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Both Prof. Lara Vetter and Prof. Kirk Melnikoff are recipients of the “Professor of the Year Award” which is given by the English Graduate Student Association and the Children’s Literature Graduate Organization. It is unclear if this is the first “tie” in the history of the award, but it is a tribute to two outstanding […]

On Thursday, Feb. 4th at 8:00 pm, Alan Rauch delivered a Charlotte TEDX presentation titled “Are Imaginary Animals Real?,” now available on YouTube. Drawing on his background in Zoology and Cultural Studies, Alan will explore the connections among real and imaginary animals… and address our responsibilities to both.

Congratulations to Paula Martinac on the publication of her new novel, Testimony. This novel, like so much of Martinac’s work, touches on difficult social issues of which we may be aware, though perhaps without the acuity and depth of Martinac’s insight and storytelling ability. The novel takes place In rural Virginia in 1960, and follows […]

Congratulations to Allison Hutchcraft on her wonderful new book of poetry, Swale. The poems, writes Marianne Boruch, “are about human time and love and loss through brilliant observations about the natural world.” Her poems bring together images from the natural world, some living some extinct, as well as remarkable seascapes and landscapes that turn our […]

Poets Chris Davis and Allison Hutchcraft will be reading and discussing their work on “Charlotte Readers Podcast” hosted by Landis Wade. Charis and Allison will read and talk about their award-winning work, and respond to questions that offer depth and insight into the readings. The podcast audio releases on The Charlotte Readers website, CM Library’s […]

Congratulations to Sophie Yates, UNC Charlotte’s recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the Category of Humanities and Fine Arts. Sophie’s thesis, “Queer Desire and Narrative Fiction in the Works of Coleette, Renée Vivien, and Natalie Barney,” is a stunning work of scholarship that explores how these significant writers drew on their experiences […]

Dr. John R. McNair, professor emeritus in the Department of English at UNC Charlotte, died on November 3, 2020, in Wilmington, North Carolina, as a result of unexpected complications following a medical procedure. He is survived by his sons, John McNair, Jr. and Michael McNair, and his daughter-in-law, Andrea McNair. Dr. McNair was born on […]

The 2020 U.S. presidential election results are dominating the national conversation. What can be learned from the animal kingdom about how animal societies make decisions and resolve conflict? College of Liberal Arts & Sciences researchers Alan Rauch, English; Stanley Schneider, Biological Sciences; and Lydia Light, Anthropology, offer their insights. Rauch earned degrees in zoology and […]

Professor Aaron Gwyn’s new novel. All God’s Children, has just been publish by Europa Editions. The novel is an historical epic that spans thirty years in the lives of three people – an illiterate frontiersman, a runaway teenage slave, and a gay young man fleeing scandal. All of the characters are searching for the kind […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lara Vetter, who has led the Department’s Graduate program with tireless energy and a spirit of integrity and progress, for being the recipient of the 2020 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award. Vetter has sustained and elevated our graduate degree to one of the premier MA programs on campus. She has been instrumental […]