The “Tiana” animated series in the works at Disney+ has enlisted Joyce Sherri as the show’s lead writer and director, according to Variety.
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See how technical writer stacks up against other occupations.
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New research by Oxford University reveals how studying a humanities degree at university gives young people vital skills which benefit them throughout their careers.
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ODU English major Benjamin Harris organized “Zines for Teens,” which will be hosted from Aug. 15 to 19 in the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies.
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The Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Creative Writing and English was appointed by Governor Ralph Northam in July 2020.
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Ruth Osorio hopes learning how Black and white abolitionists found ways to collaborate in the 19th century can inform how activists build coalitions today.
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Aderonke Adeleke, a sophomore studying English, was chosen along with 23 other students from across the commonwealth.
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Drew Lopenzina won the Richard Beale Davis Prize from the Modern Language Association Forum on Early American Literature.
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One professor and one student were recognized by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).
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Featuring musician Jae Sinnett, poet Tim Seibles, Associate Professor of English Delores Phillips and student Jack Beckner, the event will celebrate the life of Peanuts Holland.
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Faculty will use Department of Education funding to develop educators who will build literacy skills for multilingual students with and without disabilities.
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The Republican will become the first woman and first woman of color to hold the position.
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The mockumentary “Marathon,” co-written and co-directed by Keith Strausbaugh, has earned a 95% rating and 89% audience score from the website.
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The process, developed in the 1450s, was used to commemorate her appointment as Poet Laureate of Virginia.
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A lineup of debut and renowned writers and performers will present virtual and in-person readings from Oct. 3 to 7.
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The initial program explores arts and social justice in the collective learning experience, including academic courses and public programs.
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“Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir,” resulted from Greg Larson’s thesis on his experiences with the Aberdeen Ironbirds.
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He’ll be one of four Monarchs competing in the Tokyo Games or Paralympics.
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She was honored for “Postcolonial Love Poem,” a collection that explores what it means to love and be loved in an America beset by conflict.
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The message from DeShanta Hairston ’14 was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Her Campus ODU also aims to grow readership off campus and online through broader pieces with regional or national interest.
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She co-founded and directs Humanities Behind Bars, a partnership among members of the ODU community as well as people incarcerated across Virginia.
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“The Tender Grave” explores a hate crime, a dysfunctional family and the quest for redemption.
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They are scheduled for Wednesday and Monday.
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The project started as part of an online advanced composition class.
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Jessica Kubiak won the inaugural 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
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Dr. Megan Weaver, recent graduate of our Ph.D. program (ODU '20), received the inaugural dissertation award from the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA).
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Jessica Kubiak, student in Old Dominion University's English PhD program and professor at Jamestown Community College (NY) has won an inaugural 2021 CCCC Outstanding Teaching Award.
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“This funding allows us to draw upon the expertise of faculty and students to solve problems that affect the daily lives of residents in the coastal Virginia region,” said Austin Agho, provost and vice president for academic affairs at ODU.
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He feels “linguistics is at the crossroads of every discipline.”
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Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley takes the poetry honor for his book "Colonize Me."
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Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley's book "Colonize Me" is one of three in the poetry category.
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She has taught at Old Dominion since 1998 and published nearly 20 collections of poetry.
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Eleven students were granted $3,000 apiece from the program, which is in its third year.
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Simulation software design students assess the effectiveness of reducing group meeting sizes and working from home.
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GetFloodFluent.org tool estimates flood insurance cost.
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Described as a “classic humanist,” McNally taught at Old Dominion University for 29 years.
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The beat takes the 2016 graduate from the halls of Congress to the Mexican border.
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Despite a national decline, ODU is still awarding a growing number of English degrees, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Old Dominion University is a co-sponsor of the event, which will be held Jan. 25-26 at Norfolk’s Slover Library.
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Ruth Osorio is an assistant professor of English and women’s studies at Old Dominion University's College of Arts & Letters.
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Janeen Perry-Campbell, whose research focuses on stereotypes and discrimination young black girls face from educators, advances to a regional competition in March.
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Nine master’s and Ph.D. students will each present their research in three minutes, with the winner advancing to a regional competition in March.
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Film and discussion panel address identity and racial struggles of Arab Americans
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ODU’s Department of Communication & Theatre Arts is Hosting Free Events Sept. 26 and 27.
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Prue Salasky will spend a year abroad conducting research in addition to teaching. She is ODU’s first Fulbright student recipient since 2014.
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The interdisciplinary studies program, the only one at ODU specifically designed for students aspiring for careers in the video-game industry, begins in the fall semester.
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Part of a partnership with WHRO, they are scheduled for June 18 and 25.
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Ceremony at ODU commemorates the battle that “changed the course of history.”
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Janet Peery and Tim Seibles discuss how their teaching styles have changed, what they’ll miss the most about ODU and the most annoying misconceptions they’ve heard about poetry or fiction.
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He will share his experiences and offer insights drawn from his long writing career with students in the nonfiction creative writing program from April 13 to 19.
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This is the second time the author has won the the prestigious award for fiction.
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Award-winning author Sheri Reynolds will be a panel member on Oct. 6.
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Alison Reed has known she wanted to be an English professor since the fifth grade when she would watch her grandfather, Ian Watt, author of The Rise of the Novel and professor emeritus at Stanford University, reading and making notes on a legal pad. It was, perhaps, a romanticized notion of life in the ivory tower.
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Old Dominion University’s Black History Month celebration is scheduled on Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Hampton Newport News room at Webb University Center.
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If necessity is the mother of invention, Andrew Cohen knows exactly why he needed to create the game Future Traders. But he could hardly have predicted the path or people it would cause to intersect in his life.
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ODU creative writing faculty member Joe Jackson's biography "Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary" continues to receive accolades
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ODU creative writing faculty member Joe Jackson has been named a semifinalist for the 2017 Pen American Literary Awards
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The National Book Award finalist joins a list of distinguished poets in the role, following his appointment by Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
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Amanda Huynh will have poem "What Are You?" published in respected literary journal.
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Hampton Roads Show, HearSay Audiences Will Learn of Weeklong Activities.
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Weeklong event is most extensive of statewide initiative cited by Gov. McAuliffe.
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ODU's Imtiaz Habib will appear Sunday, April 10 on WHRV-FM 89.5 in Hampton Roads.
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Aspiring poets invited to April 14 event for an opportunity to win prizes.
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Annual competition is co-sponsored by Old Dominion's MFA creative writing program as part of the long-running national contest.
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Theatre companies from across Hampton Roads join to help mark the 400th anniversary of The Bard's death.
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Pulitzer-nominated writer is author of seven books.
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Anniversary of The Bard's death at ODU is an ambitious, weeklong collaboration.
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Former SCHEV winner has chaired Department of English for six years.
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Professor of English will return to classroom in Virginia Beach after six years leading ODU's largest college.
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Distinguished British panel cites her "glowing, exquisite" poem.
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A week-long celebration on campus in April.
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Does the medium influence believability of news reporting?
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Two of Old Dominion University’s foremost scholars of Southern literature admitted mixed feelings about this week’s controversial release of Harper Lee’s long-lost “Go Set a Watchman,” one of the most heralded publishing events in recent memory.
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PEN Faulkner Award winning author Sabina Murray, Old Dominion’s Spring 2015 Visiting Writer in Residence, will conduct two free public presentations this week.
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Authors Blake Bailey and Phil Raisor will take part in the book festival in Charlottesville.
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Next week’s new episode of “With Good Reason,” the public radio program that spotlights the work of Virginia’s public universities, will be an all-ODU show.
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Janet Peery, University Professor of creative writing in the English department at Old Dominion, got an unexpected – and pleasant – surprise last week when she learned that her book “The River Beyond the World” (Picador USA, 1996) was highlighted on “The Diane Rehm Show” Wednesday, March 26. The show is produced by National Public Radio member station WAMU and distributed nationally by NPR.
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Former Old Dominion University basketball player and M.F.A. graduate Natalie Diaz’s debut book of poetry is getting national attention – most recently in a glowing New York Times book review.
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