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Olajide Omojarabi, a third-year MFA student in the creative writing program. (Photo courtesy of Olajide Omojarabi)

Graduate student Olajide Omojarabi’s story House No. 49 earns shortlist recognition by Commonwealth Foundation

Olajide Omojarabi, a third-year master of fine arts creative writing student in the Department of English, has been shortlisted for his short story “House No. 49” by the Commonwealth Foundation.

July 26, 2024Honors and Awards

Students participating in the activities from Dr. Jarod Roselló and Dr. Alexandra Panos’ workshop. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Jarod Roselló)

English professor receives grant to integrate environmental education into K-12 language arts curriculum

Dr. Jarod Roselló, a professor in the Department of English, received a grant from The Spencer Foundation to fund a one-year program aimed at integrating environmental education into the K-12 Language Arts curriculum.

March 26, 2024Honors and Awards

Fall 2023 English Department Accomplishments

Fall 2023 English Department Accomplishments

As the Spring semester continues, the English Department would like to highlight and celebrate our talented faculty, students, and alumni for the Summer and Fall 2023 terms. Congratulations to everyone for their hard work!

February 16, 2024Honors and Awards

CAS faculty and students earn ŷƬ Status of Latinos awards

CAS faculty and students earn ŷƬ Status of Latinos awards

The College of Arts and Sciences congratulates four awardees at this year’s Status of Latinos (SoL) Hispanic Heritage Month awards ceremony for their academic research and community service contributions to the Latinx community.

October 18, 2023Honors and Awards

Spring 2023 English Department Accomplishments

Spring 2023 English Department Accomplishments

As we start this Fall term, the University of South Florida’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty and students for the Spring 2023 term.

July 18, 2023Honors and Awards

Fall 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

Fall 2022 Faculty and Staff Awards

As we start back this Fall term, the University of South Florida’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty for the Fall 2022 term.

January 20, 2023Honors and Awards

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking back at 2021-2022 academic year, the Department of English would like to share with you all the goals and accomplishments we have achieved.

August 31, 2022Honors and Awards

Spring 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

Spring 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

As we start back this Fall term, the University of South Florida’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty and students for the Fall 2020, the Spring 2021, the Fall 2021, and the Spring 2022 terms.

August 29, 2022Honors and Awards

ŷƬ English Professor Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship

ŷƬ English Professor Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship

ŷƬ Department of English Assistant Professor Julia Koets was awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship from the Florida Education Fund, a program that promotes excellence in teaching and research by underrepresented minorities and women.

September 1, 2021Honors and Awards

ŷƬ English Professor Awarded Prestigious Windham Campbell Prize

ŷƬ English Professor Awarded Prestigious Windham Campbell Prize

Assistant Professor Natalie Scenters-Zapico was recently awarded the prestigious Windham Campbell Literature Prize at Yale University. The prize recognizes her two collections of poetry,The Verging Cities(2016) andLima :: Limon(2019). It also comes with an unrestricted grant of $165,000.

April 16, 2021Honors and Awards

ŷƬ Grad Student Wins CCCC Travel Award

ŷƬ Grad Student Wins CCCC Travel Award

University of South Florida English PhD student Kara Larson has won a 2021 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award. The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), a constituent organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), presents the award to 10 recipients each year.

March 25, 2021Honors and Awards

Spring 2021 English Department Accomplishments

Spring 2021 Accomplishments

As we are in the middle of the Spring semester, we thought it would be nice to share with you all the accomplishments our department has gone through.

March 24, 2021Honors and Awards

About Department News

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.

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