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Edie Meidav has been named one of the 2023 recipients of the Provost Professor Honorific. The campus-level faculty honorific recognizes exceptional achievement in research or creative activity and...

Shwetha Chandrashekhar, PhD candidate, recently published an article titled "The Spatiality of Unpleasant Feelings in Manu Joseph’s Serious Men" in South Asian Review. Her article knits together...

The English Department is pleased to announce the publication of Prize-Winning Student Essays from the University of Massachusetts Amherst English Department 2017-2022 (PDF)....

Rebecca Lorimer Leonard has recently been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for the academic year 2022-2023. This award is given to faculty by the Center for Teaching & Learning. The...

Professor Emeritus, Ron Welburn, writes:  Here's more news of my achievements since late 2022....

As of fall 2023, English majors can seek a formal Concentration in Creative Writing while non-majors can pursue the same five-course sequence in a revamped Letter of Specialization. With a robust...