Vivek Narayanan was born in India to Tamil parents and grew up in Zambia. He earned a master’s degree in cultural anthropology from Stanford University and a master’s in creative writing from Boston University. He has taught at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and in the mid-2000s worked at Sarai-CS...
George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Watershed Lit and Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Fall 2024 Visiting Writers Series. Writers will meet for afternoon workshops with students from Mason’s MFA program in creative writing and will then participate in programs that...
Jacqueline Burek is assistant professor in medieval literature. Her research focuses on medieval historical writing, and in particular, the ways in which medieval authors conceptualize and write about 'the past.' She works primarily on historiography in Latin, Middle English, and Middle Welsh, from B...
The Middle Ages has had a powerful, long-lasting effect on cultures worldwide. A medieval studies curriculum enables students to discover just how much of our modern world can be traced back to the Middle Ages. The Minor Program in Medieval Studies has been designed as an interdisciplinary minor, to ...
The PhD in linguistics trains students in the science of language. Students become specialists in the core areas of linguistics — phonology, syntax, and semantics — and learn to integrate this core with the study of second language acquisition. This 72-credit degree program prepares students for posi...
Erika Kielsgard teaches English composition at George Mason University. She taught English composition and literature for thirteen consecutive semesters at Brooklyn College (CUNY). She also taught undergraduate workshops in creative writing (poetry, fiction, and plays) and 300-level poetry, as well a...
