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Jane Satterfield, Professor of Writing, publishes new poetry collection, The Badass Brontës

Jane Satterfield's new poetry collection, The Badass Brontës, a Diode Editions Book Prize winner, was published in March 2023 and listed among Orion Magazine’s 11 Poetry collections for National Poetry month. New poems appear in The More-Than-Human...

Dr. Andrea Leary wins CFH Teaching Faculty Excellence Award

Dr. Leary will be recognized for her achievement at this year's Celebrate the Humanities! on September 29 at 3pm in the Fourth Floor Program Room.

Mary Velazquez '23 awarded Fullbright Scholarship

Undergraduate senior Mary Velazquez was recently selected as the recipient of the 2023-2024 Fulbright scholarship to earn a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK.

Professor Peggy O’Neill published a book, Assessing Writing to Support Learning: Turning Accountability Inside Out, with Routledge Press in January 2023

Professor O'Neill publishes book, Assessing Writing to Support Learning: Turning Accountability Inside Out, in January 2023

Peggy O’Neill, professor of writing, and Raenita Fenner, associate professor of engineering, were awarded a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation

The grant will provide funds to research the quantitative literacy of engineering students with the ultimate goal of helping educators prepare students for success in college engineering programs.

Kaitlin Quigley '22 and Aisha Veras '24 Present at 2022 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference

Writing Center Research Fellows Quigley '22 and Veras '24 presented projects at the 2022 MAWCA Conference, hosted at the University of Maryland College Park.

Loyola Alum’s Novel Adapted for Film by Director Bong Joon-ho and Returns to Read

Ed Ashton '91 talks to current students about publishing, sci-fi writing, and the upcoming film adaptation of his novel, Mickey7, set to star Robert Pattinson.

Lisa Zimmerelli Publishes Essay in "Feminist Circulations"

Lisa Zimmerelli's essay, "When They Were Boys and When They Were Girls: Constructions of Gender in Progressive-Era American Conduct Biography" was recently published in the volume, Feminist Circulations: Rhetorical Explorations across History and...

Lisa Zimmerelli, Craig Medvecky, and former Writing faculty Allen Brizee deliver panel presentation at CCW

Lisa Zimmerelli, Craig Medvecky, and former Writing faculty Allen Brizee delivered a panel presentation, titled “Sustained Community Writing through the Engaged Department Model”, at the 2021 Conference on Community Writing, an event run by the...

Tiya Miles, Recent Modern Masters Reading Series Guest, Wins National Book Award

Tiya Miles, our most recent Modern Masters Reading Series guest, won the 2021 National Book Award for nonfiction for her book All She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. Miles received this award on November 17, within...

Andrea Leary, Ph.D., Laurence Ross, and Cara Kossuth ’22 Present at 2021 Conference on Community Writing

Andrea Leary, Ph.D., Laurence Ross, and Cara Kossuth ’22 delivered a panel presentation, titled Dethroning the Royal “We”: Empowering Community Voices, at the 2021 Conference on Community Writing, an event run by the Coalition for Community...

Associate Professor Lucas Southworth Awarded Pushcart Prize

Lucas Southworth’s short story “The Crying Room,” has been awarded a prestigious Pushcart Prize and will be included alongside other winners in the 2022 Pushcart Anthology: Best of the Small Presses.

2021 - Helen Hofling Wins Arts & Letters’ 2021 Unclassifiable Contest

Helen Hofling’s series of visual poetry “ARMORY” wins of Arts & Letters’ 2021 Unclassifiable Contest, as judged by Michael Martone.

The Power of Presence: Gendered Rhetoric Students Partner with Oak Crest Senior Living Community

During the fall 2020 semester, 17 students in Dr. Andrea Leary’s Gendered Rhetoric class had the opportunity to offer a service of presence and beautifully written biographies to 17 female residents at Oak Crest Senior Living Community. Read more...

Kaitlin Quigley '22 Receives Research Funding from the Center for the Humanities

Kaitlin Quigley, the 2021-22 Writing Center Research Fellow, recently received funding for her project, “A Longitudinal Approach to Undergraduate Writers and the Impact of Self-Efficacy,” from the Center for the Humanities. The grant will fund...

Writing Major and 2021 Graduate, Lily Gretz, Awarded First-Prize at Loyola Research Colloquium

This spring writing major, Lily Gretz ('21) received 1st prize at the Loyola Research Colloquium for her 2-year research project exploring linguistic diversity at Loyola. Read more....

The Writing Department’s Travel Writing Course

Travel Writing (WR355) is an online course open exclusively to students who are studying abroad. The goal of this class is for students to learn different forms of travel writing, while also delving into the history, culture, and traditions of their...

Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., and Loyola alum Zach Fechter, '18, receive Outstanding Research Award

Dec 2020 - Loyola Associate Professor of Writing, Martin Camper, and Loyola alum Zach Fechter, '18, are the recipients of the American Forensic Association's 2020 Daniel Rohrer Memorial Outstanding Research Award

Associate Professor Lisa Zimmerelli and Patricia Bizzell release new book

Dec 2020 - Loyola Associate Professor of Writing, Lisa Zimmerelli, and Patricia Bizzell release new book titled "Nineteenth-Century American Activist Rhetorics."

Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article, "A Theory of Fan-Type Dissociation"

Nov 2020 - Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article "A Theory of Fan-Type Dissociation" in Philosophy and Rhetoric

Professor Ron Tanner Retires

July 2020 - Professor Ron Tanner has enjoyed success as an essayist, a novelist, and a writer of short fiction. Across these genres, he has displayed a distinctive voice that is wry, compassionate, and learned, deeply attuned to the delights and...

Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article, "Rewriting the Bible: Rhetorical Appeals to the Original Languages in Protestant Preaching"

July 2020 - Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article, "Rewriting the Bible: Rhetorical Appeals to the Original Languages in Protestant Preaching" in Journal of Communication and Religion.

Associate Professor Allen Brizee, Ph.D., publishes article, "What Happens When We Fail?: Building Resilient Community-Based Research"

Oct 2019 - Dr. Allen Brizee, Associate Professor of Writing, publishes article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

Associate Professor Allen Brizee, Ph.D., publishes article, "High-Impact Civic Engagement: Outcomes of Community-Based Research in Technical Writing Courses"

June 2019 - Dr. Allen Brizee publishes article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize

April 2019 - Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold is awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction shortly after reading at Loyola’s Modern Masters Reading Series.

Joseph J. Capista, '99, returns to campus to read selections from his collection of poems during Modern Masters Reading Series

April 2019 - Loyola Alum Joseph J. Capista read poems from his award-winning debut collection, Intrusive Beauty, in the Modern Masters Reading Series.

Associate Professor Allen Brizee, Ph.D., appointed Faculty Director of Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship

2019 - Dr. Allen Brizee, Associate Professor of Writing, has been appointed Faculty Director for Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship in Loyola's Center for Community, Service, and Justice.

Ikechukwu Sharpe, '18, works for Creative Artists Agency

2018 - Following graduation, Ikechukwu Sharpe, '18, went to work for Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, CA.

Blake Lubinski, '17, receives scholarship for graduate study at James Madison University

2017 - Blake Lubinski, '17, receives scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in writing, rhetoric and technical communication at James Madison University

Miriam (Ife) Okpali, '16, receives scholarship to The Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University

Okpali received a scholarship to The Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University where she will pursue a concentration in global energy & environment policy.

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