#IWasAnEnglishMajor

In response to an essay in the Atlantic titled “The End of the English Major”, there’s been a gust of activity on social media–especially Twitter–promoting the English major and its value. In particular, the hashtag #Iwasanenglishmajor has produced thousands of responses from former majors, most along the lines of “#IwasanEnglishMajor… Continue reading…

Dr. Christian Moraru wins Senior Research Excellence Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Christian Moraru for winning the Senior Research Excellence Award! #UNCGEnglish Dr. Moraru also had a new book published with Bloomsbury, “Flat Aesthetics: Twenty-First-Century American Fiction and the Making of the Contemporary.”

Fred Chappell

Fred Chappell: One of us forever

In recent months, film festival audiences have seen renowned author and professor emeritus Fred Chappell on the big screen. To decades of former students, he’s already larger than life. Ruth Dickey ’04 MFA, a former student of his and now executive director of the National Book Foundation, introduced Chappell and the film at its early screening at the Greensboro Bound festival. “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” produced by UNCG Media Studies professor Michael Frierson and financed in part by Light the Way campaign gifts, will be shown in early November on PBS NC statewide.