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Ruth Jennison Receives College Outstanding Teaching Award

The College Outstanding Teaching Award (COTA) recognizes excellence in teaching and honors individual faculty members at each of the university’s colleges for their instructional accomplishments.

March 14, 2024
Profile: Jarrel De Matas, PhD Candidate

"I'm looking at how cultural science is informed by experience, storytelling, and narratives of both places and people. I look specifically at the Caribbean to do that."

March 14, 2024
David Toomey's Kingdom of Play Featured in The Atlantic

David Toomey's new book, Kingdom of Play: What Ball-Bouncing Octopuses, Belly-Flopping Monkeys, and Mud-Sliding Elephants Reveal About Life Itself, was recently featured in The Atlantic.

March 14, 2024
Thakshala Tissera, PhD Student, Wins 3 Minute Thesis Competition

Thakshala Tissera, PhD student, has been named the winner of the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition with her presentation "Elephant Tales: Stories for Coexistence."

March 8, 2024
Nasira Watts, MFA Student, Guest Lectures and More

Nasira Watts, MFA Student, recently guest lectured at multiple institutions and has upcoming presentations.

March 7, 2024
Malcolm Sen Joins Steering Committee of the School of Earth and Sustainability

Malcolm Sen has been voted into the Steering Committee of the School of Earth and Sustainability as of January 2024.

February 29, 2024
Malcolm Sen Featured on NEPM "Fabulous 413"

Malcolm Sen spoke about Environmental Humanities on NEPM's "Fabulous 413" show.

February 28, 2024
Hayley Cotter, PhD '21, Publishes in Renaissance Quarterly and Wins Fellowship

Hayley Cotter, PhD '21, recently published an article, "'The Ship Dieth at Sea': Metaphor and Maritime Law," in Renaissance Quarterly 76.4.

February 13, 2024
Dr. Dorell Thomas Visits Comp-Rhet Program

With funding from the Peter Elbow Symposium for the Study and Teaching of Writing, the UMass Amherst Composition and Rhetoric program welcomed Dr. Dorell Thomas, lecturer in composition at Brooklyn College, for a day-long visit on December 8, 2023.

February 9, 2024

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