hall for the annual Charles Mills Gayley lecture, the department’s highest honor. The speaker that evening was Professor Ian Duncan, an expert in Victorian literature and Scottish Romanticism, whose talk was entitled “Darwin’s Voyage.” Read full post…

English Department Congratulates its Award-Winning Students

The English Department is pleased to congratulate a number of its students who won awards from the University this year. Below is a list of their names and the prizes they were awarded. Read full post…