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Some of us remember Dan Dissinger, who graduated from St. John’s with his PhD in English in 2017. Dan teaches now at the University of […]

Congratulations to Dr. Endrit Agolli on his successful defense of his doctoral dissertation, titled “Poetics of Religiosity: T.S. Eliot and Religious Sense.” Dr. Agolli is […]

Peter P. and Margaret A. D’Angelo Chair 2025 Lecture Lines set afloat towards hope Erica Hunt, M.F.A., a poet, essayist, and author, works at the […]

We have a full set of Poetry events at SJU in April! The big event will be Erica Hunt’s D’Angelo Lecture on April 14th, and […]

Welcome back from spring break! It’s almost time for registration season! We are still finalizing all of our F25 course offerings, and as soon as […]

There’s a great event around the corner at Queens College on Monday, March 10, in which Edwidge Danticat will be speaking. See the attached flyer […]

The Age of AI means new opportunities for English Majors Like many writers and people who are devoted to humanistic values, I am somewhat skeptical […]

As we settle in for the chilly start of the S25 semester, we at SJU English have lots to look forward to. Watch this space […]

Welcome back to campus on a chilly morning in January! It’s gorgeous and quiet, with single digit temperatures and Sunday’s snowfall still mostly untouched. The […]

We’re excited to shout out one more December doctoral defense before the year ends! Dr. Joey Weisler’s dissertation, “From Scars Into Stars: Transforming The Pain […]

We’re excited to finish up our F24 semester with an interview from our alum Dr. Leslie J. Fernandez, who did their BA in English with […]

With apologies for a slight delay in posting, we want to celebrate Dr. Nouf Arige’s defense from last month. Her dissertation is called, ““Disturbing The […]

Marisa Berman Hollywood started the PhD at St John’s University ten years ago— two full-time higher-education jobs, three children, and one ambitious dissertation later, she […]

Looking for a venue to trot out your recent Women and Gender Studies research?  Hoping to organize a panel on a WGS topic?  Maybe you […]

Seats are still available for this amazing course, taught by Erica Hunt, our incoming D’Angelo Chair for the S25 semester. The course will include special […]

Come to the final Third Thursdays event this semester for an Open Poetry Reading in the Back Lounge of the Writing Center on Th 11/21 […]

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected […]

We’re a few weeks into the afterglow of Whitman on Walls!,  and I want to share just a bit of feedback from one of the students […]

As we gear up for Thanksgiving break and the final push toward the end of the semester, I want to profile one last F24 English […]

Come to DAC 128 at 11 am this Wed 11/13 for a film screening and conversation about Die Jim Crow Records, now known as Freer […]

For anyone (else) who can’t get enough Whitman on Walls!, the amazing event the SJU English department hosted last Saturday, I have a few things […]