Undergraduate Student Spotlight
Honors Fiction Class of 2023
Congrats to the Senior Honors Fiction Thesis students graduating this May! They will be reading from their works on April 17-18.
Alumnus Spotlight: Gavin Whitehead
Meet DOECL Alumnus Gavin Whitehead! Gavin is the host of the podcast The Art of Crime.
Student Spotlight: Drew Jones
Meet Drew Jones, a recent ECL graduate that has found meaningful ways to incorporate his skills as an English major into his career as an insurance agent.
Undergraduate Victoria Wlosok to Publish Novel
Sophomore Victoria Wlosok will be publishing her debut novel in 2023. “How to Find a Missing Girl,” is a sapphic YA thriller that follows amateur teenage detective Iris Blackthorn as she investigates the disappearance of her cheerleader ex-girlfriend—who also happens to be the creator of a notorious local true-crime podcast about Iris’s missing older sister.
Student Spotlight: Denise Stroud
Meet Denise Stroud, who recently won the spring 2022 Bland Simpson writing award!
Student Spotlight: Chelsea Deitelzweig
Meet Chelsea Deitelzweig, a pre-med English major and Morehead-Cain Scholar!
Celebrating Honors Thesis Class of 2022
Congratulations to all the ECL seniors who completed an Honors Thesis in the Department this year!
Student Spotlight: Camille DiBenedetto
“I like writing about things that are actually happening in the world that I feel are relevant. Nonfiction can actually be super interesting if you tell the story the right way.”