News & Events

Welcome, Ruby Pappoe! Pappoe joined the ECL Department this fall.

Congratulations Dr. Heidi Kim, inaugural director of the Asian American Center!

Meet Garland Rieman, ECL senior and Jane Austen Summer Program intern!

Welcome, Melissa Faliveno! The Kenan Visiting Writer for 2020-2021, Faliveno joined the ECL Department this fall. 

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities named two ECL professors, Dr. Rebecka Rutledge Fisher and Dr. Courtney Rivard, 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows.

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.

George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Sandra Bland, Akiel Denkins…And too many more. A movement powered by generations that include our own students and alums- the Black Lives Matter Movement- has taken up the call. The Department of English & Comparative Literature supports the movement for Black lives.

Dr. María DeGuzmán has been appointed the Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor, an endowed professorship bestowed by the college.