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 […]
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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, […]
Congratulations to Nancy Alvarez and Raquel Corona on their publication!
Dr. Nancy Alvarez (PhD ’17) and Dr. Raquel Corona (PhD 2021) had their chapter “Estamos Locas? Narratives of Resistance in an English PhD Program” about […]
Junior English majors: Internship Opportunity at Plough Magazine
The internship is described below by Dana Wiser, its coordinator: “We offer 8 seats, 4 at a time for a month each. Interns assist editorially […]
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 […]
Book Release Announcement
An exciting announcement from one of St. John’s own Ph.D. students—Peter Vanderberg’s chapbook, celestial navigation, is being published spring 2021 by Finishing Line Press! On […]
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 […]
Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Glessner’s Book Review
Below please find first-year Ph.D. candidate and doctoral fellow Sarah Glessner’s book review, copied from the International Sociological Association’s website. You can read the official […]
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 […]
November 16 Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Lecture
Rev. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M. Executive Director of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society The Vincentian Center for Church and Society announces “Race, Gender, Science, […]
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 […]
Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Dr. Jonathan Culler via Zoom October 28
On behalf of Phi Beta Kappa Cornell, we would like to invite you to our Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Dr. Jonathan Culler, who will be […]