News & Events
News
DOECL Ph.D. Candidate Hannah Skjellum-Salmon Awarded Community Engagement Fellowship

Skjellum-Salmon was selected for the 2023 Community Engagement Fellowship through the Carolina Center for Public Service to fund their collaboration with local drag artists in Durham, NC.
Honors Creative Nonfiction Class of 2023

Congrats to the Senior Honors Creative Nonfiction Thesis students graduating this May! They will be reading from their works on April 19-20.
Greenlaw Gameroom Featured on CBS News

The innovative pedagogy and space of the DOECL’s Greenlaw Gameroom was recently featured by CBS17 (Raleigh).
Monique Truong, 2023 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence

2023 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, Monique Truong’s reading Tuesday, March 28, 2023 7:30pm in Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall on UNC Campus.
IAH Retrospective on Faculty Fellow Alan Shapiro

The IAH recently reflected on Prof. Alan Shapiro’s two terms in the Faculty Fellowship Program.
Dr. Inger Brodey Receives NEH Grant for “Jane Austen’s Desk”

Congratulations to Professor Inger Brodey and her team of dedicated collaborators for being awarded their second grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities!
Prof. María DeGuzmán Featured by UNC Research Publication “Rooted”

Read more about the interview and The Latina/o Studies Program’s contributions to UNC Chapel Hill.
Omari Akil Presents “Inclusive Design Practices in Tabletop Gaming”

This February, Durham-based game designer Omari Akil visited the Greenlaw Gameroom to discuss the story and successes of their game design studio and publishing company, Colorway Game Labs.
Alumnus Spotlight: Gavin Whitehead

Meet DOECL Alumnus Gavin Whitehead! Gavin is the host of the podcast The Art of Crime.
Prof. Michael McFee Publishes His Twelfth Collection of Poetry

“A Long Time to Be Gone” was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press.
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