Senior Mellon Mays fellows reflect on their program experiences
The program aims to increase diversity in the ranks of faculty in academia.
'The Latina/o Studies Program was my biggest support system'
Tomás Daniel Chávez Reuning is a Literatures in English major.
'Cornell has empowered me to be a better advocate and thinker'
Sarah Lorgan-Khanyile is a Comparative Literature and Literatures in English major.
'Live an exaggerated life'
Paris Ghazi is a Literatures in English and biology major.
'I explored my passion for art history in a museum setting'
Mariana Seibold History of Art and Literatures in English
Department of Literatures in English Announces Student Award Winners
The Department of Literatures in English is host to many gifted student writers and teachers. Thanks to the generosity of various donors, annual prizes are awarded for outstanding work in poetry, fiction, research, critical writing, and instruction. We are pleased to announce our 2021 - 2022 student award winners.
Student Spotlight: Esther Kondo Heller
With a research travel grant, Heller will go to Nairobi this summer to research an archive of interviews with the Taarab musician Sitara Bute.
Student Spotlight: Michael Lee
"As a poet with the heart of a historian, I’m interested in attending to the interrelated histories of European colonialism and industrial warfare through the lyric."
Mary Ann Radzinowicz
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of English Literature Emerita
Literatures in English
Michael Koch, Epoch editor, remembered for ‘quiet grace’
Koch’s expertise made a mark on American literature and influenced writers who went on to publish bestselling and prize-winning works of fiction and poetry.
Online exhibit marks women’s suffrage centennial
Students investigated women’s engagement in politics and researched images of their choice in the history of art course.
'I fell in love with books again'
Annabel Young is a American Studies and Literatures in English major.