The Department of English offers students deep engagement with literary study, a pursuit that develops writing and critical reading abilities along with strengthening communications skills and critical thinking.
Brooke Jarvis '07 featured in the New York Times.
Matt Mattox '02 featured in Richmond Times Dispatch for Martin Agency.
Lucy Nalen, '19, had her literary magazine "And So Yeah" profiled in The Collegian.
Faculty Highlights
- Henry Published
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, published three new books: Things Are Completely Simple: Poetry and Translation and translations of Aleš Šteger's The Book of Bodies and Written on Site: Costa da Morte and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Henry Published
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, published the lyric essay "In and Out of Order" in The Georgia Review.
- Henry Published
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, published translations of over 50 poems by Tomaž Šalamun, which have appeared recently in Agni, Blackbird, Guernica, Iterant, Mississippi Review, Missouri Review, Poetry Daily, Poetry Northwest, and Poetry Review (UK), among other places.
- Gruner Elected
Elisabeth Gruner, professor of English, was elected president of the Children's Literature Association, an international academic organization dedicated to high standards of criticism, scholarship, research, and teaching in children's literature.
- Outka's Book Short-Listed
Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature by Elizabeth Outka, professor of English, was short-listed for the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. Read more.
- Outka Awarded
Elizabeth Outka, professor of English, received the 2021 Transatlantic Studies Association-Cambridge University Press Book Award for Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature. Read more.
- Browder Awarded Grant
Dr. Laura Browder, American Studies professor, along with UR colleagues was awarded grant support for the inter-campus collaborative project, "Participatory History and Archiving: An Initiative to Promote and Support Undergraduate Instruction and Project Outcomes in Community-Based Research and Archiving." Read More
- Russell Published
Kristin M. S. Bezio, associate professor of leadership studies, and Anthony Presti Russell, associate professor of English and comparative literature, published their co-edited book "William Shakespeare and 21st-Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership" with Edward Elgar.
- Outka Receives Award
Elizabeth Outka, professor of English, received the 2020 Book Award (monograph category) from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association for her book Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature.
- Singh Published
Julietta Singh, associate professor of English and WGSS, has partnered with Daunt Books Publishing who acquired The Breaks, a nonfiction book about race, inheritance, and mothering at the end of the world.
Scholarship Repository Readership
The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from English faculty are being read around the globe.
Videos
UR Summer Fellowships: Masnoon Majeed and Dr. David Stevens
University of Richmond students discuss summer research opportunities that give them a chance to explore their passions through hands-on projects, all while making a difference in the wider world
UR Summer Fellowships: Katie Skipper and Libby Gruner
University of Richmond students discuss summer research opportunities that give them a chance to explore their passions through hands-on projects, all while making a difference in the wider world.
Writers Series: Robert Olen Butler
2014
Upcoming Events
There are no events currently scheduled.
Resources
Contact Us
Mailing address:
English Department, Humanities Building 318
106 UR Drive
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8287
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Department Chair: David Stevens
Administrative Coordinator: Emily Tarchokov