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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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