Southwestern University English Department

Congratulations to our 2023 Capstone class on a remarkable night of presentations!

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Meet out newest member of SUEnglish! We are so happy to have Professor Del Hierro with us!

Meet Our World-Class Faculty: Sonia Del Hierro A conversation with Assistant Professor of English Sonia Del Hierro.

Join us in person or live stream with us as we present Authored by Alumni: An Evening with Katie Gutierrez ’06, More Than You’ll Ever Know on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. In partnership with the Southwestern University English Department, and introduction by Dr. Michael Saenger, Katie will discuss her book and answer questions from the audience.

Authored by Alumni: An Evening with Katie Gutierrez ’06, More Than You’ll Ever Know Join us in person or live stream with us as we present Authored by Alumni: An Evening with Katie Gutierrez ’06, More Than You’ll Ever Know o...

Congratulations to our own Dr Rebecca Evans for winning a 2022 SU teaching award! We’re so lucky to have her in the English Dept teaching everything from Science Fiction Film to Afrofuturism! And also much love to Senior English Major Colleen Roche for Evans’s stellar nomination!

Today in Feminist Film Feminist Film Studies SU: Rosemary’s Baby and Puppies! You know you want to English!

Capstones Tomorrow! Join us in person or remotely. See flier for program and details!

English Capstone Schedule flier

What I Wish My White Colleagues Knew — ChaneaBond.com White guilt is not the point. I hope that calling yourself an ally means that you will shoulder some of my anxiety and my pain. Your guilt/white guilt means nothing without action. When Black children are shot by police, I am traumatized. Not only because it could have been one of our students, b

SU English Alum Chanea Wells Bond is a high school teacher and writer and an influential voice on Twitter. Her blog is a must-read for educators, activists, and anyone invested in anti-racist practices in real time. Check out, friends!

What I Wish My White Colleagues Knew — ChaneaBond.com White guilt is not the point. I hope that calling yourself an ally means that you will shoulder some of my anxiety and my pain. Your guilt/white guilt means nothing without action. When Black children are shot by police, I am traumatized. Not only because it could have been one of our students, b

Victorian Research Lab wrapping up an amazing summer of reading, thinking and conversation about empire, adolescence, serialization, bad BBC adaptations, super-weird 19th century novels, and how to diversify the Victorian syllabus!
Zoom cameo: Perla Cabrera, Ella Massaquoi, and Dr C.

Alum Update Alert! Natalia Kapacinskas has a new dream job as an instructional librarian at University of Houston! She's always happy to connect with fellow English majors and Alums who might be interested in a career in library and information services!

New Instruction Librarian | University of Houston Libraries University of Houston Libraries Website

Thanks to everyone who attended our capstone presentations in English! Fabulous presentations and great audience questions! Without the opportunity for a formal portrait, we went the screen shot route in both Norm and Brady Bunch style.