Archive: English Department

• Did the Suffragist Movement Rely on Racism? New Play Explores Hidden History

  November 4, 2022

  “Bitter Flower,” an original play from award-winning novelist and playwright Jennifer Natalya Fink, opens November 16.

  Category: News Story Tags: African American Studies, Disability Studies, English Department, Faculty, Performing Arts, Racial Justice Institute, Student

• Hispanic, Latino, Latinx or Latine? 2 Professors Share Their Own Preferences

  October 17, 2022

  In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and Latine culture and communities, we asked two professors to weigh in on the history, complexity and cultural significance of the identity terms they use to describe themselves and their communities.

  Category: News Story Tag: English Department

• Mecca Jamilah Sullivan: Remaking the World from the Outside

  June 27, 2022

  Professor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s debut novel, Big Girl, will hit bookstore shelves July 12th

  Category: News Story Tags: English Department, Faculty

• Alexandra Bowman Animates American Politics

  May 18, 2022

  Alexandra Bowman (C’22), a double major in English and art, has helped drive the national conversation around politics while sharpening her artistic skills during her undergraduate career at Georgetown. 

  Category: News Story Tags: Art & Art History, English Department, Student