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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.


 November 21, 2019 For One Week, First-Year Seminar Students Lose the Smartphones, Experience Life Unplugged and Make Headlines 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 CBS New York 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.

December 12, 2018 Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Keckly, Dressmaker and Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln In The News English Professor Jennifer Fleischner and her book on Keckly are included in this story from The New York Times.

December 2, 2018 The Mixed Meanings of Missing Girls In The News English professor and author Martha Cooley wrote for the Los Angeles Review of Books analyzing the trope of missing girls in fiction books.

November 29, 2018 An Evening With Igor Webb, Village of Crickets and Christopher Smart’s Cat News Igor Webb, Ph.D., author, critic, professor, and director of the Adelphi University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program hosted a gathering in celebration of his latest book, Christopher Smart's Cat, an unusual amalgam of memoir, short fiction and lit crit.

November 14, 2018 Adelphi Faculty Take on the World News The Center for International Education has two announcements in time for International Education Week, held November 12 through November 16, 2018: the recipients of the 2019 International Faculty Development Grants, and a new map documenting faculty international engagement.
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