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Wisland Earns Scholarship, Studies AIDS Crisis, His Father

Creative writing doctoral student, Kirk Wisland

Kirk Wisland, creative writing doctoral student, conducted research for his nonfiction project on his family history and the AIDS crisis. He was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: My father will probably die of […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:41 pmResearch

Robbins Earns Scholarship, Researches Richard Hugo in Montana

Derek Robbins, creative writing doctoral student

Derek Robbins, creative writing doctoral student, visited Missoula, MT, as part of his epistolary poem project on Richard Hugo. He was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: For the last few years, I’ve been writing […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:28 pmResearch

Pretorius Earns Scholarship, Conducts Research in South Africa

Michelle Pretorius, creative writing doctoral student

Michelle Pretorius, creative writing doctoral student, traveled to South Africa and conducted research at the National Library Archives in Cape Town. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: In fiction, the idea of research […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:19 pmResearch

Masterson Earns Scholarship, Heads to Folger Shakespeare Library

Kelly Masterson, doctoral student of English

Kelly Masterson’s work on Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona took her to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., this summer. A doctoral student of English, she was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:16 pmResearch

Distel Earns Scholarship, Travels to Princeton University

English doctoral student Kristin Distel

Kristin Distel, doctoral student in English, visited Princeton University’s archival libraries and examined Toni Morrison’s drafts, lecture notes, and correspondence. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: As a recipient of a summer scholarship […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:06 pmResearch

Benham Earns Scholarship, Studies Literature Nursing Manuals in London

English department alumni and post-doctoral fellow Renee Benham

Renee Benham, a doctoral candidate in English, traveled to London to research nursing in 19th-century literature. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: “Beyond Nightingale: The Transformation of Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Literature” Nursing programs […]

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October 10, 2016 at 11:51 amResearch

English Major Lands Dream Internship at Melville House

Hannah Koerne

by Kristin M. Distel Hannah Koerner, a senior English major and Honors Tutorial College student at OHIO, spent her summer completing the internship of her dreams—an editorship with Melville House publishing company in Brooklyn, NY. This extremely competitive internship was one of 30 for which Koerner applied. “The application process […]

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October 3, 2016 at 11:11 amNews