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Senior Honors Theses 2024
Congratulations to the seniors who completed a Senior Honors Thesis!
Student Spotlight: Abigail Gillespie
Meet Abigail Gillespie, who is a double major in ECL and biology. Gillespie is working on a thesis project examining the role of art in public health communication regarding HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Jordan Klevdal’s Research at Wilson Library
Jordan Klevdal, an ECL PhD student, was recently featured in a UNC Endeavors news story.
Brendan Chambers Publishes Interview in The Millions
Brendan Chambers, a PhD student in the ECL department, recently published an interview in The Millions: “Dan Sinykin on Fiction, Scholarship, and Academic Twitter.” The interview focuses on Dan Sinykin’s book Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature.
Alumni Spotlight: Adam McKible Publishes Book
Adam McKible, who earned his PhD in English from UNC in 1998, published a new book in February: Behind the Lines: How Plagiarism Popularized the Harlem Renaissance.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Emily Waller Singeisen
The ECL is proud to highlight the outstanding work of Emily Waller Singeisen, a doctoral student and teaching fellow researching how ancient texts and their reception can inform contemporary gender & queer theory and, likewise, how this theory might enrich our readings of ancient texts.
Prof. Marc Cohen’s English 105 Class Attends Rock Concert
Professor Marc Cohen’s English 105 class had a unique experience this semester! On February 26, the class visited the Cat’s Cradle music venue in Carrboro. Prof. Cohen’s class had previously interviewed the band Hotel Fiction and then had the opportunity to see them play live.
New Faculty Spotlight: Shinjini Chattopadhyay
The DOECL is excited to welcome Professor Shinjini Chattopadhyay! Professor Chattopadhyay joins the ECL faculty as an Assistant Professor of English.
Prof. Gotzler and Prof. Gutierrez Awarded Global Partnership Expansion Grants
The ECL is proud to announce that Professor Steven Gotzler and Professor Michael Gutierrez have both been awarded Global Partnership Expansion Grants!
MEMS and DLC host Medieval Gaming Night
This February, the Digital Literacy Communications Lab (DLC) and the Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) program collaborated to host another successful Medieval Gaming Event in the Greenlaw Gameroom.
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