News & Events
News
Fall 2020 Latina/o Studies Teaching Award Winners

Congratulations to Chloe Hamer, Jo Klevdal, emilio Taiveaho, Nikki Roulo, Leslie Rowen, and Krysten Voelkner!
Four ECL Majors to be Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Congratulations to Molly Rose Hansen, Brett Michael Harris, Laura Jean Nelson, and Carol Rivers Seigler!
Meet the Faculty: Geovani Ramírez

Welcome, Geovani Ramírez! Ramírez joined the faculty this fall as a postdoctoral fellow.
Student Spotlight: Leticia Tuset

Meet Leticia Tuset, ECL junior, Institute for the Environment intern, and fiction editor at Arts Everywhere!
Student Spotlight: Josh Massey

Meet Josh Massey, ECL and American Studies double major and Beinecke Scholar!
2020 Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture: Michael Parker

This year’s Thomas Wolfe Lecture, featuring Michael Parker, will be on October 6.
Dr. Heidi Kim Appointed Director of Asian American Center

Congratulations Dr. Heidi Kim, inaugural director of the Asian American Center!
Student Spotlight: Garland Rieman

Meet Garland Rieman, ECL senior and Jane Austen Summer Program intern!
Meet the Professor: Melissa Faliveno

Welcome, Melissa Faliveno! The Kenan Visiting Writer for 2020-2021, Faliveno joined the ECL Department this fall.
Events
Erica Fretwell Seminar: “Sensory Experiments in 19th-Century America” (American Literature and Sciences Series)
January 25 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomErica Fretwell Lecture: “Towards a Craft Epistemology” (American Literature and Sciences Series)
January 26 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomCritical Speakers Series: Lecture Alexander Weheliye
February 1 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomCritical Speakers Series: Seminar Alexander Weheliye
February 2 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ZoomHow to Succeed in Business with an English Major
February 4 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ZoomA Reading, Conversation, and Q&A with Rev William Barber II and Jaki Shelton Green, with Gene Nichol moderating
February 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmA Panel on Environmental Justice with Rev William Barber II, Jaki Shelton Green, and N.C. Attorney Josh Stein, with WUNC’s Leoneda Inge moderating
February 25 @ 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Zoom