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We’re in the countdown phrase – only 18 days until 10/26! – and we’re working on some flyers and other publicity. We have an Eventbrite […]

We have an Eventbrite page! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whitman-on-walls-tickets-1039197988157 If you can join us on Sat 10/26 for Whitman on Walls on the St. John’s University campus, DAC 206, […]

We’re coming into the middle of the semester, with advising season just around the corner and the glories of Whitman on Walls! only a few […]

Another of our distinguished alums, Dr. Danielle Bacibianco, has published an article in a recent symposium in the venerable journal College English. Her essay is […]

Yesterday afternoon in the Writing Center, the English Department marked the turn into October by gathering to celebrate the publication of Gabe Brownstein’s book, The […]

It’s time to celebrate another one of our successful recent graduates! Dr. Meghan Gilbert, who’s now an Associate Professor of English at Guttman Community College […]

This week’s course profile is a collaboration between English and the newly-established academic programs in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES). We in English are […]

As regular readers of the English blog know, the department’s big event this fall will be Whitman on Walls! – a multimedia performance that will […]

I suspect I’m not the only middle-aged English professor who first became a passionate reader through devouring book upon book of science fiction. While pre-teen […]

So last Friday I was talking to the First Lady of the United States about St. John’s English… OK, that’s a slight exaggeration. But I […]

Interested in a career in publishing? Career Services has two events this fall that aim to introduce SJU students to two of the largest global […]

It’s been a busy few opening weeks in the English department. There’s no better report on that busyness than this list of nine of our […]

We at the SJU English Blog are so excited in these early days of F24 to be profiling one of our distinguished alums who has […]

As we swing into the fall semester, I’m going to profile briefly two of our most important courses, the First-Year Seminar in English. We offer […]

Please come to our first Bookmarks event of Fall 2024! These events are opportunities for people in our community to gather to celebrate our achievements […]

Calling all St. John’s Poets! It’s time to start planning for our big fall poetry event, coming up on Sat Oct 26th. The event, Whitman […]

Welcome newcomers, and welcome back to everyone else who’s arriving in Queens this week to begin the Fall 2024 semester as part of the community […]

9:30AM – Check In & Refreshments (DAC 4th Floor) 10:00 AM – Welcome Address (DAC – 416B) Steve Mentz, Ph.D. (he/him) 2024 English Graduate Conference […]

The English Graduate Student Conference presents Reconstructing the World from Ruin. The conference is being held on April 20, 2024, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM. The event will occur […]

Congratulations to Seán Griffin, PhD student and Doctoral Fellow in English, on the publication of their poetry chapbook by Bottlecap Press! There are many patterns around us. […]

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Zwosta!  Patrick finished his dissertation– Double Blind Nostalgia: The Intersection of Pop Culture and Politics in the 1980’s and Beyond—and successfully defended it […]