2026 Gladys Strawn Bullard Awardee, Dr. Jen Feather
The 2026 Gladys Strawn Bullard awardees are always at the forefront of new opportunities for success, taking initiative and creating spaces where students can turn their dreams into action.
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Dr. Heather Adams receives the Early Career Research Excellence Award
Dr. Heather Adams, associate professor of English, receives the Early Career Research Excellence Award for her groundbreaking scholarship in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies, with interdisciplinary specializations spanning feminist theory, feminist historiography, gendered health studies, reproduction studies, and public emotion.
A Child’s Place to Play, Grow, and Thrive Led by UNCG Alumnae
Executive Director Ma’Kayla Jefcoat ’20, ’22 MPA, like many alumnae now working full-time at GCPA, began as an intern while she was earning her master of public affairs with a concentration in non-profit management, having moved onto graduate school immediately after getting her bachelor’s in English from UNCG.
Surgeon-Poet Tells the Tale of Patient and Physician
From the chemistry labs of Yale to the operating rooms at Duke, the journey for Joey Lew ’19 M.F.A., M.D. is anything but typical. What distinguishes her path is not just a lifelong passion for medicine, but two transformative years at UNC Greensboro shaping her creative outlet. Her M.F.A. in poetry weaves together the precision of surgery with the artistry of verse.
Remembering Fred Chappell
Honoring the life of Fred Chappell, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina and UNC Greensboro Professor Emeritus.
Undergraduate Major Evangeline Lothian Publishes Her Debut Novel!
Congratulations to Evangeline Grace Lothian (B.A. 2025) for publishing her debut novel with SnowRidge Press! Olympia A god without a hero is nothing. But a hero without a god might save the world…if they can survive the gods. The land of the Greek gods is in danger, weakened after centuries… Continue reading…
2023-2024 Roskelly Award for Pedagogical Innovation
Please join me in congratulating Pooja Shah and Janie Raghunandan, recipients of the 2023-2024 Roskelly Award for Pedagogical Innovation. The College Writing Program Committee (Heather Brook Adams, Gia Coturri-Sorenson, Jennifer Whitaker, and Risa Applegarth) selected these two teachers for recognition from among a pool of talented nominees. Thank you to everyone who shared your innovative teaching with… Continue reading…
Kate Burt Wins College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
PhD student Kate Burt has been awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Congratulations!
UNCG’s 2023 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
Congratulations to Rene Marzuk for winning UNCG’s 2023 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award! “Clashing Landscapes in Charles Chesnutt’s Conjure Tales” and “Reading Metamodern Hope: Moshin Hamid’s Exit West, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and Intertextuality after Postmodernism” Co-directed by Professor Scott Romine and Professor Christian Moraru. #UNCGEnglish
English Tea Talk with Dr. Jeanie Reynolds: Banned Books
Dr. Jeanie Reynolds Banned Books April 19, 20243:30 pm- 5:30 pmMHRA 3501 The second installment in our Tea Talk series will feature Dr. Jeanie Reynolds, Director of English Education, discussing the recent resurgence in book banning around the nation and the rhetorics behind it.