Congratulations to all the doctoral and masters students who earned their degrees in the 2023-2024 academic year.

The Department of English and Comparative Literature is honored to celebrate our graduate students’ accomplishments in research and teaching.

Congratulations to the seniors who completed a Senior Honors Thesis!

In the 2022-2023 school year, the ECL congratulated a great number of our doctoral and masters students on the completion of their degree. Today we’re excited to spotlight a few of our recent masters and doctoral graduates who have recently received exciting job and academic placements!

Congratulations to all the doctoral and masters students who earned their degrees in the 2022-2023 academic year. Their research, teaching, and community were invaluable to the department and UNC.

Congratulations to all the ECL seniors who completed an Honors Thesis in the Department this year!

Watch “Two Wings Take Flight: Writers, Poets, Scholars, and Artists Reflect on Randall Kenan’s South”

Beloved teacher and author, Daphne Athas, died in the early hours of July 28th.

The Department of English and Comparative Literature was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Sally Sasz ’21 last month.

This year’s Kenan Visiting Writer, Melissa Faliveno, has a new book, TOMBOYLAND, coming out August 4th from Topple Books.