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English Alum Tells Story of Life After Prison
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
After finishing his BA in Psychology at UMass Amherst, James Ferry's life took a turn for the worse. At the lowest point, he was serving a six-month prison sentence for drug dealing in California....

Florianne Jimenez, PhD Candidate, Named As Associate Chair for Asian/Asian American CCCCs Caucus
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Florianne “Bo” Jimenez has been appointed as the Associate Chair for the Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCCs) Asian/Asian American Caucus. This caucus supports composition...

Neelofer Qadir, Doctoral Candidate, Publishes Article in the Journal of Eastern African Literature and Cultural Studies
Friday, September 21, 2018
Neelofer Qadir's article, "Migritude's Decolonial Lessons" was published by the journal of Eastern African Literature and Cultural Studies this past July. Qadir's article on Shailja Patel's...

Jordy Rosenberg's 2018 Novel Shortlisted for the Center of Fiction First Novel Prize
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Jordy Rosenberg's novel, Confessions of a Fox (Random House 2018), has been shortlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. This prize is awarded for the best debut novel published...

Daniel Sack Awarded 2018 Award for Excellence in Editing From ATHE
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
This past August, Daniel Sack received the 2018 Award for Excellence in Editing from the Association for Theatre in High Education. The award is for his work on Imagined Theatres: Writing for a...

Stacie Klinowski and Jackie Ordway Awarded Moran-Herrington Fellowship
Monday, September 10, 2018
Stacie Klinowski and Jackie Ordway, first-year graduate students in the English Department's Composition and Rhetoric program, have been awarded the Moran-Herrington Fellowship for 2018. As...