Awards and Recognition
Congratulations to Professors Taylor Black and Jarvis McInnis on their promotions to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure.
Books
Jarvis McInnis - Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South (Release May 2025)
New Faculty
In the next academic year Duke English will welcome four new faculty members: Professor Richard So specializes in Computational Literary Studies; Professor Marguerite Nguyen specializes in Asian American Literature; and Professor Timothy Heimlich specializes in Eighteenth-Century British Literature. The novelist Camille Bordas will also join us as the third Blackburn Distinguished Artist-in-Residence.
Features
Poetry and Photography Taught by Professor Frances Leviston, ’24-25 Blackburn Artist-in-Residence
So Much More Than Growing Plants: Gardening as a Practice of Reclamation, Identity and Legacy
How Faculty Can Build Mentoring Networks
59 Years with the Duke English Department
Farewell Speech: Toby Martinez, '23-24 Distinguished Blackburn Artist-in-Residence
New Books by Duke Authors: Exploring Politics, Theology, AI and Basketball
An Interview With Kevin Hart, Theologian and Poet
Six Duke Scholars Embark on Leadership Journey with Ivy+ Peers
Graduate Students Synthesize AI, Ethics, and Theology
Duke English Welcomes Frances Leviston, 24-25 Visiting Blackburn Artist-in-Residence
Akhil Sharma Reads “The Narayans”
Duke Flags Lowered: Professor Emeritus Buford Jones Dies
Three Trinity Faculty Receive 2024-2025 National Humanities Center Fellowships