News & Events

The Department of English and Comparative Literature is thrilled to introduce Professor Jared Lemus, the 2024-25 Kenan Visiting Writer!

Meet Melody Dalili, the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Knoxville and Youth Poet Laureate of Tennessee! Dalili is a sophomore majoring in biology and minoring in creative writing and studio art.

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

Ben Fountain, UNC-CH alum and 2024 Thomas Wolfe Prize Recipient, will visit campus and read on Tuesday, September 24 in Moeser Auditorium.

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!

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, an ECL PhD student, was recently featured in a UNC Endeavors news story.

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.