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Tamsen Wolff recognized for outstanding teaching
May 30, 2023
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Written by Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

Wolff is one of four Princeton University faculty members who received President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement ceremonies Tuesday, May 30.

Kinohi Nishikawa honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students
May 18, 2023
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Written by Jennifer Altmann for the Office of Communications

Nishikawa, associate professor of English and African American studies, is one of four faculty members named recipients of Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate School.

English's Jeewon Yoo is one of ten graduate students honored for excellence in teaching
May 18, 2023
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Written by Jennifer Altmann for the Office of Communications

Yoo, recognized with the Collaborative Teaching Initiative (CTI) Graduate Teaching Award, served as the lead instructor for “Art of Comedy” and as an AI for “Sally Rooney and Her Contemporaries.”

An English major bound for med school? There’s a thesis topic for that.
May 18, 2023
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Written by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications

Rachel Sturley came to Princeton with a curiosity about biology and a love for literature that started, respectively, in the tide pools of coastal Massachusetts and the New York subway.

2023 A. Scott Berg winners announced
May 4, 2023

Each year the Department of English’s undergraduate faculty select from a pool of rising juniors and seniors and award the A. Scott Berg Fellowship, a scholarship endowed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg `71 h.c. '03.

2023 Clio Hall Award recipient Meredith Martin to be honored at GradFUTURES Forum
April 14, 2023

Meredith Martin is the Faculty Director of the Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton which started under her leadership in 2014. She is one of the strongest advocates for GradFUTURES and for diverse careers for graduate students, and frequently partners with GradFUTURES and other campus…

English Major & 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Maria Ressa '86 Book Selected as the Class of 2027's Pre-read
April 7, 2023

“How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future” by Maria Ressa ’86, an English major and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, will be the Class of 2027's  pre-read for the university. Maria Ressa, Class of 1986, received the 

2023 Clio Hall Award Recipient Andrew Finn to be Honored at the GradFUTURES Forum
April 6, 2023

Andrew Finn recently finished a Ph.D. in English, focusing on late medieval religious literature and critical theory. During his PhD, Andrew was also a dedicated campus leader, working closely with a wide range of faculty, administrators, and staff to develop programs, policies, and initiatives that support graduate students across the…

‘Who will Dry My Tears?’ Reflections on the History of a Lynching with Sarah Gaultieri
April 4, 2023

Date: 4/17/2023 at 4:30 pm

Location: Henry House 15

Nola Romey, a Syrian grocer, was lynched in Lake City, Florida in 1929, and his wife was murdered by Florida police. Prof. Sarah Gualtieri revisits the oral histories and archival methods she used to write the history of these events. She brings to the fore previously…