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SMU English’s 2022-2024 Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing Wins Prestigious Donald Hall Prize for Poetry

Samyak Shertok, a Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing from 2022-2024, has been awarded the prestigious Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, a remarkable recognition within the poetry community. This national award, which is part of the Association of Writers & Writing Program’s Award Series, celebrates exceptional emerging poets, and Samyak’s achievement is a testament to the […]

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Dallas Observer highlights Professor Sanderia Faye’s work in building Dallas’ literary community

Click here to read a feature in the Dallas Observer highlighting Professor Sanderia Faye’s career and role as a “champion community builder” of Dallas’ literary scene.

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Announcing the SMU Climate Science Research Fund

The SMU Earth Hazards and National Security Research Cluster is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Climate Science Research Fund. This fund will provide support to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty to collect primary data relevant to climate science and/or conduct research focused on modern environmental and climate change.

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Academic Writing for the Public: A Workshop for Humanities Ph.D. Students

At the end of the spring semester, the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, in conjunction with the SMU English department, hosted the inaugural Academic Writing for the Public Workshop. From May 20th to May 23rd, PhD students in the humanities learned how to frame their scholarly pursuits for the public and received focused […]

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PhD student article to be published in Ethnic Studies Review

Kendall Dinniene, a PhD student in English, has an article forthcoming in Ethnic Studies Review titled “A Sensual People, and Doomed: Anti-Fatness and/as Anti-Mexican Racism in America’s First Mass Medium.”

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PhD student awarded grant, DCII summer fellowship

Lindsey McClure, a PhD student in the English Department, has been selected for the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute’s inaugural Graduate Student Summer Research and Writing Fellowship Program. She was awarded a $3,000 grant in support of her research. Congratulations, Lindsey!

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Professor Wheeler wins Provost’s Faculty Career Achievement Award

Congratulations to Professor Bonnie Wheeler, who received the Faculty Career Achievement Award from Provost Loboa!

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Professor Condon wins Provost’s Faculty Career Achievement Award

Congratulations to Professor Katie Condon, who received the Faculty Career Achievement Award from Provost Loboa!

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Professor Darryl Dickson-Carr named Prothro service award winner

Congratulations to Professor Darryl Dickson-Carr, named a winner of the 2024 Caren Prothro Faculty Service award, “for a record of exceptional service to SMU and the larger Dallas community, as exemplified by Caren Prothro.”

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Professor Smith snags pair of awards

Congratulations to Professor Sanderia Smith, who received both a research award from Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute and a Faculty Career Achievement Award from President Turner!