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ECL Alumnus Patrick Dougherty Exhibits Installation at Ackland
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Sculptor Patrick Dougherty, who holds a BA from UNC’s Department of English & Comparative Literature, displayed a large-scale art installation outside the Ackland Art Museum this August.
Jordynn Jack Publishes New Book on Rhetoric and Neuroscience
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Professor Jordynn Jack discusses her new book “Raveling the Brain: Toward a Transdisciplinary Neurorhetoric.”
Dorothy Allison to Deliver Thomas Wolfe Lecture
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Acclaimed writer Dorothy Allison will deliver this year’s Thomas Wolfe lecture next Tuesday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m.
Cary Wolfe Visits for Critical Speaker Series
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Cary Wolfe, Professor of English at Rice University, will deliver a seminar and talk this week for ECL’s Critical Speaker Series.
Student Spotlight: Tiffany Tran
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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!”
Danielle Christmas Interviewed on IAH Podcast
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ECL Assistant Professor Danielle Christmas was interviewed by UNC’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities in a September 8 podcast.
Digital Literacy and Communications Lab Awarded Grant for Greenlaw Gameroom
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The DLC Lab has been awarded the Center for Faculty Excellence/Lenovo Instructional Innovation Grant for the development of the new Greenlaw Gameroom.
ECL Professor Michael Chitwood Poetry Finalist for Virginia Literary Awards
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ECL Professor Michael Chitwood is a finalist for the Library of Virginia’s 22nd Annual Literary Awards for his poetry collection, Search & Rescue.
PhD Students Awarded 2019 Humanities Professional Pathway Fellowship
![UNC PhD Students Anne Fertig and Sarah Schaefer Walton](https://englishcomplit.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/570/2019/09/HPP-Header-sarah-anne-150x150.jpg)
Anne Fertig and Sarah Schaefer Walton earned HPP Fellowships awarding $5,000 in summer funding.
Two awarded Thomas Wolfe Scholarship in creative writing
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October 5, 2018 From left, Grace Morse a … Read more
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