Ray Wachter After teaching the EN 102 “Advancing Mind & Body” course several years in a row, I became interested in researching and writing a general nonfiction book about the […]
Tag: Fall 2014 Newsletter
What We’re Writing
Albert Pionke Of late, I have been writing about two mid-nineteenth-century novels: the first is a book that almost no one has ever read, William North’s The City of the […]
The Robert Milton Young Memorial Lecture
In March, The University of Alabama Department of English hosted the Robert Milton Young Memorial Lecture, a bi-annual lecture that pays tribute to Dr. Robert Young, a beloved professor who […]
Such Sweet Shakespeare: UA’s Shakespeare and American Integration Symposium
Last November, The University of Alabama played host to the “Shakespeare and American Integration” a symposium linking two topics that, at first glance, may seem dissimilar through an unlikely musical […]
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Sally Rodgers: MFA Candidate
Sally Rodgers, a graduate student from Tuscon, Arizona, pursuing her MFA in Poetry discusses her time here at UA. Through her work with the university’s Writers in the Schools program […]
Shakespeare in Our Backyard
The Rude Mechanicals combines the famous workings of Shakespeare with the warm and open summer evenings of The Park at Manderson Landing to create a one of a kind live […]
Department of English Promotional Video
A video promoting the Department of English was in production last spring. The video is the first of its kind for our department and features testimonies from several undergraduate students […]
Dr. Tricia McElroy: Associate Dean of Humanities
Dr. Tricia McElroy is Associate Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences. English student Meegan Gildehaus interviewed the newly appointed Associate Dean to learn […]
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Jazz, Poetry, and Progress with Dr. Hank Lazer
Dr. Hank Lazer was an administrator here at The University of Alabama until his retirement on the first of January, 2014. Before retiring he had worked as a professor and […]
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Kevin Waltman: Composition Writing Fair
Kevin Waltman is an Instructor of English at The University of Alabama. He lives in Coker with his wife, Jessica. They have a daughter named Calla, and a dog named […]