Compose Yourself: AI Literacy
This partnership with the Memphis Public Libraries continues this fall with a hands-on workshop series on Artificial Intelligence. Click here to find a list of current series topics and registration information. This series will be hosted at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Tuesdays from October 22nd - November 19th beginning at 6:00pm in room L-56.
Applied Linguistics Professors Awarded $2.6 Million Grant for Professional Development of English Learners
Drs. Rebecca Adams and Emily Thrush, English Department, have been awarded a grant under the U.S. Department of Education's National Professional Development program. The project will receive $2.6 million over the next five years, beginning with $503,580 in the 2024-2025 academic year. These funds will be used to increase the number of licensed ESL teachers in local school systems. Huge congratulations to Drs. Adams and Thrush for this amazing achievement and for their outstanding work for our Applied Linguistics and TESOL students! You can read more about the project, Ensuring Success for English Learners, here.
Fall 2024
Honors Colloquium - November 18th
The English Honors Colloquium is a series that began last year and invites faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate majors and minors, and anyone interested in English Studies to gather in fellowship to hear about an discuss the cutting-edge work being done by our faculty. On November 18th, Dr. Katie Fredlund will discuss "Daring Girls: From the Archives to Historical Fiction".
