The English Department is pleased to introduce our two new faculty members–Dr. Lindsey Drager and Dr. Jacob Craig. We welcome the new energy, new knowledge, and new ideas that they bring the English Department. An expanded interview with each will be published in December in Folio,…
Woodfin Scholarships Awarded for new MFA Students
Here at the new Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing at the College of Charleston, we’re delighted to announce the first recipients of the Woodfin Scholarship, Nick Plasmati and Laura Cannon. The two $5000 scholarships will be awarded…
The Future is Bright for these Ambitious Grads
Congratulations to several of our recent English graduates who have carved out a unique path for their future interests with acceptances into advanced degree and competitive programs: Shakarean Hutchinson (English’s HSS Scholar) was accepted into the highly selective MFA in…
English Major Darien Bucher explores female Hamlets in Senior project
College of Charleston Magazine published this profile of English major Darien Bucher’s Bachelor’s Essay on the history of productions of Hamlet with women in the title role. Darien Bucher explores female Hamlets
Writing Lab Director and Professor of English Bonnie Devet Discusses New Research on Transfer
Adapted from College Today Since 1989, Professor of English Bonnie Devet has directed the Writing Lab at the College of Charleston. The lab provides students with one-to-one assistance for every stage in the writing process for term papers, essays, letters,…
Elaina Cole to represent CofC at the SCMS-U Conference
Congratulations to Film Studies minor Elaina Cole (CofC ’18), whose paper proposal, “Teenage Wasteland: the 1980s Teen Comedy as a Revitalized Screwball Comedy,” was accepted to the upcoming Society for Cinema and Media Studies Undergraduate Conference. “This is an extraordinary accomplishment,”…
English Major Alex Worthy on Dublin, Death Masks, and Disappearing Credit Cards
Congratulations to Alex Worthy, whose essay “Bloom’s Footsteps: My Own Dublin Odyssey” has just been published at Hackwriters.com. Worthy, an English major, originally wrote her piece for a class assignment in Dr. Devet’s English Advanced Composition course. Worthy’s publication continues a record of success that…
Miscellany Goes National
Laura Rashley, Editor-in-Chief of Miscellany, reflects on the exciting new direction of our College’s undergraduate literary journal, now in its 36th year and now officially a national undergraduate literary journal. She writes: Since its founding in 1980 by the poet…