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Jane Satterfield, Professor of Writing, publishes new poetry collection, The Badass Brontës

Jane Satterfield's new poetry collection, The Badass Brontës, a Diode Editions Book Prize winner, was published in March 2023 and listed among Orion Magazine’s 11 Poetry collections for National Poetry month. New poems appear in The More-Than-Human...

Professor Peggy O’Neill published a book, Assessing Writing to Support Learning: Turning Accountability Inside Out, with Routledge Press in January 2023

Professor O'Neill publishes book, Assessing Writing to Support Learning: Turning Accountability Inside Out, in January 2023

Peggy O’Neill, professor of writing, and Raenita Fenner, associate professor of engineering, were awarded a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation

The grant will provide funds to research the quantitative literacy of engineering students with the ultimate goal of helping educators prepare students for success in college engineering programs.

Lisa Zimmerelli Publishes Essay in "Feminist Circulations"

Lisa Zimmerelli's essay, "When They Were Boys and When They Were Girls: Constructions of Gender in Progressive-Era American Conduct Biography" was recently published in the volume, Feminist Circulations: Rhetorical Explorations across History and...

Lisa Zimmerelli, Craig Medvecky, and former Writing faculty Allen Brizee deliver panel presentation at CCW

Lisa Zimmerelli, Craig Medvecky, and former Writing faculty Allen Brizee delivered a panel presentation, titled “Sustained Community Writing through the Engaged Department Model”, at the 2021 Conference on Community Writing, an event run by the...

Andrea Leary, Ph.D., Laurence Ross, and Cara Kossuth ’22 Present at 2021 Conference on Community Writing

Andrea Leary, Ph.D., Laurence Ross, and Cara Kossuth ’22 delivered a panel presentation, titled Dethroning the Royal “We”: Empowering Community Voices, at the 2021 Conference on Community Writing, an event run by the Coalition for Community...

Associate Professor Lucas Southworth Awarded Pushcart Prize

Lucas Southworth’s short story “The Crying Room,” has been awarded a prestigious Pushcart Prize and will be included alongside other winners in the 2022 Pushcart Anthology: Best of the Small Presses.

2021 - Helen Hofling Wins Arts & Letters’ 2021 Unclassifiable Contest

Helen Hofling’s series of visual poetry “ARMORY” wins of Arts & Letters’ 2021 Unclassifiable Contest, as judged by Michael Martone.

Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., and Loyola alum Zach Fechter, '18, receive Outstanding Research Award

Dec 2020 - Loyola Associate Professor of Writing, Martin Camper, and Loyola alum Zach Fechter, '18, are the recipients of the American Forensic Association's 2020 Daniel Rohrer Memorial Outstanding Research Award

Associate Professor Lisa Zimmerelli and Patricia Bizzell release new book

Dec 2020 - Loyola Associate Professor of Writing, Lisa Zimmerelli, and Patricia Bizzell release new book titled "Nineteenth-Century American Activist Rhetorics."

Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article, "A Theory of Fan-Type Dissociation"

Nov 2020 - Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article "A Theory of Fan-Type Dissociation" in Philosophy and Rhetoric

Professor Ron Tanner Retires

July 2020 - Professor Ron Tanner has enjoyed success as an essayist, a novelist, and a writer of short fiction. Across these genres, he has displayed a distinctive voice that is wry, compassionate, and learned, deeply attuned to the delights and...

Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article, "Rewriting the Bible: Rhetorical Appeals to the Original Languages in Protestant Preaching"

July 2020 - Associate Professor Martin Camper, Ph.D., publishes article, "Rewriting the Bible: Rhetorical Appeals to the Original Languages in Protestant Preaching" in Journal of Communication and Religion.

Associate Professor Allen Brizee, Ph.D., publishes article, "What Happens When We Fail?: Building Resilient Community-Based Research"

Oct 2019 - Dr. Allen Brizee, Associate Professor of Writing, publishes article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

Associate Professor Allen Brizee, Ph.D., publishes article, "High-Impact Civic Engagement: Outcomes of Community-Based Research in Technical Writing Courses"

June 2019 - Dr. Allen Brizee publishes article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

Associate Professor Allen Brizee, Ph.D., appointed Faculty Director of Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship

2019 - Dr. Allen Brizee, Associate Professor of Writing, has been appointed Faculty Director for Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship in Loyola's Center for Community, Service, and Justice.

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