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Biennial award recognizes English professor’s extraordinary support of early career feminist scholars and her lasting impact on the academic community.

Doctoral student Olivia Mathers uncovers medieval history’s surprising connections to contemporary culture through literature, gaming, and fantasy.

Jordan Ho ‘27 analyzes the proliferation of Chaucer’s form in the Canterbury Tales with the utopian possibilities in Patience Agbabi’s Telling Tales

This past summer, four English Major students were able to receive funding from the Lehigh University English Department for summer internships and other experiential learning activities.

Emily Weissbourd, assistant professor of English, talks about her new book "Bad Blood" which explores representations of race in dramas from early modern England and Spain.

Ashlee Simon, doctoral student in English, studies literature of the Victorian period. Simon’s studies combine her interests in literature and the history of medicine, addiction and toxicology – an approach that fits well with Lehigh’s emphasis on interdisciplinary study.

Visiting Assistant Professor of English Laura Marie Marciano works with a close-knit group of creative friends to push the boundaries of both her art and her teaching.

Professor Michael Kramp and Sarita Mizin '15G seek to contextualize the The Doom of the Great City (1880) with primary source appendices and resources to support scholarly and teaching conversations related to the story's themes as they bring it back into circulation.

Amaya Apolinario, a double major in English and Japanese, was accepted to the competitive Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. With more than 55 countries around the world currently participating, JET offers a unique cultural exchange opportunity to meet people from all around the world, living and working in Japan. It is the only teaching exchange program managed by the government of Japan. As an Assistant Language Teacher for JET, Amaya will embark this summer on a year-long stay in Japan, serving as an aid to a Japanese educator teaching English to K-12 students.