Swacha and Payne Talk about Lake Associations Today at 3pm On Monday, October 16 from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Katie Swacha and Elizabeth Payne will present on the topic of ‘Productive Disagreement’ at the Lake: The Role of Deliberation in Lake Associations as part of the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions ongoing series of […]
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Kathleen Ellis and Jefferson Navicky Read from New Books on October 12 Please join us this Thursday, October 12, at 4:30pm for a literary reading by Kathleen Ellis and Jefferson Navicky, both of whom published new books earlier this year. The event, which will be held in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE Space in […]
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Dylan Dryer Named Coeditor of Written Communication Dylan Dryer joins his longtime friend Prof. Mya Poe of Northeastern University in guiding the international quarterly Written Communication. The journal, which is published in print and online by SAGE publishing, was established in 1984 and is the leading empirical-research journal in Writing Studies and “sponsors a broad […]
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Heather Falconer Wins Writing Across Curriculum Award This past summer the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum recognized Heather Falconer’s monograph Masking Inequality with Good Intentions: Systemic Bias, Counterspaces, and Discourse Acquisition in STEM Education as the 2023 recipient of the WAC Best Monograph Award. The award is given annually to an authored book (including […]
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Welcome Back, Everyone The new academic year successfully got underway on August 28, and as we head into the fourth week of the fall semester, the English Department is offering instruction to just under 2250 students across 130 different class sections. Neville Hall classrooms and first floor common spaces, including the lobby outside the large […]
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This will be the last bulletin I will send as Acting Chair of the Department–stay tuned for Dr. Steve Evans’ return to the post in the fall. I have been honored to serve in this capacity for the past year, but also look forward to returning to the classroom. We have had much to celebrate […]
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We are in the end stretch of the semester now, with defenses and presentations and awards ceremonies galore! Please read on to see all the talks and performances members of our community have prepared for us. Please do make an effort to make time to support your friends, peers, and colleagues. Read on for all […]
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April moves quickly! Much to report below: Please mark your calendars for the UPDATED time and place of the English Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, April 25⋅ 4:30 – 5:30pm at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation, 123 Long Rd We will celebrate our students’ achievements AND thank our retiring faculty members. We have good news from […]
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Snow is melting, spring is coming, and break is over! Please read on for an update on the English Department’s doings: Faculty meeting Scheduled for this Wednesday at 2:10 pm in the Writing Center. Morgan Talty published “What makes me happy now: dimples” a work of short creative-nonfiction[1] in the Guardian to honor the birth of his[2] and his wife Jorden[3] ’s first son, […]
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March has come in like a white, fluffy, brilliant lion! We are all in the middle of the last push before spring break, and people are traveling for conferences. Many graduate students and faculty presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago, and others are attending the Association of Writers and Writing […]
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