Graduate and undergraduate students can submit work written during the 2025 calendar year for English Department Awards.
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Jerika Sanderson, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Revivifying, Repurposing, Reimagining: From Commodification to Kinship in 21st-Century De-Extinction and Xenotransplantation Narratives."
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Meghan Riley, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Altering Bodies, Altering Minds: Examining Essentialism, Gendered Discrimination and Violence, Racism, and Colonialism through Speculative Fiction Tropes."
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Kem-Laurin Lubin, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Ethotic Heuristics in Artificial Intelligence: A Rhetorical Framework for Guiding Responsible Data Design Praxis in Healthcare and Surveillance."
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Aleksander Franiczek!
We're proud to announce the names of the English Language and Literature students who will receive their degrees at the fall 2025 convocation this weekend. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations Dr. Chris Martin!
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Carolyn Eckert, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Punctuated Ethos: Addressing Trust, Credibility and Expertise in Times of Crisis." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Ashley Mehlenbacher and the readers were Dr. Heather Love and Dr. Brianna Wiens. The external examiner was Dr. Nathan Johnson and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Elena Neiterman. The defence was chaired by Dr. Mark Crowley.
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Giuseppe Femia, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Failure in Disability Game Studies." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Neil Randall, and the readers were Dr. Jay Dolmage and Dr. Jordana Cox. The external examiner was Dr. William Joseph White and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Karen Cochrane. The defence was chaired by Dr. Richard Cleve.
Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Kyle Gerber, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Figuring Forgiveness: Dramatistic Aspects of Forgiveness in an Anabaptist Context." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Randy Harris and the readers were Dr. Heather Smyth and Dr. Bruce Dadey. The external examiner was Dr. John Moffatt and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Carol Penner.