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Laidine Barbosa

English Major Laidine Barbosa Accepted into Boston Teacher Residency Program

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Laidine Barbosa, fourth-year English and Spanish double major, was recently accepted into the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR) Program, a teacher training program that provides aspiring teachers with...
Sarah Ahmad

Sarah Ahmad, PhD Student, Debuts Poetry Section at Guernica Magazine

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Sarah Ahmad, PhD Student, has recently debuted Anthologia, a new poetry section at Guernica Magazine edited by Ahmad. The new section debuted on Monday with a series of ten poems by Afghan-Kurdish...
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Jenny Adams Interviewed in Documentary Series

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Jenny Adams was recently interviewed for a four-part documentary series on chess, Through the Mirror of Chess: A Cultural Exploration, which was released this month. The series examines "the...
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Hayley Cotter, PhD '21, Publishes in Spenser Studies and Awarded Fellowships

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Hayley Cotter, PhD '21, who now teaches in the Writing Program and in the English Department, has published an article in Spenser Studies, “Wrecked upon the Sands: Maritime Law in Edmund Spenser’s...
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Laura Furlan Awarded Beatrice Medicine Award

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Laura Furlan has recently been awarded the 2022 Beatrice Medicine Award for Best Published Essay from the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures for her essay “The Archives of...
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Jordy Rosenberg Publishes in MLA Commons

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Jordy Rosenberg was a scheduled participant for the 2023 MLA Presidential Plenary, but due to covid was unable to attend. He sent a prerecorded video instead, which will be published on the MLA...