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ϳԹ English Professor Lisa Melonçon Won 2019 Best New Journal Award

“The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine,” founded and co-edited by ϳԹ English Professor Lisa Melonçon, has won the 2019 Best New Journal award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

February 27, 2020Honors and Awards

English Professor Wins Research Impact Award

English Professor Wins Research Impact Award

ϳԹ Professor Meredith Johnson has won the 2020 CCCC Research Impact Award for her book “Lean Technical Communication: Toward Sustainable Program Innovation.”

February 25, 2020Honors and Awards

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ϳԹ English Undergrad Makes Finals in Fems Slam Poetry Tournament

ϳԹ English undergraduate Sara Hammami made the finals in the Solo Poets category of the Feminine Empowerment Movement’s Slam (FEMS) Poetry Tournament. For this article, we asked Hammami what it’s like to compete in the FEMS tournament.

December 18, 2019Department News

Fall 2019 English Department Accomplishments

Fall 2019 English Department Accomplishments

As another semester has come and gone, we would like to share the achievements our faculty and students have accomplished through this Fall term.

December 16, 2019Honors and Awards

2019 Wordrunner Echapbook Prize Awarded to ϳԹ English Professor Rita Ciresi

2019 Wordrunner Echapbook Prize Awarded to ϳԹ English Professor Rita Ciresi

“Female Education”, authored by Rita Ciresi, a professor of English at the ϳԹ, was recently awarded the 2019 Wordrunner eChapbook Prize. “Female Education” offers 14 thought-provoking flash fictions that deal with love, loss, and the hard choices women make.

December 11, 2019Honors and Awards

ϳԹ English Professor Receives Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching

ϳԹ English Professor Receives Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Lisa Melonçon was announced as the winner of the prestigious Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication in May of 2019 at the Honors Reception held during the Society for Technical Communication’s (STC) Annual Summit in Denver, CO.

December 11, 2019Honors and Awards

6 Undergrad and Grad Students Hosted Bi-Annual Event

ϳԹ Students Host Celestial-Themed Reading

The ϳԹ English department hosted the Fall edition of their biannual 6x6 reading series at Felicitous Coffee and Tea on 42nd Street on Friday, October 19.

November 26, 2019Events

Upshaw, Quincey

Award Created to Honor the Late Quincey Upshaw

“Her death was not just a cruel loss for her family; it denied future students the wisdom and sensitivity that she would have shared over a long career,” reads a scholarship flyer posted in the ϳԹ’s English department.

October 10, 2019Department News

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English Department Attends ϳԹ’s Hispanic Heritage Showcase

ϳԹ celebrated its annual Hispanic Heritage Showcase and Awards Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Many ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students received awards for their service and work with Hispanic communities in Florida and globally.

October 7, 2019Department News

Authors, Awards, and Accomplishments

Authors, Awards, and Accomplishments

Dr. Meredith Johnson and Dr. Nathan Johnson have been awarded an NCA Philosophy of Communication Award for their co-authored chapter, "Can Objects Be Moral Agents? Posthuman Praxis in Public Transportation.

July 22, 2019Honors and Awards

ϳԹ Students Help Launch Grammy Winner’s Latest Studio Album

ϳԹ Students Help Launch Grammy Winner’s Latest Studio Album

When Grammy Award winning jazz musician Lannie Battistini releases his fourth studio album this month, students in the ϳԹ Department of English will know they played an integral role in its success.

May 8, 2019Department News

Summer 2019 English Department Accomplishments

Summer 2019 English Department Accomplishments

With the Summer semester just around the corner, we are happy to announce the accomplishments our faculty and students have done.

May 1, 2019Honors and Awards

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