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News
Dr. María DeGuzmán named the Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor

Dr. María DeGuzmán has been appointed the Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor, an endowed professorship bestowed by the college.
Dr. Candace Epps-Robertson named the first Jonathan M. Hess Term Professor.

Epps-Robertson is the Associate Director of the Writing Program, Director of Writing in the Disciplines, and studies rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies.
Student Spotlight: Keely Hendricks

Meet Keely Hendricks, an ECL and French and Francophone Studies double major (class of 2020) who will be teaching English in Senegal thanks to an English Teaching Assistantship through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Nora Augustine and Jane McGrail awarded Humanities Professional Pathways Award

UNC’s Humanities for the Public Good Initiative has awarded the Humanities Professional Pathways Award to two ECL PhD students: Nora Augustine and Jane McGrail.
The Homebound Project

With the theatres dark, ECL alumna Catya McMullen is turning her creative energy in a new direction, an online charity helping those affected by COVID-19.
Celebrating Honors Thesis Students

With all that has been happening this semester, we wanted to make sure that we took a moment to give credit to ECL’s amazing honors thesis students.
Christopher Armitage Recalls J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis

In a recent interview with The Well, ECL Professor Christopher Armitage discussed his time at Oxford with J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
Geovani Ramírez Receives Two University-Wide Honors

ECL PhD candidate Geovani Ramírez has won a Diversity Award and been selected for induction into the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society.
John McGowan Receives Thomas Jefferson Award

The university-wide award honors the member of the faculty who “has best exemplified the ideals and objectives of Thomas Jefferson.”
Jennifer Larson Interviewed on Serving as Remote Teaching Peer Mentor

In an interview with The Well, ECL Teaching Associate Professor Jennifer Larson discusses her work as a peer mentor helping faculty transition to online teaching.
Events
Armfield Poetry Reading with Dana Levin
February 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Epilogue BooksCSS Lecture: Rethinking Points of Symmetry: Early American and Appalachian Studies
March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223A Reading with Alexander Chee: Hanes Writer in Residence
March 18 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hill Hall, Moeser AuditoriumA Reading with Jared Lemus: Kenan Visiting Writer
April 3 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223Premodern Literature and Culture Colloquium: Dr. Markus Cruse
February 13 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223