UNO Department of English

A nice student shout-out to Dr. Miye Tom! Dr. Tom taught the creative nonfiction course, “Native Writing and Activism,” in the English Department and Native American Studies program.

Paid research opportunity! The Department of English’s SoLaS Lab is scheduling summer appointments for a compensated research study.

Check out the post below, or reach out to Dr. Kevin Samejon at [email protected] to learn more!

🗣️ How do YOU sound, Omaha?

We’re studying the different ways English is spoken right here in our city! See flier below.

If you’re 19 or older, live in Omaha, and speak English (native or fluent), you can take part in a UNO research study. Compensation and parking are available.

It’s just one ~90-minute session at UNO that includes a casual conversation, a short reading activity, and a language questionnaire.

Interested? Summer schedule available! Email Dr. Kevin Samejon ([email protected]) for details.

UNO Department of English | IRB # 0744-25-EX, Project title: A Sociolinguistic Documentation of English in Omaha, Nebraska

Dr. Girten shared one of her favorite places with her students today! Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill! She was proud of them because they had read Castle of Otranto ahead of time

Dr. Girten and students visited Windsor Castle on the first day of their study abroad trip!!

Congratulations are in order for alumna Lopamudra Banerjee, a graduate of the English MA program with a CNF thesis, on the publication of her new poetry collection, How Does It Matter?: Portrait of the Artist as a Woman.

Dr. GIrten and students in Bath,UK, walking in the footsteps of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley 📖 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 John J. McKenna Fellowship/ Scholarship winners 🎊 👏 💐

Some photos from Dr. Barbara Robins's retirement celebration. Congratulations on your retirement, Barbara!!!

May 2026 Commencement 🎓 photos 🎊 👏 💐

Ms. Anna Wiksell (4th from the left), the UNO Department of English's Dual Enrollment Instructor of the Year and a teacher at Omaha Central High School, is joined by Dr. J and three former students — Maura Durfree O'Brien, Leah Olson, and Sam Walocha — who majored in English at UNO and just graduated in May.