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Fall 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

Fall 2022 Faculty and Staff Awards

As we start back this Fall term, the University of South Florida’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty for the Fall 2022 term.

January 20, 2023Honors and Awards

The Spoonbill Series October Recap

The Spoonbill Series October Recap

On October 16th, 2022, several USF Creative Writing MFA students read their work in front of a crowd of supportive listeners. Hosted at the Corner Club, USF MFA students and supporters alike met up on a lovely fall Friday and partook in the vulnerable yet thrilling experience of live readings.

November 3, 2022Events

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Fall 2022 New Faculty

The USF Department of English is thrilled to be welcoming new and returning students to the Fall 2022 term. Alongside new students, we offer a warm welcome to our new faculty. Go Bulls!

September 6, 2022Department News

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking back at 2021-2022 academic year, the Department of English would like to share with you all the goals and accomplishments we have achieved.

August 31, 2022Honors and Awards

Spring 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

Spring 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

As we start back this Fall term, the University of South Florida’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty and students for the Fall 2020, the Spring 2021, the Fall 2021, and the Spring 2022 terms.

August 29, 2022Honors and Awards

USF English Professor Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship

USF English Professor Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship

USF Department of English Assistant Professor Julia Koets was awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship from the Florida Education Fund, a program that promotes excellence in teaching and research by underrepresented minorities and women.

September 1, 2021Honors and Awards

St. Pete Campus English Professor Publishes Book on Scholarly Life of the Classroom

St. Pete Campus English Professor Publishes Book on Scholarly Life of the Classroom

Thomas Hallock, Professor of English at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus, recently published his book titled "Road Course in Early American Literature: Travel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst".

April 16, 2021Publications

USF English Professor Awarded Prestigious Windham Campbell Prize

USF English Professor Awarded Prestigious Windham Campbell Prize

Assistant Professor Natalie Scenters-Zapico was recently awarded the prestigious Windham Campbell Literature Prize at Yale University. The prize recognizes her two collections of poetry,The Verging Cities(2016) andLima :: Limon(2019). It also comes with an unrestricted grant of $165,000.

April 16, 2021Honors and Awards

USF Grad Student Wins CCCC Travel Award

USF Grad Student Wins CCCC Travel Award

University of South Florida English PhD student Kara Larson has won a 2021 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award. The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), a constituent organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), presents the award to 10 recipients each year.

March 25, 2021Honors and Awards

Spring 2021 English Department Accomplishments

Spring 2021 Accomplishments

As we are in the middle of the Spring semester, we thought it would be nice to share with you all the accomplishments our department has gone through.

March 24, 2021Honors and Awards

USF’s 6x6 Reading Series a Virtual Success

USF’s 6x6 Reading Series a Virtual Success

In pre-pandemic times, the hallmark of USF’s 6x6 Reading Series was the bustling energy, coffee aroma, and voices of great writers filling Felicitous on 42nd. This year, 6x6 carried on the tradition remotely, hosting the event on Microsoft Teams.

March 19, 2021Events

Fall 2020 English Department Accomplishments

Fall 2020 Accomplishments

With Fall term coming to an end, we would like to share our faculty and staff accomplishments from this semester.

December 17, 2020Honors and Awards

About Department News

Department of English students, alumni, and faculty can submit news of accomplishments and events for our News section. We welcome announcements of publications, works presented, jobs procured, awards garnered, scholarships awarded, graduate school placements, and upcoming events.