English

Elizabeth Erwin Ph.D. '25 has received national recognition for a dissertation that challenges one of horror cinema's most familiar tropes. The Popular Culture Association recently named Erwin the recipient of its Kathy Merlock Jackson Dissertation Award in Popular Culture Studies.

Elizabeth Barrett explores a “minor” English family to better understand transitions in British history – and the cost of blind loyalty to the crown.

Lorenzo Servitje will establish innovative lab integrating history, ethics, and literature into health research and graduate education

How One Student Bridges Early Modern Drama and Contemporary Design

As a local expert on Moravians in the 18th century, Scott Paul Gordon is working on a new book about enslavement in Bethlehem.

As the world marks the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth, Michael Kramp shows why her accessible, versatile stories offer more than just happily-ever-afters.

The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) has announced the creation of a new biennial honor, the Suzanne Edwards Mentorship Award, recognizing extraordinary mentorship of early-career feminist scholars. The award debuts this year with its namesake, English professor Suzanne Edwards, as the inaugural recipient.

Doctoral student Olivia Mathers uncovers medieval history’s surprising connections to contemporary culture through literature, gaming, and fantasy.

Jordan Ho ‘27 analyzes the proliferation of Chaucer’s form in the Canterbury Tales with the utopian possibilities in Patience Agbabi’s Telling Tales

Katherine Crassons, associate professor of English, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship, one of the most prestigious grants for medievalists. The fellowship, which includes a $25,000 stipend and mentorship from a distinguished scholar, will support Crassons as she completes her book, Signs of Wonder: Faith, Ethics, and Epistemology in Medieval and Early Modern England.