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Assistant Professor Paul Nadal awarded the 1921 Prize for Best Essay in American Literature from the American Literature Society The Advisory Council of the American Literature Society has awarded the 1921 Prize to Professor Paul Nadal for his essay, "Cold War Remittance Economy: US Creative Writing and the Importation of New Criticism into the Philippines,” in American Quarterly. The 1921 Prize is awarded annually for "the best article in any field of American literature."
Department publishes 2020-2021 Annual Report The department has published its 2020 - 2021 Annual Report. Click the link to read the online publication: Department of English Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Hester Blum '95 competes on upcoming Jeopardy Professors Tournament English Department alum and Professor at Penn State University, Hester Blum '95, will compete on the upcoming Jeopardy Tournament of Professors, Monday, December 6, 2021.
Indigenous Studies: A Conversation with Robbie Richardson Robbie Richardson, a member of Pabineau First Nation (Mi’kmaw) in New Brunswick, Canada, and an assistant professor of English at Princeton University, specializes in 18th-century British and transatlantic literature and culture.
Journalist and English Major, Maria Ressa '86, Awarded Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, for their longstanding efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.
Announcing the Intersections Lecture Series The Intersections Lecture Series this year represents a department wide collaboration to bring to campus scholars whose work on race, difference, and social justice has remapped disciplinary boundaries and redefined how we think about the relationship between critical theory and social activism.
