Department Archives: English

UCF English graduate Jaquira Díaz ’06 was named as one of the 10 winners of the 2020 Whiting Award for emerging writers, earning her a $50,000 prize. Her debut memoir, Ordinary Girls, is about her challenging childhood growing up in the projects of Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, and her coming of age.

We may all be at home, but our UCF artists are still creating! We’ve created a new site compiling the creative activities of UCF’s isolated artists for everyone to enjoy. Go Knights, Arts On!

Peter Telep, a senior instructor in the Department of English, talks about why nostalgic toys hold power over us.

The College of Arts and Humanities has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel many upcoming events, including UCF Celebrates the Arts.

English student Taylor Pryor is one of 24 students to receive UCF’s most prestigious student award, Order of Pegasus.

UCF alumni Roland Williams and Wiletha Williams share their experience as some of the university’s first students.

Department of English faculty member Micah Dean Hicks has been named a 2020 NEA Creative Writing fellow.

English alumnus Cody Miller was awarded the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2016.

Discover the perfect book to cozy up with over winter break among a list of seven of the College of Arts and Humanities’ most recent faculty publications.

Dr. Sonia Stephens of English and Texts & Technology is part of the team developing the program. She is a co-principal investigator of the project.