M.A. Literature graduate Olivia Murr has been awarded a Fulbright. Olivia will teach English and American culture at a university with an American Studies program, as well as assist the work of EducationUSA and American Corners in Hungary in advising Hungarian students interested in studying abroad in the United States. https://news.txst.edu/student-experience/2024/fulbright-student-awards-2024-2025.html

Doug Dorst was a featured writer at Barcelona’s Sant Jordi festival, a citywide celebration of books. While there, he also did press for the recently-published Spanish translation of his novel S., a collaboration with filmmaker JJ Abrams. This edition of S. (a/k/a El Barco de Teseo), has spent several weeks on Spain’s and Catalonia’s bestseller lists. S. has been translated into twelve other languages since its US release.

English alumna Bianca Beronio’s review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’: Realizing History Through Fantasy by Robert T. Tally Jr. appears in the current issue of Mythlore: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol42/iss2/31/.

Joe Falocco’s article “A Response to Steven Urkowitz and Michael J. Hirrel” appears in the latest issue of Theater and Performance: Notes and Counternotes 1.1 (2024), 111–125.

Steve Wilson has been elected to a three-year term as Faculty Senator by faculty from the College of Liberal Arts. Professor Wilson previously served two terms as Senator, from 2007–2013.

Congratulations to all our Spring 2024 graduates!

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