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Candice Rai and Anis Bawarshi were appointed to College-level leadership positions. Candice will serve as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, and Anis will serve as Director of the C21 Program; both positions are effective July 1, 2026.
The Praxis conference returns to UW on Friday, May 29, 2026, with a full day of panels, workshops, and roundtables under the theme "Writing With." Registration opens at 9:00 AM in HUB 250 with coffee and pastries, and sessions run until 4:00 PM across HUB 250, 238, 337, and 340, plus two rooms in the Allen Library Research Commons. Every session is 75 minutes including Q&A. This…
On Wednesday April 8, 2026, the UW English Department featured a dazzling lecture on poetry by the nationally-acclaimed poet and critic Ange Mlinko, who came to Seattle for our ninth Lee Scheingold Lecture in Poetry and Poetics. Andrew Feld, director of our Creative Writing program, began the event with a charming and humorous introduction to Mlinko’s poetry and criticism, both…
As the College of Arts and Sciences recently reported, Professor Anis Bawarshi received the 2026 CCCC Exemplar Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). The annual award is given to "a person whose years of service as an exemplar for our organization represents the highest ideals of scholarship, teaching, and service to the entire profession."Upon…
The College of Arts and Sciences' Perspectives newsletter recently highlighted Teaching Professor Megan Callow's work on AI literacy in writing classrooms, along with the work of two other colleagues across the university. In Callow's interview, she provides a thoughtful explanation for how generative AI technologies have affected her teaching: "[C]ritical AI…
Rasheena Fountain, a PhD Candidate in English language and literature, is performing "Speculative Land Blues" on Thursday, February 19th at the Henry Art Museum as part of its Speculative Landscapes series. The show will take place in the Henry's Lower Level Galleries from 6pm-7:30pm. More details can be found at the Henry Museum's…
Greetings from Padelford, during a time of year in Seattle that is sometimes referred to as the “Big Dark.” From the middle of October into spring, the days are short and gray. Nowadays, on work days, I can arrive on campus not long after the sunrise and leave well after sunset. I mention the seemingly endless stretch of Seattle gloom to remind us that there are ways to manage in times of…
In 2025, the English Department welcomed three remarkable new faculty members: Rhema Hokama (Assistant Professor of English Literature), Hunter Little (Assistant Teaching Professor in the Program for Writing Across Campus and Program for Writing and Rhetoric), and Frank Macarthy (also Assistant Teaching Professor in PWAC and PWR). For this…
Below is a small selection of notable publications from English Department faculty throughout 2025, comprising new and forthcoming books, chapters in edited collections, and journal articles. For a full, searchable database of English Department publications, please click here. New and Forthcoming Faculty Books David Shields…
The English Department has much to celebrate from 2025 in terms of our faculty's awards and achievements. This article captures just a selection of all that our wonderful colleagues accomplished over the past year. Promotion, Retention, and New Leaders The English Department would like to extend special congratulations to Megan Callow and …