SJU Grad Students Awarded MLA/Mellon Summer Institute Grant!
We are pleased to announce that two of our own PhD students, Sarah Glessner and Amity Nathaniel, have been awarded fellowship support to attend the […]
Articles by Steve Mentz
Dr. Danielle Lee Zoom-Lecture hosted by UC Riverside – Fri 4/16 at 2 pm
On Friday 4/16 at 2 pm, SJU alum Dr. Danielle Lee will present an invited guest Lecture (via Zoom) as part of University of California […]
Bookmarks April 22! Edited Collections on Earth Day with Drs Travis and Mentz
Come join us on Earth Day 2021, April 22 during Common Hour, for our last Bookmarks event of the spring semester. Dr. Jennifer Travis and […]
Poem Published by Phoebe Miller
We are pleased to celebrate the publication of an original poem by a St. John’s student. Phoebe Miller wrote her poem “Growing Pains” in English […]
Plants and Poetics: A Panel Discussion (Noon March 31 on YouTube)
…featuring St. John’s own Professor Lee Ann Brown! at University of Pennsylvania Kelly Writers House: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0321.php#31 PLANTS AND POETICS: A PANEL DISCUSSION Lee Ann Brown, […]
Spring Bookmarks #1: Dr. Gregory Maertz on 3/15
Bookmarks, Dr. Maertz Poster Our first Bookmarks event of the spring semester will feature Dr. Gregory Maertz in dialogue with Dr. Stephen Sicari about Nostalgia for […]
Dr. Phillip Grayson, Assistant Professor of English at Tennessee State University
News from St. John’s English Ph.D. alumnae! Dr. Phillip Grayson, who graduated from St. John’s with his Ph.D. in English in 2017, is currently a […]
Bigger 6 / CECS Article Prize
Bigger 6 / CECS Article Prize We’re pleased to announce a prize for the best article from 2020 in Romanticist studies by an emerging scholar […]
New Article from PhD student Peggy Suzuki!
Congratulations to Peggy Suzuki, a student finishing in our Phd Program this year (and an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College), who just got an essay published […]
Paid Internship: Ithaka S+R (deadline 12/4/20)
Here’s an interesting-looking internship program, with a soon-approaching Dec 4 deadline:
Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Internship
Follow think link for more information! https://www.loc.gov/item/internships/junior-fellows-program/
BIPOC in Academic Event (W 11/18 5 pm)
BIPOC in Academia panel Come Zoom with two current English PhD students and two alums of our program on Wednesday 11/18 to discuss “what has […]
Publishing Workshop! — featuring SJU Faculty and Alums (W 11/11 1:30 pm)
Come Zoom with us on Wednesday! Featuring a line-up of St. John’s English alums and faculty to discuss the mysteries and pleasures of academic and […]
Dr. Raj Chetty interviewed by Drama Caribe
Our own Dr. Raj Chetty has become a YouTube star! You can see him here in discussion with Drama Caribe. The interview/conversation was […]
Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls’s Podcast!
Looking for a new podcast? The St John’s English department would like to recommend the brilliant and thought-provoking conversation of our own distinguished faculty member […]
Grad Advising for Spring 2021
Here’s the Spring 2021 Flyer with our graduate course offerings for Spring 2021! MA and PhD students should contact Dr. Amy King, Director of Graduate […]
Publishing Events with New York Publishers: 10/20, 11/10, and 11/17
HarperCollins Publishers—Tuesday October 20 at 1 pm, Register at: https://stjohns.joinhandshake.com/events/592621 Penguin Random House Publisher—Tuesday, November 10 at 1 pm Register at https://stjohns.joinhandshake.com/events/603889 Hachette Book Group—Tuesday, November 17 […]
Spring 2021 Advising: Online Edition!
During this strange Covid semester, the English department is modifying our usual advising practice for English majors and minors. We are going to reach out […]
Bookmarks via WebEx!
Our first departmental Bookmarks event of the virtual era will be held on Th Oct 15 at 3 pm. Here is the flyer: Bookmarks, Dr. […]
Here’s a link to a writing workshop for help drafting personal statements for grants and residencies. For Queens-based writers, and sponsored by Newtown Library. In […]
SJU Academic Center for Equity and Inclusion Events
The ACEI welcomes everyone back to campus for a safe and productive year ahead and hopes that everyone stays well in the days to come. […]