Can the world of video games connect to the world of ECL? As Joi Dunston’s story demonstrates, a humanistic perspective can contribute quite a lot to the world of video games and eSports.

Coleman joined the ECL faculty in 1990. The department has set up a memorial page where his students and colleagues can share tributes.

Meet Sophia Purut, this week’s undergraduate student spotlight! Sophia interned for W. W. Norton over the summer.

Students in two sections of ECL’s new ENGL 105i course, Writing in the Digital Humanities, presented their work at academic conferences.

ECL PhD Candidate Rachel Warner has won the inaugural Paul Green Prize from the North Carolina Literary Review.

Meet Tiffany Tran, this week’s undergraduate student spotlight! “Picking up the ECL minor helped me find new enjoyments while also improving skills that I believe are essential!”

ECL Assistant Professor Danielle Christmas was interviewed by UNC’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities in a September 8 podcast.

Anne Fertig and Sarah Schaefer Walton earned HPP Fellowships awarding $5,000 in summer funding.

ECL is taking Lydia Thompson to the Happiest Place on Earth, other than Greenlaw Hall! Not only is Lydia a great student, one of the 2018-2019 “Top Ten Scholar Athletes,” but she is also now an intern at Walt Disney World!

In honor of Dr. Johnny Lee Greene, the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill established the J. Lee Greene Award: for Excellence in Postgraduate Work on Race and Ethnicity.