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March 25, 2024
‘Ozark’ And ‘The Creator’ Actor, Aggie Marc Menchaca Catches Up With His Alma Mater
Texas A&M University graduate Marc Menchaca has yet to play the role of a cowboy, in spite of looking remarkably like one. In real life, he’s an Aggie, having earned an English degree from Texas A&M in 1998. He became widely known for his role as Russ Langmore in the hit Netflix series Ozark and recently appeared in the […]
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January 12, 2024
Associate Professor mentioned in Texas Monthly article
Black-Owned Land Is Under Siege in the Brazos Valley Acre by acre, families have lost long-held property near Bryan and College Station—much of it to the efforts of two men who weaponized arcane documents to acquire plots potentially worth millions. By Nate Blakeslee and Jason Heid November 202320 Lawrence (seated) and Brad Smith at the former site of […]
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October 12, 2023
Texas A&M Ph.D. Student Lives Dream, Presents Research At 2023 MLA Public Humanities Incubator Showcase
Texas A&M Ph.D. Student Lives Dream, Presents Research At 2023 MLA Public Humanities Incubator Showcase The Department of English’s Hai In Jo was among 12 graduate students selected to develop and present digital research projects contributing to public humanities scholarship at the 2023 Public Humanities Incubator Showcase in January. March 30, 2023 By Emily Chan ’25 […]
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October 12, 2023
Four Arts & Sciences Faculty Selected As Arts & Humanities Fellows
Four Arts & Sciences Faculty Selected As Arts & Humanities Fellows The annual grant program, launched in 2015, provides each Class of 2022 fellow with $15,000 over three years to support academic research or creative work. May 3, 2023 By Texas A&M University Research Communications and Public Relations Four Texas A&M University College of Arts and […]
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October 12, 2023
CHECK IT OUT: Recommending Reading From The College Of Arts & Sciences
CHECK IT OUT: Recommending Reading From The College Of Arts & Sciences Celebrate National Book Lovers Day with some suggested reading material, courtesy of Arts and Sciences faculty and staff. August 9, 2023 By Grant Hawkins ’98 To commemorate National Book Lovers Day, select faculty and staff members of the College of Arts and Sciences at […]
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October 12, 2023
Finding A Voice: A Scholarship Continues Pulitzer Prize-Winner’s Legacy
Finding A Voice: A Scholarship Continues Pulitzer Prize-Winner’s Legacy To help Texas A&M students continue to tell their stories, Denica Gordon-Mandel established a scholarship in the name of her grandfather and former English professor Charles Gordone. August 14, 2023 By Heather Rodriguez ’04 In a world of nearly eight billion unique voices, finding one’s own isn’t […]
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October 12, 2023
English Faculty, Grad Students Lead Initiative To Develop Open Access Writing Curriculum
English Faculty, Grad Students Lead Initiative To Develop Open Access Writing Curriculum Texas A&M Associate Dean and English professor Dr. Terri Pantuso is leading a collaborative $1.2 million Texas Higher Educational Coordinating Board effort to elevate student learning and improve writing instruction, reading comprehension skills and Texas Success Initiative assessment outcomes. September 7, 2023 By Reyes […]
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October 12, 2023
Exhibition Of Works By Celebrated Texas Artist, Aggie E.M. ‘Buck’ Schiwetz Opens This Week At Stark Galleries
Exhibition Of Works By Celebrated Texas Artist, Aggie E.M. ‘Buck’ Schiwetz Opens This Week At Stark Galleries The paintings of Schiwetz, a distinguished alumnus of Texas A&M, will be on display through Dec. 16 with a talk and reception on Sept. 28. September 25, 2023 By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M Division of Marketing & Communications Texas […]
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September 8, 2023
English Faculty, Grad Students Lead Initiative To Develop Open Access Writing Curriculum
Texas A&M Associate Dean and English professor Dr. Terri Pantuso is leading a collaborative $1.2 million Texas Higher Educational Coordinating Board effort to elevate student learning and improve writing instruction, reading comprehension skills and Texas Success Initiative assessment outcomes. English Faculty, Grad Students Lead Initiative To Develop Open Access Writing Curriculum
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June 2, 2023
Regina Mills- ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man
Click the link to access full article: ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man As a Latino literature and media scholar, a lifelong gamer and a Guatemalan-American girl whose dad read her comics every night, I quickly became a fan and then scholar of Miles Morales, the Afro-Puerto Rican Spider-Man who first appeared in […]
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March 21, 2023
Brazos Valley Reads 2023: Emmy Pérez – “From Storytelling Roots: Poetics of Resistance, Belonging, & Love”
Pérez will speak to the Brazos Valley community on April 3rd, 2023 in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at 7:00pm
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May 10, 2022
IDEAAL Capstone Art Gallery: Who Am I?
On April 5th, Stark Gallery was full of Texas A&M University students celebrating their Asian-American heritage and their many accomplishments over the course of the school year.
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March 31, 2022
Brazos Valley Reads 2022: Attica Locke “Bluebird, Bluebird” and the Souls of Black Texans
Attica Locke will discuss her award winning novels and screenwriting works as part of the Brazos Valley reads initiative at 7pm on April 6.
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February 24, 2022
Remembering The Millican Massacre
Professor Amy Earhart and her undergraduate students are working to create a historical marker honoring the victims of what is believed to be the largest incident of racial violence in Reconstruction Texas.
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December 22, 2021
How Mrs. Claus Embodied 19th-Century Debates about Women’s Rights
Why did she do all the work and Santa got all the glory? What would happen if she delivered the toys?
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July 30, 2021
New Software Allows Visually Impaired Students Access to Old English
A new assistive technology, "Reord," has been created to make Old English more accessible for visually impaired students.
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April 22, 2021
Combating the Issue of Rising Attacks Against Asian Americans
Racially-motivated violence against Asian-Americans has been on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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March 30, 2021
“We’re Not All The Same:” The Coming Out Monologues
How the Coming Out Monologues, an event started by a former English student more than 10 years ago, continues to highlight LGBTQ+ stories to promote an inclusive Aggie narrative.
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January 29, 2021
Not Every Editor Lives in New York City
Former Aggie Marisa Madsen, Class of '13, talks about her career as a Senior Medical Editor in Houston, Texas, and how the Professional Writing Certificate got her to where she is today.
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January 27, 2021
How to Publish a Book
Dr. Christian Bancroft, Class of ‘09 (they/them), talks about the publishing process and the journey they took to become a published author.
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November 30, 2020
2020 Presidential Impact Fellowship Recipients
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Earhart who has received the eminent Presidential Impactful Fellow award.
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September 15, 2020
Plot Twist and Pandemics: Author Katherine Kimball ’17 on Finding Opportunity in Crisis
Katherine Kimball, who graduated in 2017 from Texas A&M with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in English, is used to rolling with life’s punches.
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August 20, 2020
A Story Waiting to be Written
Every College of Liberal Arts student has a story waiting to be written, as proven by former English major Kathi Appelt.
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July 6, 2020
Two TAMU Professors Elected Into the Royal Historical Society
English professors Margaret Ezell and Donald Dickson were elected as fellows for the United Kingdom's foremost historical organization, Royal Historical Society.
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June 5, 2020
What to Read During Pride Month
In celebration of Pride Month, the College of Liberal Arts asked English Ph.D. candidates Justin Rogers and Landon Sadler for reading recommendations. The list they composed is both fun and compelling, and reading their selections is something which can be done safely during a global pandemic. Happy reading, and Happy Pride!
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February 19, 2020
A Chat with Elizabeth Acevedo
Author and poet, Elizabeth Acevedo, will discuss her novel, The Poet X, as a part of the Brazos Valley Reads initiative. We sat down with her and had a chat about her books and her creative inspirations.
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February 14, 2020
Love’s labor is not lost with Shakespeare
William Shakespeare — poet, playwright, and perhaps love guru — is known worldwide for his literary genius. Two academics in the Dept. of English examine how Shakespeare portrayed love and how relevant that portrayal is to us today.
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February 4, 2020
Brazos Valley Reads – 2020
The Department of English at Texas A&M University is pleased to present the 2020 book selection for Brazos Valley Reads: Elizabeth Acevedo
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January 29, 2020
Birds of a Feather Study Poe Together
“The Raven” is the poem that made Edgar Allen Poe famous in his lifetime, published 175 years go this month. Department of English's Jennifer Wollock recently published research on a surprising issue arising from the poem — plagiarism.
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November 19, 2019
Digital Future for New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare
The College of Liberal Arts announces that its Center of Digital Humanities Research is the new home of the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare series from the Modern Language Association.
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October 18, 2019
National Book Month: Women in Book History
October is National Book Month, and the College of Liberal Arts will be celebrating all month long! This week we look at Women in Book History, and re-share the story of two doctoral students that received a MLA honor for their project, Women in Book History Bibliography.
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April 26, 2019
Great Poetry Reading
April 28 marks national Great Poetry Reading Day, and the English Aggie is providing you with poems by undergraduate students to properly celebrate.
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April 11, 2019
We Are Liberal Arts: A Port in the Storm
Originally posted on Veteran's Day, we re-share the story of Stephen O'Shea with this completed video describing his journey sailing around the world to raise awareness of veteran suicides.
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March 26, 2019
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author to Speak at Brazos Valley Reads
Author Colson Whitehead will discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Underground Railroad, as part of the Brazos Valley Reads initiative at 7 p.m. on April 9, 2019.
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March 25, 2019
Brazos Valley Reads – 2019
The Department of English at Texas A&M University is pleased to present the 2019 book selection for Brazos Valley Reads: Colson Whitehead
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March 22, 2017
Brazos Valley Reads – 2017
The Department of English at Texas A&M University is pleased to present the 2017 book selection for Brazos Valley Reads: Jennifer Clement
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March 20, 2015
Brazos Valley Reads – 2015
Brazos Valley Reads (BVR) is a community effort organized by Texas A&M University’s Department of English with extensive support from various groups in the University and the community. The program was started in 2005 to encourage bridge building between Texas A&M’s students and staff and the Brazos Valley community at large. For the past several […]