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Congratulations Madeleine Orwick for receiving the 2026 Undergraduate Research Award!This award recognizes students for ...
05/14/2026

Congratulations Madeleine Orwick for receiving the 2026 Undergraduate Research Award!

This award recognizes students for exceptional research and information literacy skills. Madeleine’s research was for a paper for an internship at the Stowe Center.

The paper is called Network of Care: Sarah Layten & Her Contribution to Black Women’s Organizational Leadership Between 1900-1950.

We are so proud to have you in the English major community🧚‍♀️

I spy with my little eye…English projects at CREATE conference 2026! Congrats to all our English faculty advisees! Emily...
05/12/2026

I spy with my little eye…English projects at CREATE conference 2026!

Congrats to all our English faculty advisees!

Emily Bartoshevich (Dr. Speicher)
Nova Hernandez (Dr. Garcia)
Jillian Martin (Dr. McNeil)
Allison McElfresh (Dr. Speicher)
Madeleine Orwick (Dr. Speicher)
Sulema Perez-Pagan (Dr. McNeil)
Taylor Thompson (Dr. Speicher)
Muriel Stankeviciute (Dr. Donaghy)
Elise Clark (Dr. Donaghy)
Stephanie Galaburri (Dr. Donaghy)
Colby Gonsowski (Dr. Donaghy)
Kendall Garrity (Dr. Donaghy)
Ashley Easton (Dr. Donaghy)
Ace Straynj (Dr. Mama)
Sean Crisci (Dr. Torockio)
Helena Dombkowski (Dr. Torockio)
William Dube (Dr. Torockio)
Ian Harrington (Dr. Torockio)
Cory Jennings-DuBois (Dr. Torockio)
Vivian Lubinsky (Dr. Torockio)
Claus McNeilly (Dr. Torockio)
Skylar Mink (Dr. Torockio)
Julianna Concepcion (Dr. DeRosa)
Alexandra Ruales Ramirez (Dr. DeRosa)
Victoria Reyes (Dr. DeRosa)
Shannon Carbonell (Dr. DeRosa)
Gabriella Beams (Dr. Speicher)
Jennifer Canavan (Dr. Ferruci)
Savannah Duursema (Dr. Speicher)
Natasha Frisch (Dr. DeRosa)
Chelsea Newton (Dr. Chirico)
Leilani Staley (Dr. Chirico)
Julia Trainor (Dr. Speicher)

Eastern Sophomore of English Cushaiah Barnes is a critical reader as well as someone notably well-versed in close, insig...
05/06/2026

Eastern Sophomore of English Cushaiah Barnes is a critical reader as well as someone notably well-versed in close, insightful literary analysis. These skills were certainly utilized in a recent essay of hers, in which she carefully breaks down themes of speciesism, nature, and humanity in the twelfth century lai, “Bisclavret”.

Learn more about Cushaiah, her essay, and her reading and writing process on our WordPress, or at the link below!

https://easternenglishdepartmentcom.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/literature-lais-and-life-reading-critically-with-cushaiah-barnes/

Julia Trainor gets published! 📒Featured in the Spring 2026 COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges) Journal: Met...
05/05/2026

Julia Trainor gets published! 📒

Featured in the Spring 2026 COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges) Journal: Metamorphosis, she published her senior research titled: Broken Mirrors: Defining the Three Types of Memories in Dystopian Literature.

Abstract: “This study focuses on the three types of memory found across dystopian literature from the twentieth century forward: Historical memory is formed around collective cultural experiences and past events. Virtual memory focuses on the use of technology to archive lived experience. Personal memory stems from the individuals’ experience. Drawing on texts ranging from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915) to recent novels such as The Circle (2013) by Dave Eggers, I argue that in dystopian texts the role of memory has shifted over time: in older works the dystopian regimes attempt to erase memory; in newer works, to replace it. Although there has been plenty of research regarding dystopian literature throughout the years, scholarship has centered on limning the characteristics of the genre and applying feminist theory. Directing attention to memory within these texts allows us to appreciate the intertextual relationship between novels past, present, and future. Reading these texts in tandem can inspire us to consider how these fictional societies mirror our own.“

Check out others in the journal:
https://www.coplac.org/metamorphosis (link in bio)

‘Twas the morning before English Night….AFTER PARTY LOCATION CHANGE: STU 217See you later for English Night from 4-5:30!...
04/30/2026

‘Twas the morning before English Night….
AFTER PARTY LOCATION CHANGE: STU 217

See you later for English Night from 4-5:30! Stop by to see all the Senior Capstone Projects ❤️ in the Betty Tipton Room!

Then, join us after for ice cream floats and bookmark/frame making🍦

Help us reach our English Warriors Give goal!LINK IN BIO!When the Eastern community raises $3,000 across English funds a...
04/29/2026

Help us reach our English Warriors Give goal!
LINK IN BIO!

When the Eastern community raises $3,000 across English funds and scholarships, a $2,500 challenge gift from the Kalbers will support the Barbara C. Daring Endowed Scholarship, helping expand opportunities for students.

Eastern’s English Department fosters creative thinking and analytical skills, empowering students to apply these abilities across writing, digital media, and real-world contexts.

Through coursework in composition, literary studies, creative writing, and linguistics, students build strong communication skills and explore career paths in fields like law, teaching, and publishing.

Gifts in support of English help expand scholarship access and create opportunities for students to develop their voice, strengthen their skills, and prepare for a wide range of careers.

https://alumni.easternct.edu/g/warriors-give/english3

Senior Muriel Stankeviciute gets her poems published! ✍️✍️A senior at Eastern double majoring in English and psychology,...
04/29/2026

Senior Muriel Stankeviciute gets her poems published! ✍️✍️

A senior at Eastern double majoring in English and psychology, was able to publish two poems in the Holy Family University’s national undergraduate journal.

You can find both “Onsera” and “Woman” on their website under Spring 2026: Folio 49! Or on the next slides.

Congrats Muriel on this awesome accomplishment! ⭐️⭐️

https://www.foliomagazine.org/folio-49/project-four-l3zw3-dk9py-xcmem-llk7k-cnfna-rppxe-2y4kl-hrs5c-mk27g-x6bjc-63bcp

English Night is THIS THURSDAY (4/30)! And that means it is time to party 🎉 In the space between Hurley, Mead, and Occum...
04/28/2026

English Night is THIS THURSDAY (4/30)!

And that means it is time to party 🎉

In the space between Hurley, Mead, and Occum, Sigma Tau Delta will provide ice cream floats, frame/bookmark making, and a photo booth to honor class of ‘26!

This will begin at 5:30! See you there ☺️

Writers at Work: Inside the Draft 📝 Zavier Garcia ECSU Senior of English and Theater and Performance Media Zavier Garcia...
04/18/2026

Writers at Work: Inside the Draft 📝 Zavier Garcia

ECSU Senior of English and Theater and Performance Media Zavier Garcia is not only a talented writer, but an enjoyer of coming-of-age films, too. His recent essay, a cross-cultural film analysis, allowed him to explore storytelling in film in ways he had not yet before.

Learn more about this piece, Zavier, and his writing process at the link below!

easternenglishdepartmentcom.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/analyzing-culture-in-film-with-zavier-garcia/

TONIGHT (4/9) 5:30PM 🗓️ A Fiction Reading in SCIENCE 301 by author Christine Kandic Torres.A Q&A and book signing will i...
04/09/2026

TONIGHT (4/9) 5:30PM 🗓️ A Fiction Reading in SCIENCE 301 by author Christine Kandic Torres.

A Q&A and book signing will immediately follow the reading.

This event is free and open to the public.

Born and raised in Queens, NY with Puerto Rican and Croatian roots, Christine is a proud graduate of New York City public education, including the City University of New York, Brooklyn College. Christine now lives in Connecticut where she is the fiction editor of the Connecticut Literary Anthology series from Woodhall Press.

Would love to see you at this event! 🧡🩷

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