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Early American studies scholar Kristina Bross will give a talk, "What Book History Can Teach Us about Our AI Moment," with Q&A to follow, at 4 pm October 7 in 130 Colson. Formerly Professor of English at Purdue, Professor Bross's work has focused on Indigenous American and Atlantic World texts. She is currently Dean of the Honors College at Ohio University.  
I've invited Professor Bross in conjunction with my ENGL 646  class, American literature beginnings to 1865. You're all invited to join. My class will be reading two pieces, one mid-19th c. and one contemporary, in preparation—but you don't need to read these in order to attend.

2024-2025 Book Recommendations List

The Department of English within the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has launched two undergraduate degree programs for students interested in pursuing careers as writers, editors or researchers.

Congratulations to Sarah Morris on your 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award

Calliope, WVU’s undergraduate literary magazine, will be accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork until February 28. All WVU undergraduates, no matter their major, are eligible to submit.

“I am incredibly honored and grateful to have been chosen as WVU’s second-ever Lyon Professor,” said Bergner. “The Professorship will allow me to place women’s concerns, ideas, perspectives and interests at the center of my teaching and service while also contributing to WVU students’ transformative experiences within the discipline.”

https://enews.wvu.edu/articles/2022/05/11/humanities-center-announces-2022-23-grant-recipients?utm_source=MOUNTAINEER+ENEWS&utm_campaign=5fcb420669-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02ac3f7274-5fcb420669-145239877

Read the DA article here: https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/un-assured-ending-sexual-assault-misconduct-in-u-s-prisons/article_9ce96e80-c595-11ec-bcab-63ed08c3177b.html

The sixth cohort of Honors College Faculty Fellows will challenge WVU students to re-examine their assumptions about ethics, science and even reality itself through innovative new courses. 

Mary Ann Samyn, Professor in the Department of English at West Virginia University, has been named the recipient of the 2022 Faculty Award for Distinction in Graduate Research Mentoring.