
English in the News
UCF English Faculty Band Earns Grammy Consideration
September 16, 2026 Ghost Peppers’ debut album, No Borders, and its song “Court of Love Reggae Raga Version” have been entered for consideration in two Global Music categories for the upcoming Grammy Awards.
The Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Creative Futures Awards Open for Applications Sept. 15
September 14, 2026 Applications for the Pabst Steinmetz Creative Futures Awards are open from Tuesday, Sept. 15, through Thursday, Dec. 11, 2026. Two UCF research teams will be selected to receive $25,000 each.
UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online
September 08, 2026 The project will engage undergraduate and graduate students to transform the dictionaries into searchable digital editions, preserving the texts that helped define and document American English.
College of Arts and Humanities Announces Department and School Leadership Appointments
August 12, 2026 The UCF College of Arts and Humanities will welcome new and returning academic leaders this fall.
Faculty Bookshelf
Sarah Singer
Singer, Sarah Ann. The Patient Empowerment Paradox: Lyme Disease Rhetoric and Contested Health Literacies. University of South Carolina Press, 2026.
Christian Beck
Saying the Unsayable: Essays and Meditations on the Ineffability of Aesthetic Experiences. With John Venecek. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.
Anastasia Salter
Salter, Anastasia. Undertale: Can a Game Give Hope? University of Chicago Press (In Production, October 2025).
Barry Jason Mauer
Lewandowsky, Stephan, et al. The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding. 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15510834
Emily Kuzneski Johnson
Johnson, Emily K., and Anastasia Salter. Critical Making in the Age of AI. Amherst College Press, 2025. ISBN 978-1-943208-96-8 (Open Access). https://services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/C/Critical-Making-in-the-Age-of-AI3
Anastasia Salter
Johnson, Emily, and Anastasia Salter. Critical Making in the Age of AI. Amherst College Press (In Production, April 2025).

