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 Leni Zumas interviewed
Joy Williams
for
Always Apprentices: The Believer Presents Twenty-two Conversations Between Writers, A McSweeney's anthology, March 2013.
 Amy Greenstadt presented a paper, “Unknown
Sovereignty: Performative Chastity in Measure for Measure,” at the Shakespeare Association of America Conference on March 28th.
 Anoop Mirpuri presented a paper, “The Neoliberal State and
the Vicissitudes of Civilian Life,” as part of a panel titled “The Lives of Empire: Oak Creek, Racialization, and Violence” at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian
American Studies in Seattle.
 Per Henningsgaard presented “Digital Publishing
and the Future of Place-Based Literatures” at the annual conference of the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 16th.
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Tom Fisher
Paul Collins
Leni Zumas
Susan Reese
Per Henningsgaard
Abbey Gaterud
Presented
Marie Lo
Amy Greenstadt
Anoop Mirpuri
Awards
Marcia Klotz
Susan Kirtley
Leni Zumas
Grants
Leerom Medovoi
John Smyth
Marcia Klotz
Joel Bettridge
Bill Knight
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students with a diversity of interests, and academic and professional backgrounds. By studying literature, rhetoric,
composition, and critical theory, students in the Department of English acquire experience in intertextual and
cross-disciplinary inquiry represented by many cultures and historical periods. They learn critical approaches
to texts and issues that enable them to interpret and compare positions, to read closely, critically, and with
empathy, to conduct research, to weigh evidence, and to write with insight and expertise. To learn more about us, please
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2013 Kellogg Awards Winners
Congratulations to all award recipients at this year's Department of English Kellogg Awards Ceremony. We would also like to extend a special thanks to the
donors of the awards, without whom this very special annual event would not be possible.
Jack Halberstam, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies, and Comparative Literature at USC,
spoke at this year's ceremony, which was held on Monday, May 13, 2013.
See the list of award winners.
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English Department Commencement Ceremony
Mark your calendars! The English Department is holding its First Annual Commencement Ceremony!
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Date: Saturday, June 15
Location: SMSU 238 (The Browsing Lounge)
All undergraduate English majors eligible to “Walk” at PSU Commencement are invited to participate in our department revels. Please RSVP with the number attending by
May 15th to eng@pdx.edu. Reception to follow. Caps and Gowns optional!
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Summer 2013
Whether you are a current PSU student, or planning to enter for the first time this fall, Summer Session at PSU is a great way to catch up or get ahead!
Registration opens May 6th and classes begin June 24th.
See Summer 2013 Course Descriptions for ideas. If you want
to know more about the instructor, see Faculty Profiles.
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Fall 2013 Course Descriptions
Fall 2013 Course Descriptions are available now. Check back often for updates! Fall term begins on Monday, September 30th.
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Spring 2013 Faculty Office Hours
Prepare for a successful academic year: communicate with your faculty!
Spring 2013 office hours, email addresses, and office numbers are available
here.
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Good News !
Ooligan Press's latest young adult novel,
Blue Thread,
won the Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature at the 2013
Oregon Book Awards.
Congratulations to the author, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, and to all
the students at Ooligan Press who made this possible!
Susan Kirtley has had her book Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass nominated
for an Eisner Award in the Best Educational/Academic Work category.
The Eisners are known as the “Oscars of Comics.”
Leni Zumas was selected for GOOD Magazine's List of “100 People Pushing the World
Forward.” Created in 2009, the GOOD 100 was designed to identify and honor people who drive change in their communities in creative and inspiring ways. Zumas' books Farewell and
The Listeners “give life to socially awkward outcasts and misfits” by drawing on her own experiences, according to GOOD.
Marcia Klotz received a fellowship award from the University of Chicago to participate in a summer research program with the
university's Eric Santner, chair of Germanic Studies.
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