Southwestern University English Department

12/06/2023

Congratulations to our 2023 Capstone class on a remarkable night of presentations!

09/21/2023

https://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/15888-meet-our-world-class-faculty-sonia-del-hierro

Meet out newest member of SUEnglish! We are so happy to have Professor Del Hierro with us!

A conversation with Assistant Professor of English Sonia Del Hierro.

09/12/2022

Join us in person or live stream with us as we present Authored by Alumni: An Evening with Katie Gutierrez ’06, More Than You’ll Ever Know on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. In partnership with the Southwestern University English Department, and introduction by Dr. Michael Saenger, Katie will discuss her book and answer questions from the audience.

Join us in person or live stream with us as we present Authored by Alumni: An Evening with Katie Gutierrez ’06, More Than You’ll Ever Know o...

04/26/2022

Congratulations to our own Dr Rebecca Evans for winning a 2022 SU teaching award! We’re so lucky to have her in the English Dept teaching everything from Science Fiction Film to Afrofuturism! And also much love to Senior English Major Colleen Roche for Evans’s stellar nomination!

04/20/2022

Today in Feminist Film Feminist Film Studies SU: Rosemary’s Baby and Puppies! You know you want to English!

11/30/2021

Capstones Tomorrow! Join us in person or remotely. See flier for program and details!

08/21/2021

White guilt is not the point. I hope that calling yourself an ally means that you will shoulder some of my anxiety and my pain. Your guilt/white guilt means nothing without action. When Black children are shot by police, I am traumatized. Not only because it could have been one of our students, b

08/10/2021

SU English Alum Chanea Wells Bond is a high school teacher and writer and an influential voice on Twitter. Her blog is a must-read for educators, activists, and anyone invested in anti-racist practices in real time. Check out, friends!

White guilt is not the point. I hope that calling yourself an ally means that you will shoulder some of my anxiety and my pain. Your guilt/white guilt means nothing without action. When Black children are shot by police, I am traumatized. Not only because it could have been one of our students, b

07/30/2021

Victorian Research Lab wrapping up an amazing summer of reading, thinking and conversation about empire, adolescence, serialization, bad BBC adaptations, super-weird 19th century novels, and how to diversify the Victorian syllabus!
Zoom cameo: Perla Cabrera, Ella Massaquoi, and Dr C.

06/02/2021

Alum Update Alert! Natalia Kapacinskas has a new dream job as an instructional librarian at University of Houston! She's always happy to connect with fellow English majors and Alums who might be interested in a career in library and information services!

University of Houston Libraries Website

04/29/2021

Thanks to everyone who attended our capstone presentations in English! Fabulous presentations and great audience questions! Without the opportunity for a formal portrait, we went the screen shot route in both Norm and Brady Bunch style.