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Department of English

The Department of English proudly fulfills its mission through excellence and innovation in teaching, outstanding research and creative activities, public engagement and distinctive cultural alliances, all within an environment that fosters inclusiveness. English study trains students in textual analysis, communication, and critical thinking, thus preparing our students for any job requiring imaginative thinking, analytical thinking, and/or communication skills.

 
 
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GSOLE
Instructor Nikki Chasteen Elected Secretary of Global Society of Online Literacy Educators' (GSOLE)
Congratulations to instructor Nikki Chasteen on being elected as Secretary of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators' (GSOLE)!
Jenny Erpenbeck’s Gehen, Ging, Gegangen
Dr. Dorothea Trotter Publishes in The Journal of Intercultural Studies
Congratulations to Dr. Dorothea Trotter on publication of an article—"'We Become Visible': Television References As Intermedial Sites for Cultural Encounters in Jenny Erpenbeck’s Gehen, Ging, Gegangen."
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Congratulations to Prof. Becka McKay on two poems in Bennington Review
Congratulations to Professor Becka McKay on twp new poems in The Bennington Review—"Origin Story" and "Pity the Mockingbird."
an evening with Etgar Keret
Off the Page: An Evening with Etgar Keret, Best-Selling Israeli Writer & Award-Winning Filmmaker
Off the Page: Events for Readers & Writers presents an Evening With Etgar Keret on Tuesday, September 10th @ 6pm.
Tracking Capital: World-Systems, World-Ecology, World-Culture
Prof. Stacey Balkan reviews Tracking Capital: World-Systems, World-Ecology, World-Culture in ISLE
Prof. Stacey Balkan's review of Tracking Capital: World-Systems, World-Ecology, World-Culture is out in the August issue of ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.
 
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ENGLISH ALUMNI
Ashley George
Ashley George
Ashley George earned a bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric in Spring 2017. She received departmental honors for completing the thesis program and college honors for her GPA. She was recently...
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Danielle Powell
Danielle Powell
Danielle Powell graduated magna cum laude from Florida Atlantic University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. While an undergrad, she was a member of the English Honors program, was on the Dean's Honors List, and...
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Shauna Mogan
Shauna Mogan
Shauna Mogan earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Renaissance Literature from FAU in 2014. She currently works as a teacher at Cooper City High School where she instructs 10th Grade English/English...
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