Department News
Gabriel Brownstein Reading from His New Book, The Open Heart Club, in October
Gabriel Brownstein’s new book, The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery, is going to be published on October 22, […]
Fellow PhD Candidate, Tommy Hahn, to Release a Novel in November!
Tommy Hahn, a PhD student here in the English Department at St. John’s University is set to release his novel, Open My Eyes on November […]
Congratulations to Prof. Catina Bacote!
Prof. Catina Bacote received the St. John’s Summer Support of Research Award. The $10,000 award will allow her to devote the summer months to revising […]
Congratulations Laila Shikaki!
The students, faculty and staff at the St. John’s University Department of English would like to extend their warmest congratulations to Laila Shikaki, who recently […]
Dr. John Lowney Interviewed by Black Agenda Report
Dr. John Lowney was recently interviewed by Black Agenda Report about the significance of his latest book, Jazz Internationalism: Literary Afro-Modernism and the Cultural Politics […]
EGO hosts an MA Thesis/Portfolio Event on 2/25/2019
EGO would like to invite everyone to our MA Thesis/Portfolio event happening Monday 2/25/19, during common hour. Along with lots of departmental information in regards […]
Faten Hafez Receives Award!
Congratulations to Faten Hafez on her recent acheivement of being awarded the McDonnell-Milard College Composition Teaching Excellence Award granted by Kean University!
Industry & General Events for English Majors
The following schedule has been compiled by University Career Services as a list of events that the English student may attend. Industry Events for English […]
Dr. Smalls Co-Edits Duke University Journal Double Special Issue
Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls, Assistant Professor of English, co-edited the most recent of GLQ: A Journal of Gay & Lesbian Studies. “Queers Read This! LGBTQ […]
Congrats to Raquel Corona on ABD Status!
On March 20, Raquel Corona successfully completed her Doctoral Oral Exams with flying colors. Assistant Professor Dr. Steve Alavarez and Assistant Professors Dr. Raj Chetty […]
Samantha McCalla Receives 2018 CCCCs Scholars for the Dream Award
On behalf of the students, faculty and staff at St. John’s University, we extend our sincerest congratulations to Samantha McCalla, who won the 2018 CCCC […]
Sam McCalla, ABD!
Congrats to Sammantha McCalla on her incredible comp exam defense covering a range of topics on Caribbean childhood, literature, postcolonial theory, Afropessimissim, and colonial education. […]
SJU Doctoral Alum Dr. Mike Jacobs
As we make our way back to Queens this fall, we’d like to celebrate the achievements of one of our English graduate program alums. Dr. […]
NEWS: Doctoral Student Nancy Alvarez’s Wins IWCA dissertation Research Grant
Ph.D. Student Lands Research Grant for “Tutoring While Latina” The International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) has awarded SJU student Nancy Alvarez ‘18Ph.D. with the Winter […]
English Ph.D. Graduates Land Tenure-Track Positions
Friday, April 28, 2017 Five recent graduates of the Ph.D. program in English have already secured coveted tenure-track positions in the field. Katelynn DeLuca ‘17Ph.D., […]
English Department Graduation Reception – 5/21/17
The English department will be hosting a small and informal reception in St. John Hall B40 immediately following commencement on May 21—that’s the seminar room at the […]
Meghan Gilbert-Hickey to Start at Guttman Community College (CUNY)
Meghan Gilbert-Hickey, PhD 2016, will start in Fall 2017 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in English at Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (CUNY). Congrats, […]
Newly Minted Dr Katelynn DeLuca
Congratulations to Dr Katelynn DeLuca, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Rejecting Erasure and Embracing Class Identities: Working Class Theory and Praxis in the Writing Classroom,” last […]
4/3/17 – WRITING BIOGRAPHY – Presenter: Stephen Paul Miller
WRITING BIOGRAPHY Presenter: Stephen Paul Miller, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences At the next Writing Biography session Stephen Paul Miller, Professor of English in SJC, will […]
Two More New Doctors! Laura Lisabeth & Phil Grayson
It’s the season for new Doctors! Congratulations to Dr. Laura Lisabeth, who on Tuesday afternoon defended her dissertation, “Arcades of Style: E.B. White, William Strunk […]