Several English Students enjoyed internships over the past year in a variety of industries. Click here to learn more about Dakota Rose’s experience with Moonslinger Productions. Dakota is an English and Theatre Studies double major with a minor in Writing Across the Arts who landed a highly competitive internship with Moonslinger Productions, the company led by […]
On June 1, SMU installed Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah as the new Elisabeth-Martin-Armstrong Dean of the Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences. He joined SMU from Tulane University, where he served as Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Chemistry. With 17 years at Tulane, his research has focused on nanobiotechnology and advanced materials, including bio-inspired […]
Recent English Department alum Fiona Graybill, class of 2025, has taken on the position of Administrative and Communications Support Coordinator at the LBJ Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Congratulations, Fiona!
Vincent Mennella’s article, titled “Calidore innamorato: Spenser’s Allegory of Courtesy and the Renaissance Poetics of Heroism Arising from Erotic Desire in The Faerie Queene,” was recently accepted for publication in Philological Quarterly. Congratulations, Vincent!
Jody Keahey’s Reflection: This summer I had the pleasure of interning for Dr. Seemee Ali with the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. I was onboarded by the Dallas Institute to aid in the planning and orchestration of the Sue Rose Summer Institute, an event held annually by the Dallas Institute that offers free professional […]
Ilo Takamatsu’s Reflection: Last semester in an English class, I wrote an essay on a novel published in the early 1700s, titled Fantomina. I didn’t think that essay would be anything more than another product of the last two weeks of the semester, which I spent running on three hours of sleep and a few […]
PhD Student Rosanne Brooks won a Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Graduate Student Summer Research and Writing Fellowship. She also was awarded a research grant from the Society for Theatre Research in the UK. Congratulations, Rosanne!
PhD student Arundhati Ghosh presented at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Her presentation was titled “The Risks of Bridging Haraway’s Great Divides as Represented in Tender is the Flesh.” Congratulations, Arundhati!
Lindsey McClure was chosen to participate in Imagallamh, the Kylemore Summer School for Irish Studies run by the University of Notre Dame. The theme for this year was “Ireland and France,” with one week at UND’s Kylemore campus in West Ireland and one week in Paris at the Centre Culturel Irlandais (Irish Cultural Center) and […]
Dakota Rose’s Reflection: This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to intern with Emmy-nominated Soo Hugh’s production company, Moonslinger Productions. During my internship, I explored both administrative and creative aspects of the film and TV industry. I learned to properly analyze literary materials in various stages of the production process, from manuscripts and story outlines […]