Oakland University English Department

08/09/2023

Great day for the English Department at OU’s “Teaching Race in America” conference featuring the amazing Nikole Hannah-Jones. Professors Apap, Anderson, Donahue, and Sullivan gave exciting presentations to packed audiences of area teachers.

08/31/2022

Big news! To mark the beginning of a new year, Oakland English is now on all of your favorite social media platforms! Please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok Oakland English

See you there!

“William Blake sends this back-to-school advice: Go! put off Holiness/ And put on Intellect.”

08/27/2021

And this one was written by Prof. Insko on behalf of faculty from multiple departments.

A few years ago, Oakland faculty members from across departments began gathering for informal conversations focused on their shared interest in sustainability on campus and beyond: how to minimize waste on campus, protect and nurture our green spaces, reduce the University’s carbon footprint, and ...

08/27/2021

This one is by Prof. A.W. Powell

Dear Grizzlies: Like the word “gerrymandering,” the phrase “contract negotiations” seems designed to make you tune out. Don’t. What’s happening in the contract negotiations between Oakland’s administration and faculty union right now will determine OU’s fate—and, by extension, the ...

08/27/2021

And here's a letter from Prof. Annie Gilson

I’m writing to address the troubling issues facing OU. I’ve been teaching here in the Department of English since 1999. For 22 years, I’ve had the privilege of learning with talented and inspiring students, staff, and teaching colleagues as we try to create futures that will give ourselves—a...

08/27/2021

OU faculty are currently in contract negotiations with the university. Things are not going well. In a series of letters to the Oakland Post, English department faculty have been explaining why. Here comes a series of posts, starting with Prof. Andrea Knutson

I’m a member of Oakland University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and while our bargaining team undergoes contract negotiations (happening now during a temporary extension of our contract), I want to record how this impacts me, and by extension, possibly, other f...

03/09/2021

Exciting event! The Campus Alliance for Sustainability and the Environment (CASE-OU) is hosting filmmaker and climate activist Bill Latka tomorrow. All are welcome! Pleas join us via zoom. 11:30 am-1 pm.

06/29/2020

Attention OU English, Film, and Creative Writing Students: Want a sneak preview of your Fall 2020–Winter 2021 classes? Haven't registered but curious about a class that's being offered? Class moved online and not sure what to expect? New to OU and want to get to know us? Want to meet your professor, and maybe some of your future classmates?

The Oakland University English Department is delighted to announce a series of virtual meet-and-greets over the month of July, where you can meet and chat with faculty members teaching classes in Fall 2020 and Winter 2021.

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04/27/2020

And here is Prof. Insko on the recent passing of the songwriter John Prine:

The John Prine song you need to hear just now is “We Are the Lonely.” It’s not the best song off Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings — that would probably be the hauntingly death-filled narrative “Lake Mar…

04/27/2020

We hope everyone is safe and made it through the stressful and difficult transition-semester. Here's (hopefully) to better days ahead. Please enjoy Prof. McCarty lovely essay on t-shirts of the 80s as your reward.

I circled the Vuarnet store in SoHo twice before entering, self-conscious for a variety of reasons: on one level, for instance, I knew I was too old to be shopping there. It wasn’t a holdover of th…

10/22/2019

Packed house for the 32nd annual Maurice Brown poetry reading featuring Dunya Mikhail— and musicians!