2025 e-Newsletter - Faculty

Awards and Recognition

Congratulations to Professors Taylor Black and Jarvis McInnis on their promotions to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure.

Professor Taylor Black
Professor Taylor Black
Professor Jarvis McInnis
Professor Jarvis McInnis

Books

Professor Jarvis McInnis with Book Cover Poster

Jarvis McInnis - Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South (Release May 2025)


New Faculty

Professor Richard So
Richard So Professor
Professor Marguerite Nguyen
Marguerite Nguyen Professor
Professor Timothy Heimlich
Timothy Heimlich Professor
Camille Bordas, Blackburn Artist-in-Residence
Camille Bordas Blackburn Artist-in-Residence

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

“The Power of Analyzing a Story:” Priscilla Wald on Literature, Science, and the Making of Collective Belief

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

The Atlantic Magazine's The Great American Novels List Includes Professor Akhil Sharma's "Family Life"

Three Trinity Faculty Receive 2024-2025 National Humanities Center Fellowships


 

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