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Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Curtin Hall 3243 N Downer Ave. ph: 414-229-4511 email: [email protected]
Milwaukee, WI
Joined September 2011
Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30 p.m.: Dr. Derek G. Handley, UWM faculty member and author of Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement in conversation with Joy Powers at Boswell Book Company.
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UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program’s Student-Faculty Reading Series: United We Read is holding a free event from 7:00pm–8:00pm on Friday, November 15 at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust Street) with Ty Newcomb, Saundra Norton, Kurt Olsson, and Professor Kate Beutner
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Fall Visiting Writer in Prose: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan UWM’s creative writing program welcomes Mecca Jamilah Sullivan for a very special visit this fall. She’ll deliver a craft talk at 3 pm and a reading at 7 pm in Curtin 175 (3242 N. Downer Ave.). Free and open to the public.
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Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, 12:00-1:30 PM Curtin Hall 175 Writing Without Actually Writing – Large Language Models, AI Literacy and Institutional Responsibility Talk by Elizabeth Losh Reception to follow (1:30-2:00 PM)
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Media, cinema, and digital studies PhD student David Kocik was a 2024 Research Fellow at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. His research is highlighted on the Museum’s website:
museumofplay.org
On a snowy winter day in January 2024 at The Strong National Museum of Play, I read about the far-off land of Hyrule, inhabited by fiery dragons, rock-monster-people, and evil twin-sister witches. I...
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Media, cinema, and digital studies PhD student Jessica Hoover received a James and Sylvia Thayer Research Fellowship from the UCLA Library Special Collections. Jess discusses her research into women TV comedy-variety performers like Carol Burnett: https://t.co/TL60V4QLS7.
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A special visitor made an appearance at the last department meeting of the semester: congratulations to Professor Lane Hall, current English Department Chair, who retires from UWM in August 2024, and our other retiring faculty members.
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Tonight! The UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program Student-Faculty Reading Series: United We Read is holding an event at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 19 at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust Street) with Beck Behnke, Sean Enfield, Ty Newcomb, and Prof. Brenda Cárdenas.
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Today! Visiting artist and “multi-sensory storyteller” Kristine Diekman is giving a presentation about her fascinating work that incorporates narrative and interactive tabletop installations. Tuesday, April 16, Curtin Hall 368, 1:00-2:30pm
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Today! English students, remember to drop in to our Advising Open House today (Thursday, 4/11) to chat with faculty about Spring 2024 courses and major/minor progress (or just to say hi!). 11am - 1pm in Curtin 439 (lounge next to elevators)
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English students! Drop in to our Advising Open House next Thursday 4/11 to chat with faculty about Spring 2024 courses and major/minor progress (or just to say hi!). 4/11, 11am-1pm, Curtin 439 (lounge next to elevators)
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The UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program Student-Faculty Series: United We Read is holding an event at 7 p.m. on Fri., March 8 at Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Avenue).
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Thursday, Feb. 15 at 6:30 pm, Jason Puskar, UWM Professor of English and Associate Dean for Humanities, is presenting his new book, The Switch: An Off and On History of Digital Humans, at Boswell Book Company.
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The UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program Student-Faculty Series: United We Read will hold its first event at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 16 at Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Avenue) with Nora Boxer, Danielle Harms, Nancy Nguyen, and Prof. Rebecca Dunham.
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UWM researchers Anne Bonds, prof. of geography, and Derek Handley, asst. prof. of English, were awarded a federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities of nearly $150,000 to continue research into restrictive racial covenants & resistance to them in MKE Cty.
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Apply by TOMORROW (Tues. 11/7) 11:59 P.M. to join the UW-Milwaukee English Department! F/T $20 - 24/hr + full benefits package Graduate Studies Program Associate https://t.co/iKnajeFyIQ Department Services Associate https://t.co/0jnp5QXGmT
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English students! Drop into our Advising Open House TODAY + chat with faculty about Spring 24 courses and major/minor progress (or just say hi!). TH 11/2, 11am - 1pm, Curtin 439 (next to elevators)
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