News & Events
News
2022-2023 Graduate Degree Recipients
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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.
DOECL Undergrad Spotlight by UNC Discover
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Check out the spotlight on recent DOECL grad Sonny Griffith!
DOECL Grads Organize for Improved Mental Health Support
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Read about the efforts of DOECL graduate students to address the stressors of graduate school.
SOUL Featured in The Daily Tar Heel
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SOUL, the Student Organization for Undergraduate Literature, was recently featured in The Daily Tar Heel.
DOECL Graduate Achievement Ceremony 2022-2023
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Congratulations to all of our accomplished graduate students on another academic year! Read about this year’s graduate awardees in the department.
2023 ECL Senior Honors Thesis Students
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Congratulations to this year’s Senior Honors Thesis students!
Prof. Stephanie DeGooyer Publishes “Before Borders”
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Last November, DOECL Professor Stephanie DeGooyer published Before Borders: A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization through Johns Hopkins University Press.
Honors Fiction Class of 2023
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Congrats to the Senior Honors Fiction Thesis students graduating this May! They will be reading from their works on April 17-18.
Meet the Faculty: Graham Culbertson
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Meet one of the most recent additions to the DOECL’s faculty: Graham Culbertson.
Events
First Day of Class Fall 2024
August 19