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Passionate about reading, writing, & culture since 1919.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined April 2015
Congratulations to Professional Writing graduate Anna Cappella on being awarded a Fulbright for 2025-26!.
Seven members of the Carnegie Mellon community will soon embark on international journeys to teach, study or conduct research through 2025 @FulbrightPrgrm grants. 🌎👏. Huge congratulations to this year's Fulbright recipients! . #TartanProud.
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Students from all over the U.S. attended this summer's Writing & Culture pre-college program. Our largest group yet spent a month working with a number of department faculty to explore effective storytelling. For program details, visit:
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Read all about the latest happenings in our department and beyond in the new edition of the Alumni Newsletter!
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RT @LauraSDeLuca: Can digitization preserve the past, or does it merely reinvent it? My latest article traces the metadata anomalies and hi….
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This paper explores the layers of remediation and hidden labour embedded in the digitization of early modern texts, focusing on how metadata traces in digital archives can both reveal and obscure the...
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RT @English_CMU: In this month's Dietrich College Faculty Spotlight, get to know Camille Rankine, a writer and assistant professor in our d….
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In this month's Dietrich College Faculty Spotlight, get to know Camille Rankine, a writer and assistant professor in our department’s Creative Writing Program.
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“It’s been so fun to help them realize that research doesn’t have to be scary — and that we’re here to help them every step of the way.”. Read about how @CMULibraries staff supports the First-Year Writing Program.
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“What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama?” . Ed Simon examines “the dark magic of words.” .
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Christened in Gorky Oblast as “Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko,” the Russian writer, politician, and punk (in that order) adopted the novel patronym “Limonov” by the time he wa…
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RT @English_CMU: The first doctoral program of its kind, our new Ph.D. in Computational Cultural Studies trains students to combine histori….
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RT @_theBrownprint_: 🙌🏿🤓🙌🏿NEW, NOVEL FULLY FUNDED DOCTORAL PROGRAM AT @English_CMU! . ✔️Fully funded summers.✔️Interdisciplinary Training….
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Computational Cultural Studies Ph.D. Funding and Finances
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The first doctoral program of its kind, our new Ph.D. in Computational Cultural Studies trains students to combine historical, theoretical, and cultural scholarship with computational methodologies. To learn more:
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After a fruitful decade of leadership, Dr. Andreea Ritivoi will pass the baton to Dr. Christopher Warren, who begins his term as English Department Head on August 1. Read more about Warren and his work here:
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RT @LauraSDeLuca: Our new digital humanities article, which I’ve authored alongside my colleagues across @English_CMU and @CMU_StatDS, is o….
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As large language models (LLMs) such as GPT have become more accessible, concerns about their potential effects on students’ learning have grown. In data science education, the specter of students’...
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The Department of English community gathered on Saturday, May 10 for the 2025 Commencement of both undergraduate and graduate students. Read all about the ceremony here:
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Department of English Celebrates Graduates in Diploma Ceremony
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A group of CMU undergraduates immersed themselves in the nation's capital, connecting with professionals and gaining real-world insights into careers in the humanities. Read about the inaugural Humanities Trek, in a story written by our students!.
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Congratulations to senior Alison Zheng, whose project "Unraveling the Decline of Pittsburgh's Chinatown in a Post-Steel Society," the subject of an independent study with Professor Jeffrey Williams, was chosen to receive a Dietrich Humanities Prize.
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Distinguished scholar Dr. Jessica Restaino (Montclair State University) gave the talk “'Every Method's a Trap' (and I Feel Fine): The Rhetorical Magic of Becoming a New Subject" at the spring Rhetoric Colloquium. Read the full story here:
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Are you a graduate of one of our programs? We’d love to hear what you’ve been up to! Use the form below to share any recent professional successes for possible inclusion in an upcoming Alumni Newsletter.
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Nupoor Ranade presented at Write the Docs Pittsburgh. "Making AI Visible in Technical Communication" addressed one of today's most timely conversations: how technical communicators can navigate the evolving #GenAI landscape. Watch here:
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Nicole Tanquary, a Rhetoric Ph.D. candidate, is the recipient of the 2025 CMU Graduate Student Teaching Award. Read more about Nicole and the award here:.
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