Rebecca Lorimer Leonard recently was invited to contribute an essay, “Critical Distance in Composition Studies,” to the 50th anniversary issue of Composition Studies, the oldest independent journal in the field of Composition and Rhetoric.
Gretchen Gerzina has been selected for the Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series and Chancellor’s Medal for the Academic Year 2022-2023. Her Distinguished Faculty Lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
Stephen Clingman has recently written a catalogue for the forthcoming William Kentridge exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Kentridge is internationally renowned for the expressionism of his work in numerous media, and his art is shaped by apartheid and grounded in the politics of the post-apartheid era.
Wanda Bak, Assistant to the Graduate Program Director, has been awarded a Length of Service award from the Chancellor for 45 years of service to the University.
Gretchen Gerzina's book, Black England: A Forgotten History, will soon be rereleased with a new introduction by Zadie Smith. The new edition will be published September 29.
Sarah Ghazal Ali, MFA ’21, was recently featured in UMass Magazine. Her first poetry collection, Theophanies, was selected as the Editors' Choice for the 2022 Alice James Award and will be published in 2024.