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Brenda Peynado celebrated the release of her novel at Tombolo Books in August 2024.

In ‘Time’s Agent,’ pocket worlds reveal deep truths — and earn USF faculty a Philip K. Dick award

In Brenda Peynado's "Time's Agent," pocket worlds exist, but they don’t hold the key to the universe’s mysteries like the characters once hoped. Instead, each pocket world — a geographically small, hidden offshoot of reality — is controlled by a corporation intent on turning a profit.

May 20, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards

USF Assistant Professor Ajibola Tolase (center left) and USF alumna Aracelis González Asendorf (center right) both received gold medals from the Florida Book Awards.

USF poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards

Ajibola Tolase, an assistant ܽƵapp in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the Florida Book for his poetry collection “2000 Blacks.” He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, “Field Notes from the Flood Zone,” and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, “Pine.”

April 22, 2025Events, Honors and Awards

$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities

$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for USF humanities ܽƵapps

For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities — invited the ܽƵapp to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 ܽƵapps each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate ܽƵapps majoring in humanities.

January 15, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards

Olajide Omojarabi, a third-year MFA ܽƵapp in the creative writing program. (Photo courtesy of Olajide Omojarabi)

Graduate ܽƵapp Olajide Omojarabi’s story House No. 49 earns shortlist recognition by Commonwealth Foundation

Olajide Omojarabi, a third-year master of fine arts creative writing ܽƵapp in the Department of English, has been shortlisted for his short story “House No. 49” by the Commonwealth Foundation.

July 26, 2024Honors and Awards

Students participating in the activities from Dr. Jarod Roselló and Dr. Alexandra Panos’ workshop. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Jarod Roselló)

English ܽƵapp receives grant to integrate environmental education into K-12 language arts curriculum

Dr. Jarod Roselló, a ܽƵapp in the Department of English, received a grant from The Spencer Foundation to fund a one-year program aimed at integrating environmental education into the K-12 Language Arts curriculum.

March 26, 2024Honors and Awards

Fall 2023 English Department Accomplishments

Fall 2023 English Department Accomplishments

As the Spring semester continues, the English Department would like to highlight and celebrate our talented faculty, ܽƵapps, and alumni for the Summer and Fall 2023 terms. Congratulations to everyone for their hard work!

February 16, 2024Honors and Awards

CAS faculty and ܽƵapps earn USF Status of Latinos awards

CAS faculty and ܽƵapps earn USF Status of Latinos awards

The College of Arts and Sciences congratulates four awardees at this year’s Status of Latinos (SoL) Hispanic Heritage Month awards ceremony for their academic research and community service contributions to the Latinx community.

October 18, 2023Honors and Awards

Spring 2023 English Department Accomplishments

Spring 2023 English Department Accomplishments

As we start this Fall term, the ܽƵapp’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty and ܽƵapps for the Spring 2023 term.

July 18, 2023Honors and Awards

Fall 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

Fall 2022 Faculty and Staff Awards

As we start back this Fall term, the ܽƵapp’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty for the Fall 2022 term.

January 20, 2023Honors and Awards

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking back at 2021-2022 academic year, the Department of English would like to share with you all the goals and accomplishments we have achieved.

August 31, 2022Honors and Awards

Spring 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

Spring 2022 Faculty & Staff Awards

As we start back this Fall term, the ܽƵapp’s Department of English is immensely proud to highlight and celebrate our accomplished, award-winning faculty and ܽƵapps for the Fall 2020, the Spring 2021, the Fall 2021, and the Spring 2022 terms.

August 29, 2022Honors and Awards

USF English Professor Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship

USF English Professor Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship

USF Department of English Assistant Professor Julia Koets was awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship from the Florida Education Fund, a program that promotes excellence in teaching and research by underrepresented minorities and women.

September 1, 2021Honors and Awards

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