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,…
Alumni News… Dean Brain Conniff Joining English and Theatre Department 3 May 2019 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…
Current Department News 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…
Current Department News 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).…
Current Department News 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…
Bille R. Tadros… University of Scranton Sigma Tau Delta Round Table Discussion 8 Mar 2019 Members of the University of Scranton's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society, with support from the Jesuit Center, presented a round table discussion titled "'Peck Small Tracks':…
