CUNY English PhD Program
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Please join the GC English Department for this week's exciting Friday Forum on 10/17 at 4pm:
Nuyorican Aesthetic: The Life and Work of Maria Aponte
Come hear Maria Aponte discuss Nuyorican intellectualism and join us in celebrating her recent award-winning book "The Things That Shape Us" (2024)!
Nuyorican Aesthetic: The Life and Work of Maria Aponte
Come hear Maria Aponte discuss Nuyorican intellectualism and join us in celebrating her recent award-winning book "The Things That Shape Us" (2024)!
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Please join the GC English Department for this week's exciting Friday Forum on 10/17 at 4pm:
Nuyorican Aesthetic: The Life and Work of Maria Aponte
Come hear Maria Aponte discuss Nuyorican intellectualism and join us in celebrating her recent award-winning book "The Things That Shape Us" (2024)!
Nuyorican Aesthetic: The Life and Work of Maria Aponte
Come hear Maria Aponte discuss Nuyorican intellectualism and join us in celebrating her recent award-winning book "The Things That Shape Us" (2024)!
📢TODAY'S FRIDAY FORUM📢
We can't wait for this afternoon's Friday Forum on syllabus design with Mira Zaman of the BMCC Graduate Student and Early-Career Support (GSECS) committee, featuring speakers Eugenia Cawley (Lecturer in English, BMCC) and Adele Kudish (Professor of English, BMCC)!
We can't wait for this afternoon's Friday Forum on syllabus design with Mira Zaman of the BMCC Graduate Student and Early-Career Support (GSECS) committee, featuring speakers Eugenia Cawley (Lecturer in English, BMCC) and Adele Kudish (Professor of English, BMCC)!
October 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📢TODAY'S FRIDAY FORUM📢
We can't wait for this afternoon's Friday Forum on syllabus design with Mira Zaman of the BMCC Graduate Student and Early-Career Support (GSECS) committee, featuring speakers Eugenia Cawley (Lecturer in English, BMCC) and Adele Kudish (Professor of English, BMCC)!
We can't wait for this afternoon's Friday Forum on syllabus design with Mira Zaman of the BMCC Graduate Student and Early-Career Support (GSECS) committee, featuring speakers Eugenia Cawley (Lecturer in English, BMCC) and Adele Kudish (Professor of English, BMCC)!
This evening, attend another event with English Program students! Janelle Poe & Addy Malinowski will join Pune Dracker, Joel Rogers, & Dr. David Humphries to discuss Dr. Humphries's book Happy Nostalgia: Making Connections with the Music of the ‘90s!
Rm. 9100, 6-7:15PM
tinyurl.com/happynostalgia
Rm. 9100, 6-7:15PM
tinyurl.com/happynostalgia
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This evening, attend another event with English Program students! Janelle Poe & Addy Malinowski will join Pune Dracker, Joel Rogers, & Dr. David Humphries to discuss Dr. Humphries's book Happy Nostalgia: Making Connections with the Music of the ‘90s!
Rm. 9100, 6-7:15PM
tinyurl.com/happynostalgia
Rm. 9100, 6-7:15PM
tinyurl.com/happynostalgia
On Friday, we had a great talk from English Program students Dale Ireland, S.E. Hamlet, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe on Cultivating Universal Design in the English Classroom, with advice and resources for designing pedagogy with accessibility in mind!
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On Friday, we had a great talk from English Program students Dale Ireland, S.E. Hamlet, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe on Cultivating Universal Design in the English Classroom, with advice and resources for designing pedagogy with accessibility in mind!
📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUM📢
4pm on Friday, 9/26, in Room 4406 and over Zoom: Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses
We're excited to host a panel on building accessibility into the classroom, featuring English Program students S.E. Hamlet, Dale Ireland, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe!
4pm on Friday, 9/26, in Room 4406 and over Zoom: Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses
We're excited to host a panel on building accessibility into the classroom, featuring English Program students S.E. Hamlet, Dale Ireland, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe!
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUM📢
4pm on Friday, 9/26, in Room 4406 and over Zoom: Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses
We're excited to host a panel on building accessibility into the classroom, featuring English Program students S.E. Hamlet, Dale Ireland, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe!
4pm on Friday, 9/26, in Room 4406 and over Zoom: Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses
We're excited to host a panel on building accessibility into the classroom, featuring English Program students S.E. Hamlet, Dale Ireland, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe!
On Friday, we were thrilled to see a packed student lounge for a reading by Gazan poet Yahya Ashour!
September 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On Friday, we were thrilled to see a packed student lounge for a reading by Gazan poet Yahya Ashour!
Congratulations to Dr. Dhipinder Walia on the successful defense of ""The Rhetorical Agency of Student-Parents: Assembling, Archiving, and Naming Practices and Interpretations that Transform Worlds" today!
Committee: Jessica Yood (Chair), Talia Schaffer, and Amy Wan (not pictured)
Committee: Jessica Yood (Chair), Talia Schaffer, and Amy Wan (not pictured)
September 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Dhipinder Walia on the successful defense of ""The Rhetorical Agency of Student-Parents: Assembling, Archiving, and Naming Practices and Interpretations that Transform Worlds" today!
Committee: Jessica Yood (Chair), Talia Schaffer, and Amy Wan (not pictured)
Committee: Jessica Yood (Chair), Talia Schaffer, and Amy Wan (not pictured)
9/19 at 4pm in Rm 4406: Never Mind Gaza: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yahya Ashour
Co-sponsors: Palestine Studies @ GC; DGSC; @wawog.bsky.social; CUNY GC 4 Palestine; The Center for Place, Culture & Politics; CUNY Faculty & Staff For Justice in Palestine, The Committee on Globalization & Social Change
Co-sponsors: Palestine Studies @ GC; DGSC; @wawog.bsky.social; CUNY GC 4 Palestine; The Center for Place, Culture & Politics; CUNY Faculty & Staff For Justice in Palestine, The Committee on Globalization & Social Change
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
9/19 at 4pm in Rm 4406: Never Mind Gaza: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yahya Ashour
Co-sponsors: Palestine Studies @ GC; DGSC; @wawog.bsky.social; CUNY GC 4 Palestine; The Center for Place, Culture & Politics; CUNY Faculty & Staff For Justice in Palestine, The Committee on Globalization & Social Change
Co-sponsors: Palestine Studies @ GC; DGSC; @wawog.bsky.social; CUNY GC 4 Palestine; The Center for Place, Culture & Politics; CUNY Faculty & Staff For Justice in Palestine, The Committee on Globalization & Social Change
9/18 at 6pm in the James Gallery: Reverberations Mixtape Launch and Listening Party
Feat. artists Chitra Ganesh, Rojava Film Commune, and Hồng-An Trương & project organizers denisse andrade, Mia Curran, and Michele Chinitz.
Co-sponsors: Racial Imaginary Institute, @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social
Feat. artists Chitra Ganesh, Rojava Film Commune, and Hồng-An Trương & project organizers denisse andrade, Mia Curran, and Michele Chinitz.
Co-sponsors: Racial Imaginary Institute, @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
9/18 at 6pm in the James Gallery: Reverberations Mixtape Launch and Listening Party
Feat. artists Chitra Ganesh, Rojava Film Commune, and Hồng-An Trương & project organizers denisse andrade, Mia Curran, and Michele Chinitz.
Co-sponsors: Racial Imaginary Institute, @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social
Feat. artists Chitra Ganesh, Rojava Film Commune, and Hồng-An Trương & project organizers denisse andrade, Mia Curran, and Michele Chinitz.
Co-sponsors: Racial Imaginary Institute, @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social
📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢
September 12 at 2pm in Room 4406
*Please note 2pm start time!*
This week, we're excited to host the semester's first Job Search event on Cover Letters and CVs, hosted by Prof. Mary M. McGlynn @sistermmm.bsky.social, DEO of Job Search!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
September 12 at 2pm in Room 4406
*Please note 2pm start time!*
This week, we're excited to host the semester's first Job Search event on Cover Letters and CVs, hosted by Prof. Mary M. McGlynn @sistermmm.bsky.social, DEO of Job Search!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢
September 12 at 2pm in Room 4406
*Please note 2pm start time!*
This week, we're excited to host the semester's first Job Search event on Cover Letters and CVs, hosted by Prof. Mary M. McGlynn @sistermmm.bsky.social, DEO of Job Search!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
September 12 at 2pm in Room 4406
*Please note 2pm start time!*
This week, we're excited to host the semester's first Job Search event on Cover Letters and CVs, hosted by Prof. Mary M. McGlynn @sistermmm.bsky.social, DEO of Job Search!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
On Friday, the English Program welcomed our new cohort of students, returning students, and faculty for a fantastic Meet the Faculty event! We were thrilled to host so many folks in the student lounge and look forward to seeing everyone at future Friday Forum events!
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On Friday, the English Program welcomed our new cohort of students, returning students, and faculty for a fantastic Meet the Faculty event! We were thrilled to host so many folks in the student lounge and look forward to seeing everyone at future Friday Forum events!
🎉FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT🎉
Tomorrow is our Fall 2025 Meet the Faculty event! We can't wait to introduce our new cohort of students and welcome back returning students and faculty to celebrate the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Join us tomorrow, 9/5, in Rm. 4406 at 4pm! Dinner will be served!
Tomorrow is our Fall 2025 Meet the Faculty event! We can't wait to introduce our new cohort of students and welcome back returning students and faculty to celebrate the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Join us tomorrow, 9/5, in Rm. 4406 at 4pm! Dinner will be served!
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎉FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT🎉
Tomorrow is our Fall 2025 Meet the Faculty event! We can't wait to introduce our new cohort of students and welcome back returning students and faculty to celebrate the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Join us tomorrow, 9/5, in Rm. 4406 at 4pm! Dinner will be served!
Tomorrow is our Fall 2025 Meet the Faculty event! We can't wait to introduce our new cohort of students and welcome back returning students and faculty to celebrate the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Join us tomorrow, 9/5, in Rm. 4406 at 4pm! Dinner will be served!
We were thrilled to host two packed events on Tuesday to start the Fall 2025 Friday Forum schedule, featuring visiting scholar Caleb Ward! Thank you to @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and
@cunypoetics.bsky.social for co-sponsoring the events, and to Ph.D. in English candidate Ju Ly Ban for organizing 🎉
@cunypoetics.bsky.social for co-sponsoring the events, and to Ph.D. in English candidate Ju Ly Ban for organizing 🎉
August 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We were thrilled to host two packed events on Tuesday to start the Fall 2025 Friday Forum schedule, featuring visiting scholar Caleb Ward! Thank you to @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and
@cunypoetics.bsky.social for co-sponsoring the events, and to Ph.D. in English candidate Ju Ly Ban for organizing 🎉
@cunypoetics.bsky.social for co-sponsoring the events, and to Ph.D. in English candidate Ju Ly Ban for organizing 🎉
We can't wait for the Friday Forum events taking place tomorrow in the English Lounge (Room 4406)! Join us for a workshop at 11:30am and a lecture at 6pm with visiting scholar Caleb Ward, both co-sponsored by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We can't wait for the Friday Forum events taking place tomorrow in the English Lounge (Room 4406)! Join us for a workshop at 11:30am and a lecture at 6pm with visiting scholar Caleb Ward, both co-sponsored by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Our first Friday Forum events of the semester are one week away! On Tuesday, Aug. 26, join us in the English Student Lounge (Room 4406) for two events with visiting scholar Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social, organized by Ph.D. candidate Ju Ly Ban!
Our first Friday Forum events of the semester are one week away! On Tuesday, Aug. 26, join us in the English Student Lounge (Room 4406) for two events with visiting scholar Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social, organized by Ph.D. candidate Ju Ly Ban!
August 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Our first Friday Forum events of the semester are one week away! On Tuesday, Aug. 26, join us in the English Student Lounge (Room 4406) for two events with visiting scholar Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social, organized by Ph.D. candidate Ju Ly Ban!
Our first Friday Forum events of the semester are one week away! On Tuesday, Aug. 26, join us in the English Student Lounge (Room 4406) for two events with visiting scholar Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social, organized by Ph.D. candidate Ju Ly Ban!
And congratulations to Dr. Emily Price on the successful defense of ""Earth took of Earth": Melancholy and Earth in Late Medieval English Literature" on August 15!
Committee: Karl Steel (Chair), Steve Kruger, and Jonathan W. Gray
Committee: Karl Steel (Chair), Steve Kruger, and Jonathan W. Gray
August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And congratulations to Dr. Emily Price on the successful defense of ""Earth took of Earth": Melancholy and Earth in Late Medieval English Literature" on August 15!
Committee: Karl Steel (Chair), Steve Kruger, and Jonathan W. Gray
Committee: Karl Steel (Chair), Steve Kruger, and Jonathan W. Gray
Congratulations to Dale Ireland, who passed their Orals Examination today!
Committee Members: Talia Schaffer (Chair), Mario DiGangi, and Stephanie Hershinow
Committee Members: Talia Schaffer (Chair), Mario DiGangi, and Stephanie Hershinow
August 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Congratulations to Dale Ireland, who passed their Orals Examination today!
Committee Members: Talia Schaffer (Chair), Mario DiGangi, and Stephanie Hershinow
Committee Members: Talia Schaffer (Chair), Mario DiGangi, and Stephanie Hershinow
5pm - Revels!
After the Awards, we'll be gathering in the lounge for a celebration of the year featuring delicious Palestinian food, drinks, and great company! The lounge will be beautifully decorated by the ESA with handmade paper flowers 🌺🌹🌷🌼🌸
After the Awards, we'll be gathering in the lounge for a celebration of the year featuring delicious Palestinian food, drinks, and great company! The lounge will be beautifully decorated by the ESA with handmade paper flowers 🌺🌹🌷🌼🌸
May 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
5pm - Revels!
After the Awards, we'll be gathering in the lounge for a celebration of the year featuring delicious Palestinian food, drinks, and great company! The lounge will be beautifully decorated by the ESA with handmade paper flowers 🌺🌹🌷🌼🌸
After the Awards, we'll be gathering in the lounge for a celebration of the year featuring delicious Palestinian food, drinks, and great company! The lounge will be beautifully decorated by the ESA with handmade paper flowers 🌺🌹🌷🌼🌸
4:30-5pm - Awards
Celebrate the remarkable achievements of the students who are receiving 2025 Dissertation Awards and 2025 Dissertation Year Fellowships!
Celebrate the remarkable achievements of the students who are receiving 2025 Dissertation Awards and 2025 Dissertation Year Fellowships!
May 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
4:30-5pm - Awards
Celebrate the remarkable achievements of the students who are receiving 2025 Dissertation Awards and 2025 Dissertation Year Fellowships!
Celebrate the remarkable achievements of the students who are receiving 2025 Dissertation Awards and 2025 Dissertation Year Fellowships!
This afternoon, we have a great Friday Forum schedule to close out the semester!
4-4:30pm - Open Executive Committee Meeting
Join the Executive Committee to hear about updates from this semester and the academic year and learn about plans for upcoming semesters.
4-4:30pm - Open Executive Committee Meeting
Join the Executive Committee to hear about updates from this semester and the academic year and learn about plans for upcoming semesters.
May 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This afternoon, we have a great Friday Forum schedule to close out the semester!
4-4:30pm - Open Executive Committee Meeting
Join the Executive Committee to hear about updates from this semester and the academic year and learn about plans for upcoming semesters.
4-4:30pm - Open Executive Committee Meeting
Join the Executive Committee to hear about updates from this semester and the academic year and learn about plans for upcoming semesters.
Announcing the 2025 English Department Awards! We're delighted to share this year's winners - please join us in congratulating the students who received Dissertation Year Fellowships and Dissertation Prizes!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Announcing the 2025 English Department Awards! We're delighted to share this year's winners - please join us in congratulating the students who received Dissertation Year Fellowships and Dissertation Prizes!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUMS📢
We can't believe the semester is coming to a close! Join us this Friday, May 16, for our final Friday Forum events of the Spring 2025 semester:
4pm: Open Executive Committee Meeting
4:30pm: Dissertation Fellowships and Awards
5pm: Revels!
We can't believe the semester is coming to a close! Join us this Friday, May 16, for our final Friday Forum events of the Spring 2025 semester:
4pm: Open Executive Committee Meeting
4:30pm: Dissertation Fellowships and Awards
5pm: Revels!
May 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUMS📢
We can't believe the semester is coming to a close! Join us this Friday, May 16, for our final Friday Forum events of the Spring 2025 semester:
4pm: Open Executive Committee Meeting
4:30pm: Dissertation Fellowships and Awards
5pm: Revels!
We can't believe the semester is coming to a close! Join us this Friday, May 16, for our final Friday Forum events of the Spring 2025 semester:
4pm: Open Executive Committee Meeting
4:30pm: Dissertation Fellowships and Awards
5pm: Revels!
On Friday, May 9, the English Student Association held its 2025 conference, Shattering Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Violence! The day-long event featured panels of English program students and guests and a keynote speech by Prof. Siraj Ahmed, followed by a reception in the Lounge!
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On Friday, May 9, the English Student Association held its 2025 conference, Shattering Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Violence! The day-long event featured panels of English program students and guests and a keynote speech by Prof. Siraj Ahmed, followed by a reception in the Lounge!
And at 4pm, join us for Latinx Literature in Transition, celebrating the forthcoming anthology from @cambridgeup.bsky.social edited by Prof. William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social! The panel will consider the current and future state of Latinx literary studies, featuring contributors to the anthology.
May 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And at 4pm, join us for Latinx Literature in Transition, celebrating the forthcoming anthology from @cambridgeup.bsky.social edited by Prof. William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social! The panel will consider the current and future state of Latinx literary studies, featuring contributors to the anthology.
At 2pm, join us for Medieval Works in Progress, the latest in the ESA's works in progress series! English Program students Cullin Arn, Christopher Buonanno, and Brooke Thomas will present on their research in medieval studies.
May 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
At 2pm, join us for Medieval Works in Progress, the latest in the ESA's works in progress series! English Program students Cullin Arn, Christopher Buonanno, and Brooke Thomas will present on their research in medieval studies.