Newly Minted Doctor Regina Duthely!
Congrats to Regina Duthely, PhD, on successfully defending her dissertation, “(Dis)respectability Politics: Black Feminist Digital Rhetorics,” today! Dr. Duthely will start as an Assistant Professor […]
Department News
Caribbean Writers Series: LISA HAREWOOD,“You’re Better Off Here,”, Monday, April 10, 150pm-315pm
From the Office of the Provost: I am pleased to invite you to this year’s Caribbean Writers Series event, “You’re Better Off Here,” on Monday, […]
London Calling!: Doctoral Students Headed to Keats Conference
Tina Iemma and Antonio Fontana, doctoral students in the English Department, have both been selected to give papers at “John Keats, 1817: Moments, Meetings, and […]
Support the SJU Slam Poetry Team’s GoFundMe Campaign (ends April 2017)
From Dr. Dohra Ahmad: One of our wonderful English majors, Tom Hill, asked that I send out this gofundme request. He and some other […]
Make SJU a #SanctuaryCampus
In the wake of the Presidential elections, many have raised concerns about the status of undocumented students/people. Following the example of the #SanctuaryCities (NYC is […]
MOCK Job Talk: Regina Duthley, PhD Candidate in English at SJU
Please join us for Regina Duthley’s mock job talk in preparation for her on-campus interview (YAY!). The talk will be on Friday, December 2, 2-3pm […]
AWARDS: English and Writing Faculty Win Faculty Recognition Awards for 2015-2016 Year
The Faculty Recognition Award recognizes faculty for their excellence in research and scholarship, teaching, and service. The English Department had eight faculty winners and the […]
EVENT @ SJU SI: “Betwixt and Between: Black Communities and City Neighborhoods in 19th Century NYC
From Dr. Bob Fanuzzi: “Sandy Ground at St. John’s: Faces of the Underground Railroad” is a public humanities and educational outreach program of St. John’s […]
English Department Faculty News: Dr. Raj Chetty’s Recent Publications and Presentations
Dr. Raj Chetty, Assistant Professor in the English Department, recently published two peer-reviewed articles. Additionally, Dr. Chetty has an upcoming presentation at CUNY Graduate Center […]
SJU English Department is On Twitter
For those of you who tweet or want to learn about the wild world of Twitter, the English department now has a Twitter account. The […]
Dr. John Lowney Publishes Two Essays in Major Book Collections
Dr. John Lowney, Professor of English, had two major essays published this year: One is “‘Frank-ly Speaking’: Frank Marshall Davis, the African American Left, and […]
Doctoral Dissertation Handbook *NEW*
The Graduate Division just released the new and update doctoral dissertation handbook. There is now a link under Department Info here: http://stjenglish.com/graduate-forms-feb-2014/doctoral-dissertation-handbook/
EVENTS: Grad & Faculty Mixers, Sept 1
The Department of English and the English Graduate Organizing Committee (GOC) invite all English faculty, staff, and graduate students (MA and doctoral) to two free […]
Dr. Smalls Wins Manuscript Fellowship
Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls recently won the 2016 CLAGS Fellowship Award which goes to the best dissertation, first manuscript, or second manuscript in LGBTQ Studies […]
English Doctoral Student Wins Travel Grant
Congrats to Nancy Alvarez, doctoral candidate, on winning a travel grant to the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) conference! The conference will be held in […]
Dr. Raj Chetty Wins Award for Journal Issue
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Raj Chetty who, alongside his co-editor Dr. Amaury Rodriguez, won the Guy Alexandre Prize from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)‘s […]
Congrats to Dr. Anna Sicari on her Job
Anna Sicari (PhD 2016) will start as a Visiting Assistant Professor and The Director of the Writing Center at Oklahoma State University. Good luck to […]
MA and PhD Graduation
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Commencement for Graduate Programs held its event tonight, May 19, at 6 p.m. in Carnesecca Arena. The […]
CFP: Creative Connectivity: Thinking, Writing and the Translation of Information to Understanding
Here is the CFP for the Creative Connectivity conference. The conference features our very own Dr. Anne Gellar as one of its keynote speakers. Conference […]
Newly Minted English PhD!
Congrats to Dr. Meghan Gilbert-Hickey, our newest English PhD! Meghan (third on the right) successfully defended her dissertation on May 16!
Congrats to Dr. Dissinger!
Dr. Daniel Dissinger (PhD 2015) – secured a full-time non-tenure track Assistant Professor job at the University of Southern California (USC) in their English Department. […]
Congrats to Dr. Chatterji!
Dr. Tuli Chatterji (DA 2015) – was recently offered and accepted a tenure-track position at LaGuardia Community College in the Department of English.