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WHAT is Spring Breakthrough? Five-day seminars taught by some of Duke’s most engaging professors. These courses, and all meals and materials, are 100% free. There are no pre-reqs, grades, or credits. The only expectation is that you attend and engage with the group. Participation will be noted on transcripts. WHO is it for? Duke sophomores and first-year students. WHEN? (Spring Break 2017) Sunday, March 12, through Thursday, March 16. Courses generally run from mid-morning through afternoon.  There… read more about 2017 Spring Breakthrough program »

Where might you find a lecture on Alfred Hitchcock films at Duke University?  On Wednesday, October 26, Professor Michael Valdez Moses and his students discussed and analyzed Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic psychological thriller Vertigo starring James Stewart. This fall 30+ Duke University students are in enrolled in English 390S: Hitchcock & Co. a special topics in film course offered by the English Department. What would you like to see students take away… read more about English 390S: Hitchcock & Co. Taught by Michael Valdez Moses »

Degree and Year:  BA 2005   Professional Title:  Co-Founder, Lead Developer   Employer:  RocketBolt ​ Professional Background: PhD in English; Senior software engineer; Founder ofa venture-backed technology startup; 2012 Microsoft Fellow; Author ofThe Krzyzewskiville Tales How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success? English and software development rarely overlap, but the research skills I cultivated in Duke's English program gave me… read more about English Alum - Aaron Dinin, Co-Founder, Lead Developer, RocketBolt »

Degree and Year:  BA 2013 Professional Title:  Literary Assistant Employer:  Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.   Professional Background:  Editorial intern at One Story magazine and Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success?:  If I hadn't been an English major, I would never have made the connections I needed to succeed in the publishing industry today. The Duke in New York: Arts and Media program helped… read more about English Alum - Holly Hilliard, Literary Assistant, Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. »

Degree and Year:  BA 2009 Professional Title:  Doctor Employer:  NYU Langone Medical Center   Professional Background:  After graduation, I went to medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a prominent medical school in New York City known for both its commitment to East Harlem and to the humanities. After this, I matched at NYU Langone Medical Center for internal medicine residency training.   How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your… read more about English Alum - Amar Parikh, Doctor, NYU Langone Medical Center »

Degree and Year:  BA 2010 Professional Title:  Software Engineer Employer:  Google   Professional Background:  After graduating, I did an M.A. in Comparative Literature and another in Computational Linguistics before moving to my current role. How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success?:  Duke's English program imparted to me the an appreciation for possibility. I try to see the world in terms of learning opportunity, rather than as… read more about English Alum - Cory Massaro, Software Engineer, Google »

Degree and Year:  BA 2007 Professional Title:  Vice President, Senior Payments & Cash Management Sales Officer Employer:  HSBC Bank USA   Professional Background:  Financial services sales professional at DTCC, JPMorgan Chase and HSBC Bank USA How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success?:  I never intended to go into finance. Sure, I was fine with math but I couldn't model and I-banking sounded atrocious to me. I quickly learned… read more about English Alum - William Cano, Vice President, HSBC Bank USA  »

Degree and Year:  BA 2013 Professional Title:  Project Management Associate Employer:  BlackRock   Professional Background:  Before transitioning to my current role, I was a client services Analyst at BlackRock. My role involved providing day-to-day technology support to users of a complicated investment platform. In this role, I leveraged the communication skills I learned at Duke to explain complex processes in a simple manner.   How has being an English graduate from Duke… read more about English Alum - Allison LeCavalier, Project Management Associate, BlackRock »

DURHAM, N.C. -- With the help of a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Duke University is creating a program that will enhance the curriculum and expand career opportunities for doctoral students in the humanities. The three-year grant from the NEH will be matched with a similar amount of funding from the university.  Duke is one of three recipients of an implementation grant, along with the University of Chicago and the University of Delaware. The program will support skills training… read more about NEW PROGRAM TO EXPAND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS »

English 182S-01 - Reading Historically:  Memory in Early Modern Lit Instructor:  Astrid Giugni, TuTh 3:05-4:20p.m. ​ English 184S-01 - Readings in Genre  Instructor:  Victor Strandberg, TuTh 10:05-11:20a.m.   English 184S-01 - Readings in Genre:  Political Drama Instructor:  Corina Stan, WF 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   What are Gateway Courses In English? Gateway courses are entry-… read more about What Gateway Courses Are Offered Fall 2016? »

Degree and Year:  BA 1987 Professional Title:  Professor of Social Work Employer:  The University of Texas at Austin   Professional Background:  Clinical Social Worker for 12 years before Ph.D.; Addictions therapist, now researcher; Founder of Austin's first sober high school, University High School   How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success?:  Writing is absolutely key to my success as a scholar -- also, I teach an… read more about English Alum - Lori Holleran Steiker, PhD, UT Regents & Distinguished Professor »

With deep sadness, we announce the news that Dale B.J. Randall passed away on Sunday, July 24.   Dale was a respected scholar in Renaissance literature and an integral part of both the English department and the Theater Studies department.  He will be missed by all who knew him.   A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, August 6, 2016  in the Few Chapel located at Croasdaile Village, 2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway, Durham, NC.  The family will receive friends following the service… read more about In Memory: Professor Emeritus Dale B.J. Randall (1929-2016) »

Degree and Year:  BA 2007 Professional Title:  Small Business Owner Employer:  Echo Online Advertising   Professional Background:  Corporate Advertising   How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success?:  Advertising without both a strong command of the written language and an authentic understanding of how to effectively communicate an entire brand or idea through mere words is like fishing without a hook. An English degree from… read more about English Alum - Elizabeth Brantley, Owner of Echo Online Advertising »

Degree and Year:  BA 2006 Professional Title:  Marketing Director Employer:  Cardlytics   Professional Background:  I joined Google's ad sales team after graduating Duke and eventually transferred to Google Beijing's growing team. There I served in several roles including Account Executive, sales trainer, and Agency Partnership Manager, and Industry Analyst Manager. I later followed my director to lead marketing at a Chinese mobile accessories brand Anker. I have since returned to the U.… read more about English Alum - Caroline Sturm, Marketing Director, Cardlytics »

The English Department would like to congratulate three members of its faculty for accomplishments that have recently garnered professional recognition. Judith Ruderman (English) has won the 2017 Harry T. Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement in D.H. Lawrence Studies, given by the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America. The award recognizes her important contributions to Lawrence studies, especially books on Lawrence’s works on race and identity.  Toril Moi is one of 66 scholars elected… read more about Recent Faculty Recognition »

Duke Today Doctoral students in the humanities know they’ll be entering a tight job market. This summer, four Duke students gained an edge by building their pedagogical skills at the National Humanities Center in Durham. Each student chose a text that addresses elements of a standard high school curriculum in American history or literature and created an online National Humanities Center lesson for high school teachers. Johnnie Holland, a Ph.D. student in History,… read more about Preparing for Job Market, Grad Students Create Online Lessons for Humanities Center »

Degree and Year:  BA 2008 Professional Title:  Magazine Editor/Novelist Employer:  GQ Magazine/Conde Nast   Professional Background:  I'm a senior editor at GQ Magazine in New York. After graduating from Duke in 2008, I interned at Slate Magazine and then started at GQ as an editorial assistant. I've worked at several levels of the magazine, and today I mostly edit and write feature stories. Additionally, my debut novel will be published by Little, Brown in spring 2017.   How has… read more about English Alum - Daniel Riley, Magazine Editor/Novelist, GQ Magazine/Conde Nast »

Degree and Year:  BA 2010 Professional Title:  Emerging Artist  Employer:  Boston Lyric Opera (I am also a freelancer, singing often in the New England area, and this summer (2016) making a role debut in San Diego)   Professional Background:  After graduating from Duke, I moved to Boston to pursue my MM in Voice Performance. Since finishing my masters, I've performed regionally quite a bit, and have recently landed probably the most exciting gig I've gotten to date: I'll be a 2016-… read more about English Alum - Sara Womble, Emerging Artist, Boston Lyric Opera »

Degree and Year:  BA 1999 Professional Title:  VP - Legal Counsel Employer:  Belk, Inc.   Professional Background:  In-House attorney at Belk; Attorney at Alston & Bird LLP; Law Clerk for The Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia How has being an English graduate from Duke University helped shape your professional success?:  Being an English graduate from Duke prepared me well for law school and for being a lawyer.… read more about English Alum - Stacy (Smith) Gray, VP - Legal Counsel, Belk, Inc. »

When I was at Duke, I was able, with the help of English Department Dean Ellen Wittig, to combine English Literature, Creative Writing, Women's Studies and Public Policy into an interdisciplinary degree. At the time, I had no idea what my plan was -- I just knew these were courses -- taught by Jim Applewhite, Reynolds Price, Deborah Pope, Bruce Payne, Alex Harris - that made me keenly aware of the greater challenges in world around me, and changed how I saw my place in it. I became compelled to use my voice to change the… read more about English Alum - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Science Journalist, Author, Lecturer »

The Department of English is pleased to announce the following awards for the Fall 2015-Spring 2016 academic year: Stanley E. Fish Award for Outstanding Work in British Literature Matthew T. King, “The Centrality of Courtship: Wooing Katherine and the Meaning of Henry V” Barbara Herrnstein Smith Award for Outstanding Work in Literary Theory Shae Van Wagoner, “Clean Violence and Tainted Life: Immunization and the Birth of the Infected Community” Louis… read more about Department Announces Awards For the 2015-16 Academic Year »

Schutte Senior Writing Award  Gwen Hawkes NON-FICTIONGeorge Lucaci Award for Creative Nonfiction (co-winners) Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi, “A Summer of Eggplant” Rosa Yang, “Telling Time” POETRYAcademy of American Poets Prize  1st: Sarah Darwiche, “little party” 2nd: Natasha Derenzinski-Choo, “The Day Earth Was Born” Anne Flexner Memorial Award for creative writing in Poetry  1st: Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi, “… read more about 2016 Creative Writing Award Winners »

The Executive Committee of the D. H. Lawrence Society of North America (DHLSNA) has named Judith Ruderman, Visiting Professor in the English at Duke University and Paul Poplawski, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester as recipients of the 2017 Harry T. Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lawrence Studies.  The Harry T. Moore Award was first awarded in 1984 to James Cowan and was last presented to Lindeth Vassey at the Gargnano Conference in 2014. This award will be conferred at the 14th… read more about Judith Ruderman Has Been Named Winner of the 2017 Harry T. Moore Award  »

Durham, NC - With the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death coming this Saturday, the Department of English invited members of the Duke community to celebrate the bard's work with a marathon reading of his sonnets at three sites across campus. The readings in Bostock Library, Duke Gardens and the Levine Science Research Center covered all 154 sonnets. Duke President Richard H. Brodhead and his wife Cindy joined in during the session at Duke Gardens. The reading follows on the heels of a marathon Paradise Lost… read more about Watch the Duke Community in a Marathon Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets »

Durham, NC - Srinivas Aravamudan, professor of English and former dean of the humanities at Duke, died on Wednesday. He was 54. Aravamudan, a scholar of 18th-century British and French literature and postcolonial literature, was also a champion of the humanities, committed to nurturing and promoting their role in contemporary society. At Duke, his leadership included serving as director of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, as dean of the humanities and as director of the Humanities Writ Large initiative.… read more about Duke Flags Lowered: Humanities Advocate Srinivas Aravamudan Dies »

Tsitsi Jaji was awarded the First Book Award by the African Literature Association during their annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, this past weekend for her work Africa in Stereo: Modernism, Music, and Pan-African Solidarity. Africa in Stereo analyzes how African have engaged with African American music and its representations in the long twentieth century (1890-2011) to offer a new cultural history attesting to pan-Africanism's ongoing and… read more about Tsitsi Jaji Awarded African Literature Association Prize »

Duke Today | November 22, 2015 DURHAM, NC – Duke University seniors Laura Roberts of Dallas and John “Jay” Ruckelshaus of Indianapolis were among the 32 recipients selected this weekend for prestigious Rhodes Scholarships. Roberts is a Global Human Rights Scholar and Lowell Aptman Prize finalist. Ruckelshaus is a Harry S. Truman Scholar and Angier B. Duke Scholar. They were chosen from among 869 applicants at 316 colleges and universities throughout the country, and are the 44th and 45th students in Duke'… read more about Two Duke Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars »

We celebrate the life of Wallace "Wally" Jackson. He was our mentor, colleague, and a former chairman of the English Department. We continue to be inspired by his lifelong pursuit of learning and his passion for teaching. November 23, 1930 – November 29, 2015 Wallace “Wally” Jackson passed away early Sunday. He was attended by his loving partner, Waltraud Bernstein. Dr. Jackson was Professor Emeritus of English at Duke University, where he taught and continued his studies for more than 35 years. He was a… read more about In Memory: Professor Emeritus Wallace “Wally” Jackson (1929-2015) »