Features
Beginning in Fall 2008, the English Department began a series of articles on faculty, alumni, students and departmental initiatives. Check back frequently for new additions!
Literary London transports students through literature’s history
11/16/09
For many students, Shakespeare’s dramas are classroom lectures, Bloomsbury is a dot on a textbook map, and the Westminster Abbey is a photo on a postcard. Every summer, Miami faculty help these scenes become reality for a group of study abroad students.
Department welcomes new faculty, administrators
10/22/09
The English department welcomed four new faculty members this fall, gaining a wealth of knowledge in everything from cultural identity to computer science. The fall semester also brought new front office administrators to the department.
Summertime no slow time for English faculty
9/15/09
Miami’s English faculty spent the summer collecting stamps—in their passports, that is. From departmental initiatives to personal projects, they racked up some serious frequent flier miles.
English Department charts new territory
8/26/09
The Department of English has established Miami’s first international certificate program in partnership with Shanxi Normal University (SNU) in Western China.
Graduating seniors share their wisdom with incoming English majors
4/15/09
If only we knew then what we know now. Five senior Miami English majors reflect on their time in the program and pass along helpful nuggets to the incoming class.
Miami professor brings vintage texts into digital age
2/25/2009
Literary scholars are faced with a difficult and pressing question: What’s going to happen to historical texts in the digital age?
Luckily, one Miami English and IMS professor has come to the rescue. Meet Laura Mandell.
Mao leaves English Department grad program at the top of its class
1/26/2009
LuMing Mao has a 17-year history at Miami, and a history of leaving things better than he found them. This time he’s left the English Department graduate program a better place.
Longtime Administrative Assistant bids English Department adieu
1/26/2009
Twenty four years. Four department chairs. Countless students, faculty and staff. It’s been great, Jackie Kearns says, but she’s ready for some new challenges.
Royal Holloway semester a chance of a lifetime for Miami students
12/08/2008
Two students who spent a semester at Royal Holloway say the experience provided them with an education beyond any they could have imagined. They returned with a broader view of the world, and in turn, themselves.
Creative Writing alum finds niche in playwrighting
11/07/2008
Rajiv Joseph didn’t quite know what he wanted to do with his life when he first came to Miami, but a desire to take Introduction to Creative Writing led him to become a successful playwright of four off-Broadway plays and a fifth play which will debut in Los Angeles this May.
Miami’s Academic Preparation and Culture Program a success
10/07/2008
The academic and cultural “warmup” program launched by Miami this summer is believed to be unprecedented among U.S. colleges, and may be the most interdisciplinary course taught at Miami.
Department alum uses English degree as launch pad for life
9/29/2008
Create your own opportunities. Decide what you want, and go for it. For 1973 Miami graduate Jeanne Matson, these words encompass the essence of her long, prosperous career.
Modern meets medieval in Murphy’s Literature class
9/22/2008
Students experience a blast from the past when they take medieval literature with Assistant Professor Patrick Murphy. Murphy is known as the “comic book guy”—even though many of his classes are about the earliest surviving English texts.