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Welcome to the University of Scranton English and Theatre Blog. Here we post the most current new related to our English and theatre department at the University of Scranton. You will hear that we study Chaucer, Shakespeare, Julia Alvarez, Lighting Design, the Rhetoric of 9/11, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poetry, Creative…Continue reading “Featured Content”

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Visiting Assistant Professor Joins the University’s English & Theatre Department

Dr. Iheoma Nwachukwu joined the English & Theatre department as a Visiting Assistant Professor and began teaching for us this…

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University Alumn Publishes Book

Congratulations to University of Scranton Alumn, Elizabeth Polishan (’17) on the publication of her first book, “A Little Book of…

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Dr. Madeline B. Gangnes joins the University’s English and Theatre Department

Dr. Gangnes joined the English & Theatre department and began teaching for us this Fall semester. She conducts research and…

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“No matter who you are and no matter what you’re doing, the things that we write and read actually affect who we are and the world around us. They not only show us what’s happening in our own lives and what’s happening outside in the world, but they actually show us that we do have an impact. So if that’s not motivation enough to be an English major, I don’t know what is.”

Dr. Bille R. Tadros, Assistant Professor of English

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Highlights from ATHE 2020 featuring our very own Dr. Hank Willenbrink

29 Mar 2021
Summer 2020, Dr. Willenbrink gave a panel discussion on Playwriting and Aesthetics and Why don't we talk about How beautiful our plays are anymore? Click here to read the article.…
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Visiting Assistant Professor Joins the University’s English & Theatre Department

2 Dec 2020December 2, 2020
Dr. Iheoma Nwachukwu joined the English & Theatre department as a Visiting Assistant Professor and began teaching for us this Fall semester. Dr. Nwachukwu is a poet and fiction writer…
Alumni News…

University Alumn Publishes Book

1 Dec 2020December 2, 2020
Congratulations to University of Scranton Alumn, Elizabeth Polishan ('17) on the publication of her first book, "A Little Book of Blooms", last month. Elizabeth graduated summa cum laude from the…
Academics…

Dr. Madeline B. Gangnes joins the University’s English and Theatre Department

1 Dec 2020December 2, 2020
Dr. Gangnes joined the English & Theatre department and began teaching for us this Fall semester. She conducts research and teaches at the intersections of nineteenth-century British literature and culture,…
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Dean Brain Conniff Joining English and Theatre Department

3 May 2019March 24, 2025
Brian Conniff, Ph.D., served the University for nine years as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will be stepping down from his position and following a year…
Bille R. Tadros…

Dr. Billie Tadros Presenting at the English & Theatre Colloquia

29 Apr 2019April 29, 2019
Dr. Bille Tadros will be speaking at the upcoming English and Theatre Colloquia, which will be taking place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2019. The topic of the event…
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Cailin Potami admitted to Grad School

26 Apr 2019
Cailin Potami, who graduated from the University of Scranton in 2016 with a B.A. in English and Philosophy, as well as a concentration in Women's Studies, has informed me that…
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University of Scranton Celebrating Mary Oliver

17 Apr 2019
Mary Oliver was an American poet who won the National Book Award, a Lannan Literary Award for lifetime achievement, and also the Pulitzer Prize for her book American Primitive (1983).…
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University Reading Series: “Poetics & Athletics: Sports & Poetry Play Ball”

20 Mar 2019
The University Reading Series presents a collaboration between the English and theatre department and the athletic department entitled "Poetics & Athletics: Sports & Poetry Play Ball." The event will take…
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Esprit Submission Deadline Approaching

20 Mar 2019March 23, 2022
Esprit, a review of arts and letters, features work by students of The University of Scranton and is published each fall and spring as a co-curricular activity of the English…

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