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Teachers need teachers

Teachers need teachers

As I designed a lesson on Artificial Intelligence and Writing, an email popped onto my screen. It was my friend and colleague, Liz Paul, reminding me and everyone in our Composition program about that afternoon’s Teachers Need Teachers (TNT) session.Thank goodness! The AI and writing lesson was more ...

The Symposium: Why Baldwin Matters: April 17, 2024

Upcoming Event
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:00 PM EDT
Fenwick Library, Fenwick Library Reading Room

"LOOKING FOR JIMMY" with David Leeming  A presentation & conversation: Noon-1:15 pm, Fenwick Reading Room, GMU, Fairfax, VA Prof. Keith Clark will host David Leeming. David Leeming met James Baldwin in Istanbul in 1961. In 1994, Knopf published Leemings “James Baldwin: A Biography.” Leeming will...

Why Baldwin Matters

Upcoming Event
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Center for the Arts, Monson Grand Tier, 3rd Floor

Note: Parking: disabled parking out front; paid parking lot at Mason Pond Parking Deck next door.   "LOOKING FOR JIMMY" with David Leeming  A lecture & conversation: 1:30-2:45 pm, Center for the Arts, Monson Grand Tier 3rd Floor, GMU, Fairfax, VAProf. Keith Clark will host David Leeming. David ...

Fall 2024 Undergraduate Coursebook

Fall 2024 Undergraduate Coursebook

Take some time to browse through the pages of this booklet, where you'll find detailed descriptions of the fall course offerings within each concentrations, plus information about what Mason Core and major requirements they satisfy. You'll see why studying English is the perfect way to illuminate you...

Sophia Ross

Sophia Ross

Sophia is a third-year MFA candidate with a concentration in fiction. After graduating with a BA in English and Writing, she moved to Seattle where she worked for a literary arts nonprofit, and later in higher education. She has been short-listed for Room’s fiction contest, attended the Banff Centre ...

Ann L Ardis

Ann L Ardis

Ann Ardis (PhD, University of Virginia, 1988) is a distinguished scholar and academic leader. She is known for her interdisciplinary research on late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British literature and culture.  That work focused on the formation of the modernist canon, and the voices, part...

Illuminate Your Creativity

Great careers are built by creative people, and in Mason’s English department, illuminating your creativity is our specialty. We are dedicated to helping you become a researcher, a scholar, and an artist. Why is our brand of creativity so effective? Ask any professional in science, humanities, or b...

Deb Kaganowich Discenza

Tell us about your career. My career has spanned the technology and publishing industries with a strong focus on writing and communication in both sectors.  In the technology field I helped start and manage Internet companies in the web-hosting and web-hosting applications field.  From there I helpe...

From creative writing to candle-making—and around again

From creative writing to candle-making—and around again

Jen Renart, BA ’21 with a focus in creative writing, took her creativity in a new direction during the pandemic.   With her husband Adri furloughed from his job and Jen out of work as well, the two of them created the ExMo Candle Company—ExMo referring to "Ex Mormon," as they explain on the company...