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Congratulations to Prof. Juan Meneses who will spend four weeks this summer in residency at the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle Park completing the third chapter of his second book, tentatively titled Denizens! On Foreigners, Visitors and Other Outsiders. Meneses will join a select group of about 40 scholars from across the nation […]

Kudos to Professor Ralf Thiede, whose book Language Mind and Power: Why We Need Linguistic Equality, co-authored with Dr. Daniel R. Boisvert (Philosphy) has just been published by Routledge. Power and vulnerability, their book argues, are associated with access to language, just as to food and water. Thiede, a linguist, and Boisvert, a philosopher, not […]

Both Professors Maya Socolovsky and Ralf Thiede received research awards from the Children’s Literature Association, a wonderful double-coup for the department of English. Maya Socolovsky has been funded for her project titled Citizenship and Migration in in U.S. Latino/a Children’s Literature, 1996-2018 and Ralf Thiede received funding to further his study of Dr. Seuss’s linguistics […]

Click on the image for a celebratory reading of Dr. Seuss, by Prof. West in honor of our graduates!

In this very difficult year, you have earned your degree in the face of challenges, daunting circumstances, and less-than-perfect technology! Congratulations on your dedication and fortitude. We hope to be able to celebrate in the near future, but in the meantime, please know how proud we are to have shared the classroom with you, whether […]

Congratulations to Professor Jeffrey Leak who has been named the new Director of American Studies in CLAS. Jeffrey brings a breadth of understanding of the university and the community, through his various past roles as President of the Faculty, Director for the Center of the Study of the New South, and Faculty Athletic Liaison. His […]

Paula Martinac’s novel Clio Rising has received a gold medal in the 2020 Independent Publishers Book Awards contest. The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) honor the year’s best independently published titles from around the world.

Congratulations to Mark West, a colleague who has devoted his 35-year career at UNC Charlotte to advancing children’s literacy, for having been awarded the Governor James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service. Given by the UNC System Board of Governors, this award recognizes and rewards sustained, distinguished and superb achievement in university […]

Dr. Frederik N. Smith, a retired professor and former chair of the Department of English at UNC Charlotte, died on March 20, 2020. He is survived by his wife Jane, daughter Kirsten and her spouse, and a young grandson. Dr. Smith was born in Baltimore in 1940. He earned his undergraduate degree from Baltimore’s Loyola […]

Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the English Department office will be closed until further notice. Staff and faculty are teleworking. Please contact individual staff or faculty members by phone or email. To check for information on specific classes and how your professor will handle the class, check for your professor’s instructions in Canvas first. If […]