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The Department of English at Adelphi keeps you at the cutting edge of the literary field, with articles on up-and-coming authors and industry trends and through our innovative workshops and events.


 February 20, 2020 The Ferrante Letters: An Experiment in Collective Criticism In The News Assistant Professor of English Katherine Hill is mentioned in a Times Higher Education story about a literary experiment she and her friends are involved in.

February 12, 2020 Professor Judith Baumel Turns an Italian Stroll Into Poetry News Judith Baumel, professor in the Department of English, loves Italy. She loves the history, the language and running into a new village nearly every five miles that is unlike any village she's encountered before.

February 1, 2020 Spoiler Alert: Reading Ferrante’s New Novel in Italian In The News English Professor Martha Cooley authors a piece for the Los Angeles Review of Books about Italian writer Elena Ferrante’s new novel.

January 16, 2020 What Students Learned From Internships in Washington DC News Adelphi seniors gain professional experience interning for congressional offices, interest groups and executive agencies in Washington DC.

November 21, 2019 Freshmen Give Up Cellphones for One Week News One class of first-year students took on the challenge of giving up their smartphones for an entire week in an effort to do what Donna Freitas, PhD, visiting professor of English, calls “unplugging."

November 8, 2019 College Class Making Students Unplug From Their Phones In The News Donna Freitas, PhD, visiting associate professor of English, is challenging students in her first-year seminar class to “unplug” from their cellphones for a week. The exercise is featured on CBS New York and other outlets such as PIX11 and Innovate Long Island.

October 31, 2019 Adelphi Alumni and Professor Release New Books This Fall News Bestselling authors Jacqueline Woodson '16 (Hon.) and Alice Hoffman '73, '02 (Hon.) published their latest in a succession of critically acclaimed works. They are joined by Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, whose first work of fiction was also released.

October 7, 2019 The Road to Resilience News College students report being stressed and depressed. A new program helps them weather an age of anxiety.

May 8, 2019 New Associate Provost Discusses Plans for Student Success News At Adelphi, students reap the benefits of personalized attention from their professors and all the opportunities nearby New York City holds. But according to Peter West, Ph.D.—the newly appointed associate provost for student success—there's always room to do better.

December 25, 2018 Taboo in YA Fiction In The News Young adult fiction has tackled plenty of controversial subjects. According to Visiting Associate Professor Donna M. Freitas, Ph.D.'s article in The New York Times, there's one topic publishers shy away from: religion.
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