
Articles by Steve Mentz


SJU Reading Series: Sunday June 28 6:30 pm
With thanks to Maureen Daniels, and Dr. Ganter’s Zoom-wizardry, we bring to you this Sunday evening at 6:30 pm the first in a series of […]

Writing Remix: with SJU alums Dan Dissinger, Danielle Lee, & others
One of the bright spots in this quarantine spring has been discovering new work by SJU PhDs. A particular favorite has been the podcasting of […]

English Department Anti-Racist Statement and Action Items
The English Department would like to share a collaborative and living document that articulates our rejection of anti-Blackness and our strategies to self-assess and revise […]


SJU English Graduations – via Zoom!
[Update: added the moving ceremony put on by the Staten Island faculty and students. Sorry it’s late!] With great pride in the accomplishments of our […]

Summer 2020 Graduate Courses
Summer 2020 Graduate Flyer I & II Summer Session 1: June 1 – July 2, 2020 E 790: Drama and Society: Staging the Coming Storm […]

Congrats Dr. Salazar-Nunez!
Join the English Department in congratulating Dr. Carolyn Salazar-Nunez, upon the successful defense of her dissertation. Her committee includes mentor Dr. Anne Geller, Dr. Dohra […]

Congrats to Dr. Scott Koski!
While carefully maintaining our social distance even during this congratulatory moment, we are very happy to announce a triumphantly successful dissertation defense by Dr. Scott […]

Dr. King’s Bookmarks event for Th 3/12 postponed
Our planned celebration of Dr. Amy King’s new book, The Divine in the Commonplace, will postponed. We hope to reschedule it soon.


CFP Grad Student Conference (4/25; Deadline 3/16)
The Department of English and the Writing Center at St. John’s University invite papers that thoughtfully engage with concepts of surveillance and/or discipline. Although […]

St. John’s in Paris!
Want to study literature in Paris next fall? Come to this meeting Monday night at 6 pm! Note that your financial aid will pay for […]

Bookmarks with Dr Amy King: Th March 12
Come celebrate the publication of Dr. King’s new book, The Divine in the Commonplace: Reverent Natural History and the Novel in Britain! The event […]

Early Modern Oceans at Grad Center
All are welcome at a panel on Early Modern Ocean Studies at the CUNY Grad Center on Th, Feb 13 at 6 pm! Featuring Lowell […]

Graduate Writing Sessions!
Come to the spring 2020 Graduate Writing Sessions in the WC! Thursday afternoons! Saturdays 10 am – 3 pm starting Feb 1! At the University […]

Post-doctoral Fellowship at Georgia Tech
Here is a link to information about Georgia Tech’s Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship in Composition, Business/Technical Communication, and Digital Pedagogy: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000520374-01 Georgia Tech expect […]

Shakespeare and the Globe: Conference at Hofstra (CFP due Jan 1; Conf Oct 2020)
Please submit to this great local Shakespeare conference next October at Hofstra! HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER and the DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE present a symposium […]

Spring 2020 Registration!
It may look like gorgeous autumn outside, but it’s time to start thinking about registration for Spring 2020 classes. The English Course Offerings flyers are […]

Bookmarks: Dr. Dohra Ahmad on The Penguin Book of Migration Literature
Please join the English Department at the first of four Bookmarks events during this academic year, celebrating new publications by our faculty. On Th 10/3 […]

Dr. Laura Lisabeth, St John’s PhD alum
On the first day of the fall semester, we at the SJU English blog want to celebrate the recent triumphs of one of our own, […]

Bookmarks for the Academic Year!
Mark your calendars for the new academic year and four scheduled Bookmarks events to celebrate new books by our faculty! All events are open to […]