Check out Dr. Steele’s Norton Learning Blog! Reading Beyond the Text: How to Show Students That English Skills Are Career Assets. She’s working hard on career readiness and how to help students with communication and shaping their future! https://nortonlearningblog.com/…/reading-beyond-the…/
TCNJ’s own Dr. Jo Carney is a source for this BBC discussion of “Hamnet,” a film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel. As an expert in both Early Modern English Literature and adaptation theory, Dr. Carney provides valuable insight into the lives of Early Modern English Women. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251120-hamnet-and-the-mystery-around-shakespeares-wife-and-son Continue Reading
Student volunteers welcomed attendees to Banned Together TCNJ, an event created to encourage advocacy efforts to fight book banning and censorship and New Jersey. Attendees watched the documentary, Banned Together, about high school students fighting book bans and censorship in their school districts. Author, Ellen Hopkins, shared her personal journey and writing history, sharing the inspiration… Continue Reading
Congratulations to TCNJ English Alum Jeanette Capritti for winning the First $25,000 Milken Educator Award of 2025-26. Check out how she was surprised with the award here: https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/newsroom/press-releases/view/jeanette-capritti-lawrenceville-nj https://www.nj.com/education/2025/10/surprise-stunned-nj-teacher-walks-into-school-assembly-and-leaves-25k-richer.html Continue Reading
September 19, 2025 A fascinating panel today with Assistant Professor of English Dr. Samira Abdur-Rahman, Trenton’s Passage Theater Executive Director Brishen Miller, and Director Ozzie Jones about the upcoming production of Amiri Baraka’s stage plays Dutchman and The Slave. Continue Reading
English Majors: The TCNJ Department of English is excited to announce an internship opportunity for the 2022-2023 Academic Year! Interested students should apply via Handshake with a resume by Sunday, April 10, at 11:55pm. The candidate selected will work with the department on a variety of projects including identifying contacts at high schools around the state… Continue Reading
Congratulations to the TCNJ English Department Class of 2021! Please see the video below for a message from faculty and some great photos from your peers. https://youtu.be/CSovfV9rjVU Continue Reading
Spring 2020 Advising Newsletter-Final-Scrolling updated-4-7-2020 Please note that this was updated on April 7,2020 and at the time of posting reflected the most up to date information. Continue Reading
Utopia/Dystopia Professor: Michael Robertson Class Meeting: Tuesday/Friday 11:00am-12:20pm Why is dystopian literature so popular right now? Part of the reason is that the dark twins of dystopian and utopian literature address so many perennially urgent issues, including power, oppression, freedom, equality, the environment, gender, sexuality, and many more. This course explores foundational texts of both… Continue Reading