Articles by Steve Mentz

The snow on my porch is melting, but maybe it’ll snow again next week – those are the signs that it’s “spring” break at St. […]

Sometimes the research and scholarship that we professors do takes us far away from our campus in Queens. I’m back in Queens this semester after […]

Congrats to Gabby Greco on the completion of her Comps! And cheers also to her committee, Dr. Dohra Ahmad, Dr. Raj Chetty, and Dr. Elda […]

As you can see from the smiling faces, the fall 2022 semester has begun with a smashing success by Nouf Arige on her doctoral Comprehensive […]

We a pleased to see that our distinguished alum, Dr. Anna Sicari, has an article out in the premier journal in writing studies, College Composition & […]

Pictured here with her committee, from left to right: Dr. Dohra Ahmad; Dr. Kathy Lubey; (new) Dr. Alexa Dicken; outside reader (and SJU alum!) Dr.Meghan […]

The latest in our ongoing series of blog-interviews with SJU English alums features Dr. Laura Lisabeth. When did you graduate from St. John’s? What degree(s) […]

It was a St. John’s English reunion today on the Writing Remix podcast, hosted by the USC Writing Program. All three speakers on the show […]

In our continuing series of short profiles of recent St John’s English graduates, here’s a glimpse at the current agenda of Dr. Angela Hooks. Angela […]

We are proud and excited to report that SJU PhD candidate Tommy Hahn’s short fiction has been nominated for the Sonder Press Best Small Fictions […]

We are so excited to share the following press release from the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) celebrating the work of our own […]

Here’s our interview with our double-alum, Regina Duthely, who received her BA in English at St. John’s in 2007 and returned later for a PhD, […]

Come join us in Zoomtopia for a celebration and discussion of Dr. Melissa Mowry’s new book, Collective Understanding, Radicalism, and Literary History, 1645-1742 (Oxford University Press, 2021). […]

Many of our students and faculty might be interested in Dr. Shondel Nero’s upcoming lectureon Language Education policy in the Caribbean. Dr. Nero is a […]

Here’s an Instagram link to a poetry reading on Wed night 10/13 on Instagram Live. Hosted by Wren Hanks (@reallytruleyashark), the event will celebrate the […]

Continuing our series of SJU English Alum Profiles, we have this month a profile of Dr. Laila Shikaki, who received her PhD in English from […]

The Discover France program, directed by Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls, will begin enrolling students for Fall 2022. Please follow this link for more information or […]