English

Jan 8, 2019 • Erin Kardon

MA in English Online Information Session

Join us virtually for an online information session! Learn how Arcadia's MA in English program will help you meet your goals: Faculty Mentorship and Professional Advising Flexible evening program Emphasis on writing, research and critical reading Internship and Study Abroad...

Jan 7, 2019 • Erin Kardon

College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Open House

Attend our College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Open House Learn more about exciting programs in: Business Administration (MBA) Counseling Creative Writing (MFA) English Forensic Science International Peace & Conflict Resolution REGISTER NOW At the open house...

Jessica Derr • Dec 21, 2018 •9:53 am

Andrew Katz, Graduate Student and Published Author

Graduate student Andrew Katz, a Master of Arts in English (Comparative Literature) and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing candidate, recently published The Vampire Gideon’s Suicide Hotline and Halfway House for Orphaned Girls. On the side, Andrew works in environmental science, likes to make...

Nov 16, 2018 • Janet Greenstreet

Visiting Author Nichole Perkins

Please join Dr. Kalenda Eaton and the English Department as we welcome author Nichole Perkins to campus on Tuesday, November 27, 6-7 p.m. in the Castle Dining Room. Nichole writes about the intersections of pop culture, race, sex, gender, and relationships. She co-hosts Thirst Aid Kit, a...

Nov 8, 2018 • Jennifer Retter

Drs. Crivelli-Kovach, Wertime Named Professors Emeriti

In recognition of their distinguished teaching, research, and leadership, Dr. Andrea Crivelli-Kovach, professor and director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Public Health, has been named Professor Emerita, and Dr. Richard Wertime, professor of English, has been named Professor Emeritus...

Clare Brown with her daughter, Meara, at the Philadelphia Kidney Walk, Oct. 13. Photo provided by NKF.

Nov 6, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

Brown Raises Funds for Kidney Disease Services and Research

By Lana Valente '19 When Arcadia University Adjunct Professor of English Clare Brown’s daughter, Meara, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease at six months old, she decided that ignorance wasn’t an option for her family. Meara has a horseshoe kidney, where the two kidneys are fused...

Oct 30, 2018 • Baaqeyah Amala Muhammad El

Humanities Research Lab: Think Tank Competition

We are in need of Humanities project proposals! Be the first to work on a collaborative interdisciplinary project with faculty! The Humanities Research Lab presents a Think Tank Competition for students and faculty working on a cutting-edge Humanities (Art History, Music, Literature, Religion,...

Oct 30, 2018 • Baaqeyah Amala Muhammad El

Michael Pogach: Bridging Story and World

Join us as The Writing Center presents Michael Pogach: Bridging Story and World. A valuable, "must-see" opportunity for writers of science-fiction and fantasy, Pogach will discuss the challenging, yet rewarding process of creating believable characters in stories with fantastical worlds. Pogach...

Oct 19, 2018 • Farrah Bradley

Elishia Peterson, '09, Educator, Poet and Author of her first published work "Blacklisted: 12 Men Facing Stigma and Success"

Join the Office of Institutional Diversity Saturday, October 20th at 4:00 pm in the Grey Towers Castle Mirror Room as we welcome back one of Arcadia’s own, Elishia Peterson, '09, and celebrate the publishing and inaugural public reading of her first book “Blacklisted: 12 Men Facing Stigma and...

Oct 18, 2018 • Erin Kardon

MA in English Online Information Session

Oct 10, 2018 • Janet Greenstreet

Visiting Writers Series Presents: Tom McAllister!

Join us as Arcadia's Visiting Writers Series welcomes author Tom McAllister to the Rose Room Wednesday, October 24th at 6pm. Tom will be reading from and discussing his newest novel How To Be Safe. Ron Charles of the Washington Post considers the novel "Like nothing else I’ve read, 'How to Be...

Jessica Derr • Oct 8, 2018 •4:48 pm

Gateway to Teaching

In the beginning of my college experience, I had many interactions with well-meaning, usually older relatives or family friends that played out like: “What are you majoring in at Arcadia?” “English.” Then would come every English...