PhD thesis defence: Sarah Whyte, "The Rhetorical Life of Surgical Checklists: A Burkean Analysis with Implications for Knowledge Translation"


The UWaterloo English annual awards ceremony will be live-streamed on Friday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m. Celebrate our students' achievements with us!
View the live stream on the English Department YouTube Channel.
Come to a reading and Q&A to celebrate the release of renowned Canadian-Caribbean poet Pamela Mordecai's collected poems, A Fierce Green Place, published by New Directions in 2022!
Join UW English professor Jennifer Harris and Jessica Vitalis as they discuss their paths to publication in the children’s book market and offer advice for new writers.
The Fall 2025 Science Communication Showcase, featuring 24 classes and over 500 students, will be held on December 1 and 2 in STC 2001.



Jack Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. This is a special lecture and conversation co-sponsored by the Department of English Language & Literature, the Department of Philosophy, the Critical Media Lab, and the Faculty of Arts.
