Archive: Faculty Publications

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Prof. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s novel, BIG GIRL, named Gotham Book Prize finalist

The department is excited to announce that Prof. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s novel, BIG GIRL has been named a finalist for the 2023 Gotham Book Prize . The Gotham Book Prize…

February 24, 2023

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Professor Benson-Allott and the editors of JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies win Distinguished Service Award

The department is excited to announce that Dr. Caetlin Benson-Allott and the other editors of JCMS (Journal of Cinema and Media Studies) won a Distinguished Service Award from…

February 21, 2023

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Prof. Perlow writes about AI and poetry in the Washington Post

The department is excited to share that Professor Seth Perlow wrote about AI and poetry in the Washington Post . Congratulations, Professor Perlow! If you are a faculty member…

February 13, 2023

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The New Criterion publishes Prof. Duncan Wu’s poem

We are excited to share that Professor Duncan Wu’s poem “Roof repair” has been published in the February issue of The New Criterion. Congratulations, Professor Wu! If you…

February 3, 2023

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Mecca Sullivan Awarded the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize

We are pleased to announce that our very own Prof. Mecca Sullivan has been awarded the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize for her book, The…

December 7, 2022

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Lena Orlin Awarded Roland H. Bainton Prize for The Private Life of William Shakespeare

We are pleased to announce that our very own Prof. Lena Orlin has been unanimously awarded the prestigious Roland H. Bainton Prize for The Private Life of William Shakespeare.…

November 10, 2022

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Inventing Education | Newest Publication from John C. Hirsh

With sales opening on Amazon this week, the English Department is excited to announce our very own Prof. John Hirsh’s latest publication: Inventing Education: Georgetown…

September 27, 2022

Publications

Inventing Education: Georgetown Students and DC Youth Learn from Each Other

by John C. Hirsh. Inventing Education describes in detail a program at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in which undergraduate students have engaged with K-6 children…

September 20, 2022

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Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Debuts Highly Anticipated Novel This Summer- Big Girl

As the newest member of the Department of English, Professor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan is making her debut in more ways than one. Her new novel titled Big Girl is set to release on…

May 23, 2022

Publications

All Our Families: Disability, Lineage and the Future of Kinship

by Jennifer Natalya Fink. A provocation to reclaim our disability lineage in order to profoundly reimagine the possibilities for our relationship to disability, kinship, and…

April 5, 2022