To create her next poetry collection, Iliana Rocha spent almost three weeks this summer conducting what she calls “boots on […]

The 2024 University of Tennessee President’s Awards recognized Associate Professor Katy Chiles, Department of English, with the Embrace Diversity Award for her teaching and collaborations in projects that elevate ways in which individual and organizational uniqueness makes UT stronger.

UT’s Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center has long been a valuable campus resource for students needing guidance on first-year composition themes and […]

by Amy Beth Miller Playwright Ian Kelly has always been intrigued by the question of what someone living in times […]

by Randall Brown Stephen Hay, from Greeneville, Tennessee, built a standout Vol experience double majoring in English and religious studies […]

Misty Anderson, professor and head of the UT Department of English, received the academic outreach award for teaching from the […]

In an age of social media, cable news, and hyper-partisanship, the act of engaging with those that one disagrees with […]

“Try as much as you can,” is Autumn Hall’s advice for students trying to find their way in college. “For […]

Also joining the department this year as a member of our Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics division is Rima Elabdali, an […]

Dionte Harris joined the department this year as an assistant professor in twentieth and twenty-first century African American literature, film, […]