Month: June 2021

Mark Babione (B.A. 1990) is a 737 captain at American Airlines. Erin Beu (B.A. in English with Creative Writing Concentration 2016) is working as a News Reporter and Multi Media Journalist for KOCO 5 News in Oklahoma City. Susan Campbell (B.A. in English 1978; M.A. in Communication 2008) was appointed by Mayor Lioneld Jordan as…Continue Reading B.A. Alumni Updates Spring 2021

James Gamble (M.F.A. 1994; M.A. in Comparative Literature 2000; Ph.D. in Comparative Literature 2006) retired as Senior Instructor of English at the University of Arkansas after the Spring 2020 term. He misses interaction with students and colleagues but does not miss grading papers. At present he is reading and writing, watching hockey, and spending time with his…Continue Reading M.F.A. Alumni Updates Spring 2021

Having graduated just this past May, Brittany Tian is our newest alum to be interviewed in the spring newsletter. She will be starting medical school in the fall. Before she begins graduate school, we asked her to reflect on what led to her majoring in both English and Biology, as well as how her interests…Continue Reading Interview with Brittany Tian (’21)

Luis Paganelli Marin is an alum of not only the English doctoral program but also the English master’s and bachelor’s programs at the University of Arkansas. We recently had the chance to ask him about his time in all three degree programs, the inspiration for his dissertation focus, his current job with the Arkansas Immigrant…Continue Reading Interview with Luis Paganelli Marin (Ph.D. ’20)

Michael Ray Taylor, one of our M.F.A. alumni who specializes in nonfiction writing, is a Professor of Communication at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia. He teaches courses on journalism and new media, has published numerous books and countless articles (in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Wired, and elsewhere), and has contributed to multiple documentary…Continue Reading Interview with Michael Ray Taylor (M.F.A. ’96)

We recently caught up with one of our English M.A. alumni, Wanda Maureen (“Mo”) Miller (formerly Harrell) who currently lives in California. In our interview with her, below, we ask her about attending graduate school at the University of Arkansas in the 1960s and early 1970s, balancing her teaching with her creative writing for many…Continue Reading Interview with Wanda Maureen Miller (formerly Harrell) (M.A. ’71)

Eric Darnell Pritchard joined our department in Fall of 2020 as a new Associate Professor of English. They specialize in intersections of race, queerness, sexuality, gender and class with historical and contemporary literacy, literary, and rhetorical practices, as well as fashion, beauty, and popular culture. This past January, we interviewed them about moving to Arkansas;…Continue Reading Interview with English Professor, and New Brown Chair in English Literacy, Eric Darnell Pritchard