The Department of English was once again well represented at the Robert Penn Warren Circle. The conference is held annually in April at Guthrie, Kentycky--and our students and alumni make me proud every year.
This year three current graduate students--Caelen Elliot, Evan Hullick, and Matt Stienhafel--delivered wonderful presentations. Alumni Joseph Boyne moderated a panel and Chris Suarez gave a presentation.
It was a particularly celebratory occasion: Evan successfully defended his dissertation on April 3, the day before the conference started. We are delighted to hoist a glass in his honor!
Ernest Suarez
David M. O'Connell Professor of English
Executive Director, Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers
Chair, Department of English