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On this Giving Tuesday, the Cal Poly English Department is incredibly excited to announce the establishment of the first-ever Cal Poly English Department Endowment. Give now: securelb.imodules.com/s/699/bp19/int…

Cal Poly English Alumni: please join members of the English Advisory Board and Faculty on Friday, Sept. 29th @ 5 p.m. PST at Libertine Brewing! RSVP @ alumni.calpoly.edu/events/cal-pol… #CalPolyAlumni #CalPolyProud #CalPolyEnglish #CalPolySLO

Reconnect with English Alumni on Friday, Sept. 29, starting at 5:30 p.m. PST at Libertine Brewing. Members of the English Advisory Board and English Faculty will be getting together as part of Cal Poly’s Homecoming Weekend. RSVP information available at alumni.calpoly.edu/events/cal-pol…

Dr. Jay Peters from the English Department will be participating in the CLA’s Social Justice Teach-In. This presentation will describe Authors Inside, a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering currently and formerly incarcerated authors. The regestration link is in our bio!

Dr. Hatch will be holding a Blended Program info session on Friday, January 20th at 12 noon, via Zoom. All English majors interested in learning more about our five-year B.A. + M.A. program are invited to attend this session. #calpolyenglish

Cal Poly English faculty and students are doing exciting learn-by-doing work by connecting texts with landscapes! In summer 2022, 17 students and two professors from the Cal Poly English Department visited the English Lake District and Edinburgh, Scotland! #calpolyenglishabroad

Cal Poly’s Project Sunshine is having a book drive this holiday season to support Martha’s Place, a local children’s center!📚❤️ Come out Nov. 28 & 30, and Dec. 1 & 2 and donate to help Cal Poly Project Sunshine improve the lives of pediatric patients in our community!

Our English Department Advisory Board looking great at their fall meeting on Saturday!🤩🍂 The board is looking forward to professional development events and engaging with the Cal Poly English community in new ways in 2023!🎊

Dr. Schwartz’s ENGL 439, "Gender in Medieval Literature," is a 400-level seminar that explores how medieval texts contribute to, reflect, and problematize the gender expectations of both authors and audiences. Offered this Winter 2023. #calpolyenglish

For this week's #facultyfriday we are excited to introduce a new member of the Cal Poly English Faculty, Dr. Ashley Clemons! This is Dr. Clemons’ first year at Cal Poly and she is teaching African American Literature (ENGL 347)! Welcome Dr. Clemons!🎉

Join us for our second Writers at Work Series poetry reading with our very own Mira Rosenthal, in person at 2:10 pm on November 10 in Building 180, Room 102! Come experience Dr. Rosenthal’s powerful work and celebrate the first in-person poetry reading we’ve had in three years!

Distinguished Teaching Award nominations are open!🏆 If you have worked with an English faculty member who you think is deserving, visit the Distinguished Teaching Award webpage for more details, and submit your nomination through the link in our bio!☺️

We have our first Writers at Work Series poetry reading happening this Thursday, October 27th at 2:10 via Zoom with Danusha Laméris! Register to join us using the link in our bio or via the “Writers at Work” page of the English Department’s website! #writersatworkseries

The English Department is so grateful for our transfer students! National Transfer Student Week (Oct. 17-21) will be full of events focused on building community, connecting transfers with campus resources and sharing transfer pride with campus. Come check it out! #calpoly

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Dr. Cati V. de los Ríos speak on translingual literacy Thursday, October 27th from 3-4pm in 180-0102!

Assistant Professor of English, Dr. Shanae Martinez, is piloting an exciting new a three-quarter course sequence on editing and publishing this year!📕 If you are interested in learning more, please contact the department by emailing [email protected] or send us a message!

We would like to welcome one of our newest members of the Cal Poly English Department, Dr. Krista Sarraf! Dr. Sarraf will be teaching technical & professional communications courses including ENGL 317, 319 & 421. To learn more about Dr. Sarraf check out our Instagram/Facebook!

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ICYMI we have another amazing faculty member to celebrate! Dr. Brad Campbell was awarded Cal Poly’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021!🏆🎊 We are so proud to have Dr. Campbell in our department!

Our very own Dr. Mira Rosenthal was awarded a Fulbright Scolarship! During her year at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, she will be researching and translating Jewish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka’s poetry and offering a graduate seminar. Congratulations Dr. Rosenthal!👏🏼🎊

Hi everyone! My name is Laura Bernard and I am the new social media Intern for the English Department!🥳 I am excited to contribute to the English Department’s social media presence this year, and hope to cultivate an interactive environment to connect, share and celebrate.