WCSU English Dept

English Department Faculty Lecture (Spring 2019), "A Tale of Two Witchcrafts", given by Dr. Margaret Murray on the Salem witch executions Monday, April 22, 2019.

English Department Fall 2017 Faculty Lecture: “Arthur Miller and Death of a Salesman in Beijing,” presented by Dr. Claire Conceison, Quanta Professor of Chinese Culture and Professor of Theater Arts, MIT, and Visiting Professor at Harvard University. November 6, 2017.

Brodey Ott (left) delivering his paper on Death of a Salesman. Brodey Ott, Ryan Jones, and Alexia Smith (right)

Dr. Don Gagnon, Professor of English, is the inaugural (2017) recipient of the Provost’s Award for Teaching for his excellence in teaching and dedication to students’ success. It is an award well-earned and well-deserved. Congratulations! Dr. Don Gagnon (left) and Dr. Don Gagnon and Dr. Missy Alexander, dean of A&S (right).

Graduate award recipients at the Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation, 25 April 2017 (Picture on the left: L to R): Danielle King, winner of Best Research Paper of the Year; Leah Begg, winner of the Most Promising Scholar and the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards; Emily Carney, winner of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award. Congratulations!

English Department faculty and students attending the annual English Honors Society (Sigma Tau Delta/Alpha Lambda Epsilon) induction ceremony Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Congratulations to all the inductees!

Group photo (L to R): Dr. Shouhua Qi, Nicole Sileo, Douglas Nadig, Jr., Sean Barrett, Dr. Cigdem Usekes, Dr. Donald Gagnon, Michael Leone, Leah Begg, William Brimmer, Lloyd Simmons

Quentin Darrington, currently starring in Cats on Broadway, having also starred in Ragtime, The Lion King, and other shows, speaks to students of ENG 107/THR 204 taught by Dr. Donald Gagnon on Monday, April 10, 2017.

ENG major Kenny Ward, 4th from left: Hancock Student Leadership Fellow.

English major Kristin Hinz organized WCSU's Women's March on Washington (January 21, 2017). Photo includes English students Lexie Smith, Leah Donahue and Danielle King, along with Dr. Murray.

CSU English Conference, 2016. Leah Donahue, Dr. Murray, Ian Boivert, Jack McCandless, Kristin Hinz

Students from Eng107W Introduction to Drama (taught by Dr. Don Gagnon) traveled to the New York City on Saturday, November 12, 2016 for a private screening (at Lincoln Center/New York Public Library of Performing Arts) of the original Broadway production of FENCES by August Wilson.

English Society and Black Student Union Trip to Broadway November 5, 2016.
The English Society and Black Student Union, trip to see THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway November 5, 2016 (Left Photo: with cast member Kyle Scatliffe in rear).

Students Presenting/Attending CCSU undergraduate English conference Nov. 4, 2016.
Photo 1 (left): Samantha Kayser, Quinn Ochoa-Morales, John Mudgett presenting at the conference.
Photo 2 (right): John Mudgett, Quinn-Ochoa Morales, Samantha Kayser, and Dr. Donald Gagnon at the conference.

MA in English recipients at the May 23, 2016 Commencement: Stephanie Hardisty and Blake Irving (with Dr. Donald Gagnon, department co-chair). Congrats!

BA in English recipients at the May 23, 2016 Commencement with Dr. Donald Gagnon, department co-chair. L to R: Victoria Carvalho, Rachel Carnazza, Megan McCauley, Fatima Selimovski, and John Brown IV.

Claire Burch (middle), Senior, English Elementary Education Major, with English Department co-chairs Dr. Donald Gagnon (left) and Dr. Michael Chappell (right) at the School of A&S Honors Convocation Thursday, April 28.

Ian Boisvert (right), Junior, American Studies major, with English Department co-chair Dr. Donald Gagnon (left) at the School of A&S Honors Convocation Thursday, April 28.

Graduate students teaching in the College English Program for spring 2016 (L to R): Akintunde Sogunro (MFA), Stephanie Myers (MFA), Charlotte Dabrowski (MFA), Daniel Chamberlin (MFA), Abigail Lebron (MFA), Katina Herrera (MA), Christina Kinsella (MFA), and Stephanie Hardisty (MA).

Two MA in English Thesis Presentations:

Blake Irving: “Absalom and Achitophel and the Dangers of Hubris”
May 2, 2016 at 5:00 pm, Berkshire Hall 103

Aaron Newcome: “Lifting the Veil: A Noir Reading of William Faulkner”
May 3, 2016 at 5:30, pm Berkshire Hall 103

English Society president Lyndsey Rizk (right) presenting English Society raffle winner Rosie Pearsall (left) with the prize: a copy of The Yale Shakespeare (April 20, 2016).

April 2, 2016, students in Eng107W Introduction to Drama and Eng 453 Q***r Drama in America taught by Dr. Donald Gagnon, associate professor and co-chair of the English Department, visited the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts/Theatre on Tape and Film Archive for the screening of Richard Greenberg's 2003 play "Take Me Out."

Students in the honors class "Crossing the Danger Water" taught by Dr. Donald Gagnon, associate professor and co-chair of the English Department, recently (Friday, November 6, 2015) visited the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. Dr. Herukhuti (in the picture on the right) spoke to the students about the Middle Passage.

Quinn Ochoa-Morales, a student in our English program, was invited to present his paper (as an undergraduate) at the Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference at Colby-Sawyer College, New Hampshire, October 30-31, 2015. He spoke on the film American Sniper (2014) and Islamaphobia was very well received.