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Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. sarah currie! On April 26, sarah successfully defended her dissertation, “The Mad Manifesto.” The supervisor was Dr. Jay Dolmage, with committee members Dr. Heather Love (UWaterloo English) and Dr. Madelaine Hron (Wilfrid Laurier University). The internal/external was Dr. Kim Nguyen, and the external was Dr. Fady Shanouda, of Carleton University. 

Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. Betsy Brey! On April 14, Betsy successfully defended her dissertation, “Digital Dialogism: Space, Time, and Queerness in Video Games.” She was co-supervised by Drs. Neil Randall and Gerald Voorhees, with committee members Drs. Ken Hirschkop and Heather Smyth. The External Examiner was Dr. Cody Mejeur and the Internal/External Examiner was Dr. Luke Potwarka. 

Congratulations to Dr. Zachary Pearl, who on February 21, 2023 successfully defended his dissertation, "Fictocritical Cyberfeminism: A Paralogical Model for Post-Internet Communication" Dr. Pearl's supervisor was Dr. Marcel O'Gorman, the internal members were Dr. Heather Love and Dr. Brianna Wiens, the internal-external member was Dr. Carla Fehr and the external examiner was Dr. Aristea Fotopoulou of the University of Brighton.

Congratulations to Dr. Monique Kampherm, who on Dec. 22 successfully defended her dissertation, “Masks and Caricatures: Prosopopoeia, Ethopoeia, and the Effect of Social Media on Canadian Political Leaders’ Debates."

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We're proud to announce the names of the English Language and Literature students who are graduating this fall. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Dr. Ian Gibson, who on Aug. 18 successfully defended his dissertation, “Some Mysterious Resonance Between Thing and Language: On Contradiction and the Materialist Theologies of Cormac McCarthy and Marilynne Robinson."

Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. Jennifer Doyle. On Aug. 8, Jennifer successfully defended her dissertation, “Element Focused Inquiry: Air and Water in American Literature.

Students wishing to pursue careers as writers will have the unique opportunity to combine creative and professional writing courses with literary and rhetorical studies. For details contact Victoria Lamont englug@uwaterloo.ca

Congratulations to all the undergraduate and graduate students who won one of the 2022 UWaterloo English Awards! We're proud of you, and of all those who submitted work for the awards.

You can view a complete list of the winners on the UWaterloo English Awards page.