Dr. Orianne Smith, Associate Professor of English, has been elected Vice President of the UMBC Faculty Senate. Congratulations to Dr. Smith! The department is grateful for your service and...
May 15, 2019
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UMBC English Department faculty member Dr. Jessica Berman has been named the Lipitz Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2019-2020. This professorship is supported by an...
May 14, 2019
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Pictured from left: Johanna Alonso, Joe Smith, Julia Arbutus, Jacob Wilkerson, and Johnathan Acuna-Lopez Congratulations to our 2019 English Department Award Winners! The department...
May 10, 2019
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Come out and support English students presenting at URCAD 2019 on April 24! URCAD events will be held in the University Center and the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. Participating...
April 18, 2019
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Come out and support our student readers at the Baltimore Book Festival on Sunday 9/30 at 3:00 pm. Nadine Benavides and Abigail Moore will be reading at the University Writers Reading, sponsored...
September 28, 2018
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Joining Poet Patricia Smith for "Incendiary Poets Poeting"
Keegan Cook Finberg to Read at Baltimore Book Festival Keegan Cook Finberg, Assistant Professor of English, will be reading her poetry this weekend as part of the Baltimore Book Festival. She...
September 26, 2018
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On September 19, 2018 we’ll be hosting The Black Ladies Brunch Collective, a group of Maryland-based poets whose mission it is to “promote and inspire the voices of Black women,” and on February...
September 7, 2018
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Saira Khan (English '09), currently the director of social media for The New Yorker, will be the recipient of an outstanding young UMBC alumna award on October 4. Ms. Khan’s journalism - on...
August 29, 2018
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A Great Head Start on your Masters Degree!
If you plan to pursue a Masters Degree when you graduate, you should take advantage of the English Department’s BA-MA program. You start your MA while you are finishing your BA by enrolling in...
August 22, 2018
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A word that Professor of the Practice Christopher Corbett invented was a clue on the March 9, 2018 episode of Jeopardy. The word was autotonsorialist--one who cuts his own hair or looks as if he...
April 4, 2018
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