Pelletier awarded at Colloquy
Kevin Pelletier, associate professor of English, received the 2026 Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.
Faculty Accomplishments
Snaza awarded tenure and promotion
Nathan Snaza was promoted to associate professor of English. His work explores how ideas about what it means to be human have been put to work in educational institutions, especially those that engage language, literacy, and literature. He draws on work in the fields of affect theory, new materialisms, queer and feminist theory, and Black and decolonial studies.
Henry named to shortlist for book of poetry
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, was named to the shortlist for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize, the world's largest prize for a book of poetry. He was selected for his translated and edited edition of Tomaž Šalamun's Kiss of the Eyes of Peace, Selected Poems 1964-2014.
Singh’s ‘The Nest’ to Premiere at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto
Julietta Singh, professor of English and women, gender, & sexuality studies, directed The Nest, a feature-length documentary, which will make its world premiere at the upcoming Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, Canada.
Henry appointed
Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, was appointed Jabez A. Bostwick Chair of English.
Singh article considers political bonds created by shared space
Julietta Singh, professor of English and women, gender, & sexuality studies, published "On Anticolonial Homemaking" in Studies in Gender and Sexuality.
Singh interviewed in Studies in Social Justice
Julietta Singh, professor of English and women, gender, & sexuality studies, was interviewed in special issue on "Reckoning, Repairing, Reworlding" in Studies in Social Justice.