English Department News

Changing Lives Through Literature Featured in the New York Times

On February 26, 2009, the New York Times Sunday Book Review featured an essay, "Read a Book, Get Out of Jail" on Changing Lives Through Literature (CLTL), a nationally recognized alternative to incarceration co-founded in 1991 by Professor Robert P. Waxler. The article, penned by Harvard Professor of English Leah Price, recounts the young professor's visit to a CLTL session on the UMass Dartmouth campus in Fall 2008. Continue reading...

New Writing Faculty Member Specializing in Visual Rhetoric

May 2009—The UMass Dartmouth English Department recently announced the appointment of Anthony F. Arrigo as Assistant Professor English. Professor Arrigo, a recent Ph.D. recipient from the University of Minnesota, will focus his courses on rhetoric, visual rhetoric, and technical communication. Continue reading...

New Faculty Member Specializing in Technical Communication

May 2009—The UMass Dartmouth English Department recently announced the appointment of Karen Gulbrandsen as Assistant Professor English. Professor Gulbrandsen, a recent Ph.D. recipient from Iowa State University, will focus her courses on business and technical communications.Continue reading...