Portland State English Department

It's PSU's Day of Giving, and we are celebrating the life and contributions of beloved English professor, Deeanne Westbrook with a scholarship fund in her name. Professor Westbrook nearly gave up literary studies to work because she didn't have the funds to continue. However, an award helped her through, and hundreds of students have benefited first-hand from the impact of the scholarship Professor Westbrook received to continue her studies. Help us ensure that the next generation of English students are able to continue their studies and make a difference! Please donate to the Deeanne Westbrook Memorial Fund.

The Deeanne Westbrook Memorial Fund This award celebrates the life and contributions of Dr. Deeanne Westbrook, whom PSU students, faculty and friends remember as an influential teacher, invaluable colleague, and consummate scholar. Deeanne once commented in a speech that as an undergraduate, she considered giving up her literary studi...

The Neutral Ground is a surprisingly humorous documentary about history, monuments, and whether the South might be ready to finally break up with the Confederacy. Screening is followed with Q&A with filmmaker C.J. Hunt

January 21, 2022
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

With remarks by Leroy E. Bynum, Jr., Dean of the College of the Arts
Moderated by Lisa Bates, Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, College of Urban and Public Affairs

Online - Register for the Event: https://pdx.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wLQ6GYHvRkSzfnapo9ZR2Q

Reading and book launch of Creative Writing faculty, Janice Lee's amazing new novel, Imagine a Death at Corporeal Writing. It was an inspiring, thought-provoking, and all-around lovely evening. So wonderful to see English Department Creative Writing graduate students there!

After a year of remote learning and isolation, we gathered at Willamette Park by the waterfront to greet incoming English Department graduate students! It was so wonderful to see so many faculty and students in attendance!

Check out the upcoming book from Rachel Noorda, amazing English Department faculty and Director of the Book Publishing Program! She is one of the leading new scholars in the field of Publishing Studies, and this book will no doubt be an important touchstone!

New Cambridge Element Entrepreneurial Identity in US Book Publishing in the Twenty-First Century by Rachel Noorda out now! Read for free for 2 weeks http://ow.ly/qb4v50G70yU

Join us! The English Department is hiring an instructor to teach courses on literature, film, and writing, with preferred specialization in popular culture and alternative genres. https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/35114

We are excited to announce the publication of a new book by our amazing English Department faculty--Dr. Susan Kirtley, Director of Comic Studies and past Eisner Award winner!

https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214572.html

Congratulations to Professors Janice Lee and Keri Sanburn Behre for winning the 2021 John Eliot Allen Teaching Award. This university-wide student-centered award recognizes teaching excellence, and we are so thrilled that their dedication and innovative pedagogy have been recognized by their students. Please join us to celebrate outstanding English Department faculty. Our 2020 winner, Professor Kathi Inman Berens will also be recognized at this award ceremony since we were unable to hold a ceremony last year due to Covid-19. Congratulations, Professors Lee, Behre, and Berens! Thank you for all you do for our students!

24th Annual John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Awards | Portland State University Share Friday, June 4, 2021 - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Add to my calendar Add to my Calendar 2021-06-04 15:00:00 2021-06-04 17:00:00 24th Annual John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Awards Each year, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognizes exceptional teaching and leadership with the John Eliot...