Faculty & Department News

Dedication is not a transient lodger. The dedicated person stays for the long term. Professor Paul Levitt retired after 50 years of teaching, service, and publication. He wishes to thank the students who studied with him, the hardworking staff members in the front office, and his colleagues, tenured and un-tenured,...

Jeffrey DeShell, faculty member in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, has had his newest novel released titled Masses & Motets: A Francesca Fruscella Mystery from the University of Alabama Press. A crime novel loosely based on the masses and songs of the 17th century Flemish...

Since the 1970s, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Creative Writing program has consistently provided a center for strong experimental writing in the Rockies. Over the years and through the influx of students entering and exiting the program, an undeniable constant has been the faculty members who dedicate their careers to...

As they learn how writers revise their work and use literary devices, the students gear up for a school assembly led by Australian rap star Nelson Dialect.

Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. – Noon Location: Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre All students graduating from the Department of English in spring 2019, summer 2019 or fall 2018 are encouraged to participate. No RSVP is required. Students may invite as many guests as they wish. The event...

CU Boulder alumni David Gessner and Nina de Gramont have succeeded both as authors and teachers. For a couple of writers who also happen to be a writing couple, David Gessner and Nina de Gramont admit they’ve got it pretty good. Gessner (MA, Engl’98) is professor and chair of the...

The Department of English at CU Boulder is exploring ways to improve students’ learning experiences and encourage future enrollment by studying other universities’ efforts.