Professor Mark Christian Thompson’s new book is now available. This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field’s debts to German critical theory and explores a forgotten tradition […]

Professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson reviews 2021’s big year for African fiction in the New York Times. The full article can be found, here.

In the face of a growing focus on STEM fields, Professor Mark Christian Thompson talks candidly about the enduring value of an English degree. Including why study in the humanities is more valuable than ever. (Spoiler alert: English majors do, in fact, find jobs.)

The Department of English is proud to announce Nadia Nurhussein has been promoted the rank of to Full Professor, effective January 1st, 2022. Prof. Nurhussein joined the Department in 2017. […]

Professor Christopher Nealon will be presenting “George Oppen and The Future”: The George Oppen Memorial Lecture, held at the San Francisco State University Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. The […]

Please join us in congratulating current graduate student Alex Lewis on his most recent publication in Milton Studies. The publication is called “Comus in Canaan: Milton’s Masque and the Rape […]

Professor Christopher Nealon will be releasing two new books for publication in 2022: a collection of poetics essays from Brill Publishers called “Infinity for Marxists: Essays on Poetry and Capital,” […]

Current graduate student Alexandra Lossada has been interviewed for the PhD Spotlight, presented by PHutures. In the article, Ms. Lossada articulates her story of becoming a PhD candidate and what […]

The Department is thrilled to announce that Professor Mark Christian Thompson has been named a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor. This major honor recognizes, among other achievements, his exceptional record of scholarship, which […]