The Chair of the Department of English has assigned the Affordable Care Act as required reading. Her department classes have titles such as "Probing the Social Text," "Civil Rights Discourse," and "Consumer Culture." In her research, Professor Messer-Davidow explores how one phenomenon is explained differently by different parties, from scholars and activists to lawmakers, the media, and the public. You might say the world is her text, along with such soundings as Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century--and a thriller or two.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
News: Let's Make a Video!
BA alumna Cheryl Strayed saw her younger self played by Reese Witherspoon. BA alumnus Mark Mishek leads the nation's largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider. English alums make a difference across disciplines and fields--which is why we want to make a video starring you!
Faculty News
Check out new books, articles, and paper presentations from our award-winning English professors.
PhD News
What are you presenting, publishing, working on? Tell us here. Plus learn what your peers--and PhD candidates--accomplished this fall!
MFA News
Keep us up to date about what you're writing and where you're working! And read about other alumnae/i accomplishments--not to mention those of our over-achieving MFA candidates.
BA News
What adventures did you embrace in 2014? Let us know here--and read about your peers' latest accomplishments!
Events: A Collaboration with Penumbra
As part of our ongoing collaboration with Twin Cities community organizations, English and St. Paul's pioneering Penumbra Theatre are co-presenting Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage February 18, 2015, at Coffman Union Theater. Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark runs February 5-March 1 at Penumbra.
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