2024 English Faculty Teaching Awards
Tharini Viswanath, Rachel Mann, and Tony Jarrells have received "Teacher of the Year" awards honoring their accomplishments in 2024
In Search of Lost Taste
Retired USC English professor, David Shields, an alumna filmmaker, and a professional chef hunt down lost Southern ingredients in The Savers of Flavor.
Teaching Award Spotlight: Rachel Mann, Department of English Language and Literature
Students in Rachel Mann’s English classes debate, question, collaborate and sometimes continue conversations long after class has ended.
English and biochemistry degrees take graduating senior into health field
Brayden O’Dell was the kind of student who wanted to be everything — a musician, an author, a professional soccer player, a CEO, a doctor.
Living and learning:- Rowan Coutsos
English, psychology senior reflects on experience in the Global Fellows community
‘Let the world surprise you’: senior Rachael Davis reflects on Honors coursework connections
The South Carolina Honors College senior English major entered the university as an undeclared major so that she could spend her first semester reflecting on why exactly she wanted to pursue an undergraduate degree.
Professor of English Cynthia Davis Wins Prestigious USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of English Cynthia Davis has won this year's prestigious USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Another success story from English @ USC!
A standing ovation goes to Dr. Sarah Tanner, who landed a tenure-track position at Coastal Carolina starting in Fall 2026
Two English Department Graduate Students Win Prestigious Awards
Delaney Sullivan's essay was selected as one of the best PhD essays and Allie Moore's essay won the year's "Master's Student Essay Award,".
Assistant Professor Tharini Viswanath has been named a 2026 McCausland Faculty Fellow
The McCausland Faculty Fellow, the premier fellowship in the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, recognizes Viswanath's outstanding record as both a scholar and a teacher
The Department of English has established the Benjamin Franklin V Graduate English Endowed Fund
Dr. Anne Hardin has established the Benjamin Franklin V Graduate English Endowed Fund, which will provide summer financial support for some graduate students to complete their dissertations.
Seulghee Lee, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and English, has published a new book
Seulghee Lee, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and English, publishes new book, "Other Lovings: An AfroAsian American Theory of Life"
Jonathan Edwards wins prestigious CAS award
Associate Professor Jonathan Edwards has been named a 2025 McCausland Faculty Fellow
David Greven published expanded second edition of his first book
Greven publishes an updated second edition of his first book, "Men Beyond Desire: Male Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America".
Luke Hodges, English department alumnus, has co-produced a documentary, Cashing Out
English department alumnus, has co-produced a documentary called Cashing Out, about a controversial AIDS-era industry
Dr. David Greven publishes new book on American Romanticism and its precursor texts
"All the Devils Are Here" views literary influence as the enactment of narcissism and melancholic identification
Dr. Qiana Whitted publishes new collection on race and comics
"Desegregating Comics" unearths the hidden history of Black contributions to the comics industry
Dr. Ed Gieskes publishes new book on genre in early modern theatre
In an exciting new book from the Edinburg University Press, the English department's Professor Ed Gieskes provides a fresh way to understand the mutability of genre in early modern theater.
Dr. Dianne Johnson-Feelings' two recent picture books honored
"Indigo Dreaming" and "H is for Harlem" garner prestigious awards!
Drs. Seulghee Lee and Federica Schoeman win Department Teacher of the Year Award
Professors honored for their pedagogical rigor, passion, and commitment to students in 2022!
David Shields publishes new collaboration on heritage foods in the US
"The Ark of Taste" lushly illustrates the movement to preserve our food's diversity
Pat Gerhke collaborates with Megan Foley on new textbook
"Contemporary Public Speaking" transforms speech pedagogy for a diverse and digital world
David Greven publishes landmark study of Merchant-Ivory's "Maurice"
Book explores "how a stunning novel of gay love became a classic of queer film"
Chelsea Hawthorne-Rogers lands tenure-track job!
English PhD student to start as Assistant Professor at Charleston Southern U in the Fall 2023
Eli Jelly-Schapiro publishes new book on world literature and critical theory
Moments of Capital explores the conflicted unity of global theory and culture
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