Post Tagged with: "English News"

Creative Writing Alum Publishes Novel ‘Bite Somebody’

Sara Dobie Bauer

Bite Somebody, a novel by Ohio University alum Sara Dobie Bauer, was published with World Weaver Press this month. The novel has been met with praise, with several reviewers noting the novel’s witty and humorous characters. “Bite Somebody is the Pretty in Pink of vampire stories: fun, self-consciously retro, and […]

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June 22, 2016 at 8:19 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Meet the Orientation Leaders | Mercedes Lewis Met Best Friend at BSO

Mercedes Lewis

Mercedes Lewis ’17 met one of her best friends at BSO three years ago. Now she’s a Bobcat Student Orientation Leader passing on her passion for Ohio University to the Class of 2020. A junior English major, Lewis loves “being a part of the Bobcat family.” She also enjoys “yoga, […]

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June 16, 2016 at 3:54 pmNews

English Alum Heads to Bogotá on Fulbright Scholarship

Grace Pauley at the at El Cajas National Park outside Cuenca, Ecuador

Ohio University alum Grace Pauley ’16 has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to support her upcoming 10-month research project in Bogotá, Colombia. Pauley, who majored in English and minored in Spanish, finds that the combination of these majors has prepared her for an international research experience. She also has […]

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June 15, 2016 at 9:47 amAlumni News

English Doctoral Students and Professor Present at Conference

Aaron Babcock speaks at the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature

Three English doctoral students and one faculty member presented their work on June 3 at the 46th Annual Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature conference at Michigan State University. Third-year students Aaron Babcock and Kristin Distel co-chaired a panel titled “Gender, Androgyny, and the Inscrutable Body in Sherwood Anderson’s […]

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June 15, 2016 at 9:33 amNews

English Department Graduate Students Launch Literary Journal

English Department Graduate Students Launch Literary Journal

Three doctoral students in Ohio University’s English Department have launched a new online literary journal called Parlour: A Journal of Literary Criticism and Analysis. Carrie Ann Knauss serves as the editor-in-chief, while Priya Gupta acts as the managing issue editor, and Josh Davis is the managing web editor. Parlour is […]

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June 5, 2016 at 1:38 pmNews

Alum Talks about his Second Novel, ‘The Salted Air’

Thom Conroy

Manawatu Standard reporter Carly Thomas interviewed Ohio University alum Thom Conroy ’02Ph.D. about his newly released second novel, The Salted Air. Conroy is a senior lecturer at Massey University in New Zealand. He earned a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Being a […]

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June 5, 2016 at 11:39 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Two A&S Students Get Fulbright U.S. Student Program Awards

By Hayley Baldzicki Four Ohio University graduating seniors—including two from the College of Arts & Sciences—have been awarded Fulbright scholarships. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a unique program that provides awardees grants for individually designed study and research projects. Clare Lyons ’16, Grace Pauley ’16 and Cheyenne Weaver ’16 […]

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May 11, 2016 at 2:10 pmNews