The official page of Wagner College's English Department This is the official page of Wagner College's English Department.
Its purpose is to share news and announcements about the department and its graduates and to facilitate networking. The English major focuses on literature in its own right and also explores literature as a reflection on the political, social, and aesthetic values of the periods in which works were written. Faculty are committed to developing a high level of critical reading and thinking skills as
03/13/2025
Celebrating Black Literature: Dr. Mary Helen Washington on Paule Marshall’s Legacy FeaturesLife & StyleCelebrating Black Literature: Dr. Mary Helen Washington on Paule Marshall’s Legacy 2 weeks ago4 hours ago08 mins By Jade Chavez Wagner kicked off our Black History Month celebration with special guest Dr. Mary Helen Washington. Dr. Washington is a distinguished scholar in liter...
02/06/2025
February 11 at 5 pm -- Dr. Mary Helen Washington to speak at Wagner College for Black History Month
11/14/2024
open mic poetry at Wagner College, featuring Roya Marsh -- November 19 at 7 pm in Spiro 5
11/12/2024
Tues, Nov. 12 -- poet John Keene at Wagner College
tomorrow (Wednesday), come hear Wagner alumnae talk about their careers in writing... 5:30 pm in the Reynolds House library
11/17/2023
https://wagner.edu/english/english-news/guest-poet-emily-skillings-delights-wagner-college/
Guest Poet Emily Skillings Delights Wagner College - English Department Thursday, October 19, Wagner’s English department welcomed guest writer Emily Skillings to campus as part of its expanding creative writing programming. In the morning, Professor Eric Dean Wilson’s EN215: Introduction to Creative Writing hosted Skillings for a class-length reading and in-class w...
11/04/2023
new magazine article by Wagner English Professor Steven Thomas
Where is African cinema in Hollywood? It would seem that Hollywood has discovered Africa again. But how does all the new American content about Africa’s past compare to a previous generation of African-made movies on the same topic?
10/23/2023
https://wagner.edu/english/english-news/alumni-talk-unexpectedly-awesome-careers-humanities-degrees/
Alumni Talk about their Unexpectedly Awesome Careers with Humanities Degrees - English Department Monday evening, October 16, the English department hosted an event for alumni to discuss career opportunities with students. Often, college students imagine a direct, linear path from "major" to "job," but the world doesn't actually work that way. As a recent article in Fortune magazine points out,....
October 16 at 6:30, come join us for a panel discussion with Wagner College alumni on "Unexpectedly Awesome Careers in the Humanities"
10/03/2023
https://wagner.edu/english/english-news/alumni-talk-students-careers-law/
Alumni Talk with Students about their Careers in Law - English Department Tuesday evening, September 26, three Wagner College graduates returned to their alma mater to speak with students about their careers in law. The event was co-sponsored by the English department and the Wagner Pre-Law Society. All of the speakers majored in English at Wagner and spoke about the usef...
10/02/2023
YALI Mandela Fellow Alumna from Ethiopia Returns to Wagner to Discuss Public Health with Students - English Department Tuesday morning, September 26, Mehret Amsalu Dubale visited the classroom of English professor Steven W. Thomas and microbiology professor Melissa Lamanna. The class was the Reflective Tutorial (RFT) for their First-Year-Program Learning Community on the theme of "Disease, Literature, and Society."....
09/22/2023
Wagner Graduate Kevin Roach Participates in Rutgers English Diversity Institute - English Department This summer (2023), a few weeks after graduating from Wagner College, Kevin Roach attended the Rutgers English Diversity Institute (REDI). The REDI program at the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick is designed for promising students whose diverse socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgroun...
