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Upshaw, Quincey

Award Created to Honor the Late Quincey Upshaw

“Her death was not just a cruel loss for her family; it denied future students the wisdom and sensitivity that she would have shared over a long career,” reads a scholarship flyer posted in the University of South Florida’s English department.

October 10, 2019Department News

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English Department Attends USF’s Hispanic Heritage Showcase

USF celebrated its annual Hispanic Heritage Showcase and Awards Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Many USF faculty, staff, and students received awards for their service and work with Hispanic communities in Florida and globally.

October 7, 2019Department News

Authors, Awards, and Accomplishments

Authors, Awards, and Accomplishments

Dr. Meredith Johnson and Dr. Nathan Johnson have been awarded an NCA Philosophy of Communication Award for their co-authored chapter, "Can Objects Be Moral Agents? Posthuman Praxis in Public Transportation.

July 22, 2019Honors and Awards

USF Students Help Launch Grammy Winner’s Latest Studio Album

USF Students Help Launch Grammy Winner’s Latest Studio Album

When Grammy Award winning jazz musician Lannie Battistini releases his fourth studio album this month, students in the University of South Florida Department of English will know they played an integral role in its success.

May 8, 2019Department News

Summer 2019 English Department Accomplishments

Summer 2019 English Department Accomplishments

With the Summer semester just around the corner, we are happy to announce the accomplishments our faculty and students have done.

May 1, 2019Honors and Awards

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Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Awarded to English Alumna

USF Department of English alumna Allyson Hoffman received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship and was accepted to the PhD program at Western Michigan University.

April 26, 2019Alumni News

English Dept Yice Irizarry Award

English Dept Yice Irizarry Award

English Professor Ylce Irizarry was recently honored with two awards for her book "Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction: The New Memory of Latinidad," originally released in 2016.

April 15, 2019Honors and Awards

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Annual MFA Event Took Place at USF’s Contemporary Art Museum

The creative writing department’s annual MFA graduation reading, Curtain Call, took place at USF’s Contemporary Art Museum. This year’s ten graduates read for a packed house of around 200 audience members.

April 12, 2019Events

Spring 2019 English Department Accomplishments

Spring 2019 English Department Accomplishments

With the semester coming to an end, we are honored to celebrate our talented faculty and students of the Spring 2019 term.

April 10, 2019Honors and Awards

Chelsea Dingman, a poet and alumnae of USF's MFA program

USF Poets Sweep Top Spots for Georgia Poetry Prize

The Creative Writing Program at USF is pleased to congratulate Chelsea Dingman, a poet and alumnae of USF's MFA program, for winning the 2018 Georgia Poetry Prize.

March 29, 2019Department News

USF’s Florida-themed literary magazine run by the Creative Writing Program’s MFA students

Saw Palm Celebrates Release of 13th Issue

The staff behind Saw Palm, USF’s Florida-themed literary magazine run by the Creative Writing Program’s MFA students, hosted a release party at Southern Brewing & Winemaking on Friday, March 1. This party celebrated the completion and release of the 13th issue of Saw Palm.

March 26, 2019Events

English Student Awarded Research Travel Grant

English Student Awarded Research Travel Grant

USF Literature MA student Scott Simeral was awarded this semester a competitive William J. Hill Visiting Researcher Travel Grant from the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

March 21, 2019Honors and Awards

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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.