Current Department News… 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.…
Academics… 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,…
Creative Writing… Esprit Reading 7 Jun 2018 On May 10, 2018, in the Royal Theatre at 8pm, students, faculty, family, and friends gathered to hear the reading of this semester's edition of the Esprit magazine. a literary…
Academics… 2018 Class Night 7 Jun 2018 On May 25, 2018, Peter Shaver, graduating Senior, received the Excellence in English Award from Interim University President, Rev. Herbert Keller, S.J. during Class Night. This Friday evening ceremony marked…
Current Department News… Sigma Tau Delta Elects New Officers for the 2018-2019 AY 7 Jun 2018 After our 2018 induction, Mu Omicron chapter members of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, elected officers for the next academic year. Cara Charles (President), David Rakauskas (Vice-President), Emily…
Current Department News… English & Theatre’s Monthly Colloquia 10 Oct 2017June 7, 2018 April 26, 2018, in CLP 223, was the setting for Dr. Joe Kraus to share some of his latest works. Dr. Kraus read his most recent fiction for the last…
Alumni News… Alumni Lecture 10 Oct 2017October 10, 2017 At the Department of English & Theatre's Third (Annual) Alumni Lecture, Brendan Curry, graduate of the English and SJLA programs in 2001, gave a talk entitled, "A Series of Fortunate…
Current Department News… Current Department News 27 Sep 2017September 27, 2017 Please join us as we celebrate Scranton Reads 2017!! Please see the list of Events2017 leading the a lecture/discussion on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 @ 12:15pm. Joseph Kraus, Ph.D., professor…
