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Congratulations to Professor John Webster, who retired this past Winter! Professor Webster received his B.A. from UCLA in 1967; he received a M.A. from UC Berkeley in 1969 and a Ph.D., also from Berkeley, in 1974. He joined the faculty in the UW English department in 1972.
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We have some truly impressive students here in the English Department! From plays to poetry to short stories to art installations, the range of interests and talent is hard to wrap one’s head around.
We are pleased to invite proposals for the University of Washington English Department Writing Programs’ fifth annual Praxis Conference, which will be held at the UW Seattle campus on Friday, May 30th, 2025. The theme for the conference is “Multiplicity” (understood broadly to include how to honor and support the multiplicity of our students’ identities, knowledges, modes of communication
