Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Johnson-Young! She was awarded the prize for Top Student Paper in the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association. The paper, “Predicting Intentions to Breastfeed for Three Months, Six Months, and One Year Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Body Satisfaction,” was written and submitted while completing her doctoral studies in the spring of 2015 and was presented at the organization's national conference in Las Vegas in November. … [Read more...]
Creative Writing Scholarship Winners Announced
January 29, 2015 by
Congratulations to the 2015 winner of the Barbara Thomas Phillips Scholarship in Creative Writing, Aeriel Merillat, and to finalists Virginia Dare Cox and Sydney Allen! … [Read more...]
ELC Faculty Recieve UMW Grants
January 23, 2015 by
Three ELC faculty members have received competitive grants that support their scholarly and creative work. Congratulations to Colin Rafferty and Warren Rochelle, who have each received a sabbatical award for the 2015-2016 academic year! And kudos as well to Janie Lee, who has been awarded a Jepson Fellowship for 2015-2016! … [Read more...]
English Alum Nominated for Emmy
September 15, 2014 by
Among the NOMINEES FOR THE 35th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES was UMW alumnus and former English major Alexander Cardia ('07). In the category of Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction, he was nominated for his animation and design work on Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle, produced by PBS. The awards will be presented on September 30. We congratulate Alex warmly on this honor. … [Read more...]
Dr. Barrenechea’s Recent Accomplishments
April 3, 2014 by
Professor Barrenechea has been selected to participate in a 2014 Jessie Ball duPont Summer Seminar sponsored by the National Humanities Center. The seminar is called “Globalization and the Varieties of Modern Capitalism.” Dr. Barrenechea has also recently published a peer-reviewed entry that forms part of the decennial “state of the discipline” report of the Comparative American Literature Association, contributing a piece on “American Literature” as a hemispheric object of study is part of an “Ideas of the Decade” section. Great work! … [Read more...]
Dr. Lee Wins Technology Grant
February 6, 2014 by
Janie Lee was awarded a President's Technology Advisory Council Innovation Fund Grant. This grant is intended to jumpstart innovative uses of technology in learning, teaching, and exploration at UMW and Professor Lee will use it to purchase digital audio recorders that will be available to students taking sociolinguistics-related courses. Congratulations! … [Read more...]
Phillips Scholarship Winners Announced
January 27, 2014 by
Many congratulations to Tess McClellan! She is the 2013 winner of the Barbara Thomas Phillips Creative Writing Scholarship. Three cheers as well for the finalists, Virginia Cox and Claire Winkler! … [Read more...]
Professor Rafferty Nominated for Pushcart
January 23, 2014 by
Congratulations to Colin Rafferty! The editors of the literary magazine Fourth River have nominated his essay “The Yellow Flowers,” which appeared in an issue of the magazine last fall, for a prestigious Pushcart Prize. … [Read more...]
Dr. Lee Receives Honor
September 10, 2013 by
Janie Lee was recently honored with an Emerging Diversity Scholar citation from the University of Michigan's National Center for Institutional Diversity. This citation is awarded to early career scholars with outstanding potential to contribute to diversity-related research, practice, and/or teaching. Congratulations! … [Read more...]
More Good News for Dr. LaBreche
April 26, 2013 by
Dr. Ben LaBreche has been awarded a month-long fellowship at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin AND a one-month research fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Congratulations! … [Read more...]