FSU Department of English

‘Our best selves’: FSU poets celebrate National Poetry Month 2022

Published: April 25, 2022 | 11:24 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Professor Virgil Suarez considers poetry the antidote to all that ails the human spirit. Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor David Kirby sees poetry as a lens that allows him to see the world more clearly. And for graduate student Hera Naguib, poetry leverages dreaming and questioning and opens a window into our shared humanity. Those […]

Prolific scholar of African American Studies named 2022-2023 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor

Published: April 19, 2022 | 10:42 am | Posted in: University News

A prolific and impactful scholar whose work has risen to the pinnacle of African American Studies has been named Florida State University’s 2022-2023 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor. Maxine Montgomery, a professor in the English Department since 1988, has earned the highest honor FSU’s faculty can bestow on a colleague. “Professor Montgomery is a fantastic […]

FSU English professor earns prestigious NEH grant to digitize novelist Gloria Naylor’s work and develop literary archival model

Published: September 10, 2021 | 9:13 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University · English Professor earns NEH Grant to preserve work A faculty member in Florida State University’s Department of English has received a collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize the work of award-winning American novelist Gloria Naylor and develop a model for engaging Black women’s literary archives. […]

FSU English doctoral candidate receives NEH grant to improve visual accessibility

Published: September 1, 2021 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Aaron Rodriguez, doctoral candidate in FSU’s History of Text Technologies Program. (Jack Clifford)

A Florida State University English doctoral candidate has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to improve accessibility of graphic and visual narratives for blind and low-vision readers. Aaron Rodriguez, doctoral candidate in FSU’s History of Text Technologies Program, was awarded a $99,915 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant to develop and […]

FSU English professor receives prestigious Mellon Foundation fellowship

Published: May 17, 2021 | 11:56 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

Assistant Professor Frances Tran. (FSU College of Arts & Sciences)

A Florida State University English professor has been awarded a fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Assistant Professor Frances Tran will receive a Career Enhancement Fellowship administered by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Her fellowship term runs from June 1 through Dec. 31. Tran, who came […]

Eleanor Boudreau

Published: January 12, 2021 | 9:23 am | Posted in: Student Stars

Eleanor Boudreau came to Florida State University in Aug. 2016 with the utmost admiration for FSU’s Department of English poets. Now, nearing graduation with her Ph.D. in English, she is an accomplished poet herself. “When I was first admitted to the Creative Writing Program, I felt fortunate and grateful,” Boudreau said. “That feeling has only […]

FSU experts available to comment on first female vice president of the United States

Published: December 8, 2020 | 4:22 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Kamala Harris, vice president-elect of the United States. (Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)

When she is sworn in next month, Kamala Harris will become the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States. Harris has a long political career, having served as district attorney of San Francisco, attorney general of California and a U.S. senator before this position. Florida State University faculty members are available […]

FSU sets school record with nine Fulbright Scholars

Published: September 16, 2020 | 3:48 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State congratulates Woody Kim, Patricia Villeneuve, Antonio Terracciano, David Johnson, Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, Lori Gooding, Marcia A. Mardis, Kurtis Johnson and Chris Hinnant for earning U.S. Fulbright Scholar awards for the 2020-2021 school year.

Nine Florida State University faculty members have been selected as U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program award recipients, setting a new FSU record for most Fulbright Scholars in one year. These individuals plan to teach and conduct research as part of opportunities funded by the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program during the 2020-2021 school year. Marcia A. Mardis, professor and associate dean for research in the College of Communication […]

Amber Hedquist

Published: September 1, 2020 | 11:22 am | Posted in: Student Stars

Senior Amber Hedquist has discovered her enthusiasm for research and a fascination with rhetoric through an abundance of experiential learning opportunities at Florida State University. “Florida State has provided me an education inspired by the textbook and lived in experience,” she said. “It is an honor to contribute to the research community at FSU and […]

Two FSU graduate students win state’s only P.E.O. scholarships

Published: May 21, 2020 | 12:20 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

Brittany Mathes (L) and Jessi Thomsen (R) were the only two graduate students in the entire state of Florida awarded prestigious Scholar Awards from the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.)

Only two graduate students in the entire state of Florida were awarded prestigious Scholar Awards from the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), and they’re both enrolled in programs at Florida State University. Jessi Thomsen, a doctoral candidate in the English Department with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition, and Brittany Mathes, a doctoral candidate in the […]

FSU English doctoral student spearheads literacy program for incarcerated individuals

Published: November 22, 2019 | 2:16 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University doctoral student Dyan Neary is driven by a passion to give a voice to the voiceless, using her writing skills to reach communities and empower them to share their stories. Since coming to Tallahassee to pursue a doctorate in creative writing from Florida State, the New York University graduate has dedicated herself […]

Recent FSU graduate’s novel being turned into SYFY pilot

Published: May 30, 2019 | 5:16 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Students & Campus Life

Recent FSU graduate Mikaela Bender is having her novel "Expiration Date" adapted into a pilot for Syfy, a cable network featuring science fiction programming. (Mikaela Bender).

Before she applied for college, Mikaela Bender was already writing a novel. Now, just weeks after graduating from Florida State University, a digital pilot of the Orlando native’s first book is getting ready to debut on Syfy, a cable network featuring science fiction programming. Bender, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in Editing, […]

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