It’s grad school application season! Our department offers a PhD in English with tracks in Composition & Rhetoric, Literary Studies, and English Language and Linguistics. We are also home to a highly ranked MFA program …
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Wanner out
One last look and…Wanner out. From a growth perspective, I could probably not have chosen three better years to be department chair, but it was growth that went hand in hand with massive disruption and …
Annotations, Spring ’22 Edition
In our Spring edition of Annotations, I had the opportunity to reflect on 3 years as department chair in a conversation with my fabulous colleague and incoming chair, Professor Christa Olson. You can read the …
End-of-year celebration
Big thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the end of the academic year and the retirement of three wonderful colleagues — Robyn Shanahan, our longtime graduate coordinator, Mary Fiorenza, associate director of English …
Center for the Teaching and Research on Writing
Today we’re celebrating the approval of the new Center for the Teaching and Research on Writing, housed in the English Department, by the University Academic Planning Council (which met for the last time this year …
Meet our new colleagues
I’ve been waiting until the last contract was signed to share this excellent news. Meet the colleagues who will bring their intellectual energy and creativity to the English Department in 2022/23. I still can’t believe …
Annotations Winter ’22
Read the full version of our newsletter Annotations here!
Spring ’21 Issue of Annotations
“Two weeks ago, I donned my regalia and favorite mask, showed my electronic green ‘Badger Badge’ on my cell phone…. and was admitted to Camp Randall to participate in the socially distanced in -person Commencement …
So, how was that first year as chair? -Fall ’20 Issue of Annotations
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Class of 2020 Celebration
At the end of a semester that saw the ground open under our feet, I had the honor of introducing our online celebration site to the Class of 2020.
Message to undergraduates at a time of crisis
March 13, 2020 Dear English majors, This is a stressful time for all of us. There’s a lot of uncertainty about how COVID will impact the university and beyond. You will have read announcements from …
50th Anniversary of the Writing Center
Notes delivered on the occasion of the Writing Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, Nov. 8, 2019 Dear colleagues, students, Dean Wilcots, friends and supporters of the Writing Center! It is my great pleasure to welcome …