Department of English

Meeting at the Crossroads: Community, Safe Spaces, and Professional Critique in a Pandemic Date: April 2nd, 6:00 pm. Via Zoom; This event is open to the public. Our speaker event intends to bring to the forefront a current and applicable conversation in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent change of political power here in the U.S. As we witnessed, the pandemic and societal climate had a great impact on academia, health, and legal affairs. Thus, the event will…

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021 AT 5PM A guided tour of Shadow to Substance with curator and UF English Doctoral Candidate Kimberly Williams and tour of Plant Life Exhibit, curated by Dr. Terry Harpold, Ryan Bedsaul, Anwesha Chattopadhyay, Olivia Ivings, Kevin McKenna, Lizzie Nichols, Erick Verran, Peter Vertacnik, and Janice Whang. Please note that these tours are part of the UF English Program Orientation. Please meet in the auditorium of the Harn Museum, just to the left as you enter. We…

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021 AT 6 PM Free to Attend Step into the Lens (and back into the Harn) for this Museum Nights inspired by our new photography exhibition, Shadow to Substance. Shadow to Substance (title taken from Sojourner Truth, running July 27, 2021–February 27, 2022) is curated by Kimberly Williams, University of Florida Doctoral Candidate in English; Dr. Porchia Moore, University of Florida Assistant Professor, Museum Studies; and Dr. Carol McCusker, Harn Curator of Photography. Shadow to Substance creates a…

English Department & University Writing Program Orientation Schedule, Day 1 Please Note: This is a tentative schedule which may change in accordance with public health concerns. Time Subject Location 9:00-12:30 UF Graduate School Orientation Location TBD 1:30-4:30 UWP Orientation Pugh 120 6:00-8:00 UWP Happy Hour and Welcome Cyprus and Grove 1001 NW 4th St.

English Department & University Writing Program Orientation Schedule, Day 1 Please Note: This is a tentative schedule which may change in accordance with public health concerns. Time Subject Location Zoom Meeting Link; Meeting ID: 937 6222 2793 Passcode: 936670 (for English sessions only) 8:45-12:00 UWP Orientation 1:00-1:45 Admin and Office introduction and welcome Online 1:45-2:15 EGO Online 2:15-3:00 Getting Oriented (Leah Rosenberg and Peggy logistics) Online 3:15-4:15 Grad Roundtable: What are you working on? Online 4:15-4:45 Introduction to the Center…

English Department & University Writing Program Orientation Schedule, Day 2 Please Note: This is a tentative schedule which may change in accordance with public health concerns. Time Subject Location Zoom Meeting Link; Meeting ID: 937 6222 2793 Passcode: 936670 (for English sessions only) 8:45-12:00 UWP Orientation 1:00-2:00 MFA session with David Leavitt, Peggy Lowenstein, and Leah Rosenberg Online 2:15-3:00 Looking Ahead: Teaching in the English Department Anastasia Ulanowicz Online 3:15-4:15 Graduate Panel on teaching in the English Department Online 4:30-5:30…

English Department & University Writing Program Orientation Schedule, Day 3 Please Note: This is a tentative schedule which may change in accordance with public health concerns.   Time Subject Location Zoom Meeting Link; Meeting ID: 937 6222 2793 Passcode: 936670 (for English sessions only) 8:45-12:00 UWP Orientation 1:00-4:00 English Department Orientation Pugh 120 1:00-2:00 Info for PhD students (Peggy Lowensteing, Leah Rosenberg) Pugh 120 2:00-3:00 Faculty Meet and Greet Pugh 120 3:15-4:30 UF Libraries: Tiffany Estaban, Digital Scholarship Associate and…

English Department & University Writing Program Orientation Schedule, Day 4 Please Note: This is a tentative schedule which may change in accordance with public health concerns. Time Subject Location Zoom Meeting Link; Meeting ID: 937 6222 2793 Passcode: 936670 (for English sessions only) 8:45-12:00 UWP Orientation 1:00-4:15 English Department Orientation Online 1:00-1:45 GAU and You Online 2:00-3:00 Graduate Panel: Finding home Online 3:00-4:15 Graduate Student Culture (meeting graduate student groups) Disability Reading Group, Cara Wieland Outgrad@UF, Julien Habif  Black Graduate…