Post Tagged with: "English Language and Literature"

Masterson Earns Scholarship, Heads to Folger Shakespeare Library

Kelly Masterson, doctoral student of English

Kelly Masterson’s work on Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona took her to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., this summer. A doctoral student of English, she was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:16 pmResearch

Distel Earns Scholarship, Travels to Princeton University

English doctoral student Kristin Distel

Kristin Distel, doctoral student in English, visited Princeton University’s archival libraries and examined Toni Morrison’s drafts, lecture notes, and correspondence. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: As a recipient of a summer scholarship […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:06 pmResearch

Benham Earns Scholarship, Studies Literature Nursing Manuals in London

English department alumni and post-doctoral fellow Renee Benham

Renee Benham, a doctoral candidate in English, traveled to London to research nursing in 19th-century literature. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: “Beyond Nightingale: The Transformation of Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Literature” Nursing programs […]

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October 10, 2016 at 11:51 amResearch

English Major Lands Dream Internship at Melville House

Hannah Koerne

by Kristin M. Distel Hannah Koerner, a senior English major and Honors Tutorial College student at OHIO, spent her summer completing the internship of her dreams—an editorship with Melville House publishing company in Brooklyn, NY. This extremely competitive internship was one of 30 for which Koerner applied. “The application process […]

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October 3, 2016 at 11:11 amNews

Stein Haven Publishes Third Book on Chaplin

Stein Haven Publishes Third Book on Chaplin

by Kristin M. Distel Dr. Lisa Stein Haven, associate professor of English at Ohio University Zanesville, will publish in November 2016 Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp in America, 1947-77, her third book on a Charlie Chaplin-focused topic. Haven, a widely recognized expert on Chaplin and the genre of silent film, has […]

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September 16, 2016 at 8:42 amResearch

‘Soul Biscuits’ Nourish Ohio University Faculty, says Prof

‘Soul Biscuits’ Nourish Ohio University Faculty, says Prof

By Angela Woodward Compass July 22, 2013 A summer cultural series organized by an Ohio University visiting assistant professor is bringing Athens-area adults together to nourish their social and intellectual needs. Dubbed “Soul Biscuits,” the series features musical performances, educational classes and discussion groups. It began in May with events […]

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July 22, 2013 at 1:07 pmNews