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News
ECL Alumnus Patrick Dougherty Exhibits Installation at Ackland

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

Professor Jordynn Jack discusses her new book “Raveling the Brain: Toward a Transdisciplinary Neurorhetoric.”
Dorothy Allison to Deliver Thomas Wolfe Lecture

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Events
Gram-O-Rama 2023: Meat Prey Troll
December 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Hanes Room 121Gram-O-Rama 2023: Meat Prey Troll
December 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Mettlesome TheaterTerrance Hayes, 2024 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, Reading
February 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm Hill Hall, Moeser Auditorium