Call for FAU Next Wave Graduate Fellowships: In the interest of promoting diversity in the College, supporting scholarship and creative achievement on a vital area of the globe, and in proactively confronting issues that...

Congratulations to Instructor (and MFA alum) Stephanie Anderson! Anderson's essay "What the Prairie Dog Knows," published in TriQuarterly (Winter/Spring 2020), received a Pushcart Prize Honorable Mention. Stephanie Anderson...

Congratulations to MFA alum Aiden Baker on publication of their short story—"Blue Faced Honeyeater"—in Witness. From "Blue Faced Honeyeater": "Over the years, my wife developed peculiar habits. The strangest, my favorite,...

Congratulations to 2021 Kossoff Pen-to-Paper Essay Contest Winners! This year, three of our own English Department students were recognized for their writing: Gracie Wipfli (BA English), Darlene Antoine (BA English), and...

Course descriptions for Spring 2022 upper-division classes are available online.

Congratulations to Mary Faraci on being awarded Professor Emeritus status! Mary Faraci started at Florida Atlantic University in 1972 and retired at the end of summer 2020—after a 47 year career of mentoring, teaching,...

Christy Tidwell interviewed Prof. Balkan as part of ASLE's Scholar of the Month announcement and an excerpt is below. "Long before I would submit my first essay to ISLE on the aesthetics of global toxicity, I was keenly aware...

Mark your calendars for our November Brown Bag talk on November 8 at 2pm! Melissa Criscuolo will be presenting a draft of her upcoming conference presentation for NEMLA: “The Write Kind of Change: Literature as Social Activism.”...

Congratulations to MFA alum Meryl D'sa-Wilson on publication of her article—"Gen Z Has Been Practicing for the Future of Work Since Childhood — Ready Or Not, Here They Come"—in The Rosie Report. From the description...

Natalie J. Graham, a native of Gainesville, Florida, earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Florida and Ph.D. in American Studies at Michigan State University as a University Distinguished Fellow. Since...