Faculty News for September 2026
Awards
- Earhart, Amy. 'Arts & Humanities Fellowship. “The Millican Massacre: Networked Racial Violence and Archival Restitution.” Division of Research, Texas A&M University. 2026-2029.
Conferences and Workshops Attended
- Ives, Maura. Presented "Recitation, Revision and Reception: Jean Ingelow's "Songs of Seven" in America" at the Australasian Victorian Studies Association Conference in Auckland, NZ.
- Stagg, Robert. 'Wordplay'. Seminar co-chaired with Prof. Kristen Poole (University of Delaware), International Shakespeare Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, Friday 17 July 2026.
- Stagg, Robert. 'Asiatic Style and the Mediterranean Tragedy'. Paper given at World Shakespeare Congress, Verona, Tuesday 21 July 2026.
- Stagg, Robert and Dorothy Todd. 'The New Variorum Shakespeare'. With NVS General Editors Prof. Sonia Massai (Sapienza) and Prof. Paul Werstine (UWO). Plenary panel at World Shakespeare Congress, Verona, Thursday 23 July 2026.
Department Happenings
- Francis, James. He worked with Undergraduate Student Alysa Taylor (ENGL Spring 2026 graduate) in Fall 2025 on the “H.P. Lovecraft Research & Scholarship” UPREP to develop the essay and help establish an annual H.P. Lovecraft essay-writing contest for the English Department. Congratulations to Alysa for having a research paper accepted into the Lovecraft Annual: "Before Cthulhu: The Gradual Formation of Cosmicism in Lovecraft’s 'Nathicana' and 'A Garden'.
Publications
- Ezell, Margaret. "Review Essay: Re-Visioning Women's Literary History: Four Studies," Parergon 43.1 (2026): 145-55.
- Francis, James Jr. Images in Motion: Exploring Visual Storytelling. Texas A&M University, 2026. CC BY-NC 4.0. URL
- Harris, Jason. '“The Spread of her Wings.” Some Words. “Genre Week.” July 17th, 2026. Web. URL
- Jones, Bryan “Jonesy”. “Illustrating Chaos: Banal Fascism in Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life.” Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends, edited by Meredith L. Pruden et al., Routledge, 2027 URL
- Peterson, Noah. "Master Merrythought's Balladeering: A Memetic Approach to Ballad Singing in The Knight of the Burning Pestle" Early Theatre 29.1 (2026): 85-108. URL
- Sperrazza, Whitney. "Poetry, Place, and Possession in The Countess of Montgomery’s Urania" in English Literary Renaissance (ELR) DOI: URL
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