English Department

English majors, double majors or minors are working on s the following summer 2026 research projects. KUDOS on your summer research awards and dedication to scholarship!

Aaron Armstrong,'28 "The significance of children's theater: how it's created and utilized' (Jasmine Roth, ATH)

Eleanor El Maayergi,'28 "Student Activism and the Construction of Democratic Legitimacy in Post-Suharto Indonesia" (Sohini Chattopadhyay, PSC)

Maren Kreutzer,'27 "Bird Song: A Literary Guide to Union's Birds' (Jennifer Bishop BIO, Anastasia Pease EGL)

Aneisya Williams,'28 'Uncovering Hidden Histories: Preserving Black Student and Employee Leadership, Union College" (Deidre Hill Butler, SOC)

Nevaeh Williams,'28 "The Truth About Dying: A Collection of Short Stories" (Carol Weisse, PSY)

What have you published lately? Let us know!

JUNE-JULY 2026 (for more, scroll to bottom of page)

"Can anyone become a poet?" appears in Live Encounters, July 2026, a collection of "poets on poetry" featuring an essay by Jordan Smith, who retired in June after teaching at Union for forty-three years.

On July 14, 2026, current undergraduate English and creative writing student Naomi Nayor '28 published two poems in Witness: Voices Gathering in Resistance, an anthology whose sales proceeds are to be donated to justice organizing. She published "The Rocking Chair is Still" in Green Street Review, on May 4, 2026 and a poem entitled "-9" in Oakland Arts Review, vol. 10, Spring 2025, p. 29.

Alumnus Dan Kason '11 published the story, "Something Sensational," in the speculative fiction magazine Mobius Blvd: Stories from the Byway between Reality and Dream, no. 31, July 12, 2026.

Professor Amy (Ayotte-) Juarez published a peer-reviewed online essay about medieval representation in contemporary media in Arthuriana: the Journal of Arthurian Studies. See "Chappell, Chaucer, and the Structural Instability of Fame," The So What, Arthuriana 5 (June 2026).

Twelve-course major includes a senior capstone;

English Departmental Honors requires an invited, two-term thesis, for 14 courses.

English Major Checklist

Eight courses in English; 10 courses including thesis for honors students

English ID Major Checklist

Six courses: three required, three elective

English Literature Minor

-Other recent publications include:

Professor Shena McAuliffe published a short essay called "Tiny Hairs," in Hayden's Ferry Review, 78 (2026).

Professor Jillmarie Murphy's four-volume book project Women and the Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1775–1925 was published by Routledge on April 30, 2026. See news.

Alumnus Nick Soluri '20 published "At the Punk Bar in Asheville" in Four Way Review, vol. 35, Apr. 20, 2026.

Professor Bunkong Tuon published the poems "Chanda Says; and Dropping off Chanda at Nursery School," Research and Reflections on Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, ed. Wayne Wright, et. al., Purdue UP, 2026 (print); Poems "My Friend Said" and "Emergency" appeared in Meat for Tea, 20.1, Spring 2026 (print).

Emeritus Professor Jordan Smith published an essay, "Liberty," and two poems, "In the Pines" and "Threadbare" in Live Encounters, February, 2026. On Feb. 7, the poem "Tattoo" appeared in Vox Populi.

Alumna Joanna Doxey '03, professor of creative writing at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, published the poetry collection Unfruitful, with Middle Creek Publishing, March 2026.

Alumna Aja Schiller '25 has a short story, "Pigs," available as a chapbook from Bottlecap Press, CA, 2026.

Forthcoming:

Alumnus Jamaluddin Aram '17 publishes an essay collection, The Blood of Things: A Love Letter to Afghanistan with McClelland & Stewart (Canada) on Sept. 15, 2026 (available for pre-order). Aram's prize-winning debut novel is Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday (Scribner-Canada, 2023).

Alumnus Matt Futterman '91 publishes THE CRUELEST GAME: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis with Penguin Random House on Aug. 4, 2026 (available for pre-order).

Nevaeh Williams '28 published a non-fiction essay in The Oakland Arts Review, an undergraduate literary journal, in Vol. 11, their spring 2026 issue (forthcoming).