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Elizabeth Gargano, an accomplished poet and Victorian scholar, has just published her first novel, Cassandra’s Eye with Belle Lutte Press. The title of the novel refers to an art gallery which has been a driving force in the life of the protagonist, Shanti Costello. Now, as she nears the age when her own mother became […]

Professor Lara Vetter is the recipient of the 2020 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award, which honors excellence in the overall management of a graduate program. Graduate Program Directors (GPD) and Coordinators (GPC) play an important and pivotal role in the success of graduate programs. In addition to managing enrollment, Graduate Program Directors and Coordinators track […]

Congratulations to Aaron Toscano on the publication of his new book, Video Games and American Culture (Lexington Books, 2020), which explores the significance of this important medium in contemporary culture. Digital media, as Toscano observes at the outset, are immersive technologies reflecting behaviors, attitudes, and values. The engrossing, entertaining virtual worlds video games provide are […]

Professor Juan Meneses’s book, Resisting Dialogue: Modern Fiction and the Future of Dissent, has just been published by University of Minnesota Press. The book is “a bold new critique of dialogue as a method of eliminating dissent.” “Is dialogue,” Meneses asks, “always the productive political and communicative tool it is widely conceived to be?” In […]

Meet the latest addition to the department’s print capabalities, the Chander & Price Pilot LetterPress. The press will become part of a “lab” component in our course on “The History of the Book.” It’s on display right now as you come into the department, but we’ll demonstrate how it works early in the coming semester. […]

Congratulations to Jordan Costanza, whose article: “Of Ravens and Romanticism: Edgar Allan Poe’s Enduring Legacy in American Education and the Juvenile Adaptations of His Poetry and Prose” was just published in The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Volume 20, Number 2, Autumn 2019, pp. 249-268). The research for this article stemmed from her undergraduate Honors thesis […]

Chadwick Boyd ’93 is a noted food and lifestyle expert whose biscuit tour with celebrity chef Carla Hall has created a buzz. And he got his start right here at UNC Charlotte. Boyd will return to campus Wednesday, Nov. 6, to talk to students about how UNC Charlotte influenced his career. Students can expect to […]

The Department of English notes, with great sadness, the death of Leon Gatlin on October 3, 2019. Prof. Gatlin joined UNC Charlotte’s English Department in 1966 and remained a member of the faculty until his retirement in 2001. A native of North Carolina, Leon earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Wake Forest and […]

The Department of English is very proud to announce that two of the faculty have earned professorships in teaching and civic engagement. Professor Janaka Bowman Lewis, beloved by students and colleagues alike, is the the recipient of the Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship in Teaching, a distinction that is timely and well deserved. Mark West, […]

Please visit Room 290 B foe the exhibit: “TOBE: The Story of Rural African American Children in North Carolina” Curated by Dr. Benjamin Filene Chief Curator North Carolina Museum of History 290B Fretwell (in the English Department) Whose story gets told? Who gets to tell it? How do stories shape how we see ourselves and […]