News, Publications, and Presentations
Jeremy Specland's (Postdoctoral Fellow) article "The Righteous Shall Be Punished: The Biography of a Biblical Misprint" was published in Renaissance Studies (advance online publication, March 9, 2026).
Abbie Mourey (MA-into-PhD) has a forthcoming essay publication. Her essay, "'For Nobler Themes Demand a Nobler Strain': Phillis Wheatley, John Milton, and the Poetic Search for Freedom," will be published by her alma mater's literary journal, Westmarch. Abbie served as editor-in-chief for the journal in her senior year. Current and past issues can be accessed via the following link: https://fliphtml5.com/bookcase/sveugj/
Jacob Bowers (Ph.D Student) recieved the 2026-2027 Wittliff Collections William H. Hill Research Award in the amount of $1,200 working with the Cormac McCarthy Archives, conducting manuscript research on his final two novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
He has also presented his paper titled "'I heared the Lawd': Aunt Cat's Faith-Vision in Robert Penn Warren's Brother to Dragons" at the 2026 Robert Warren Circle Conference. Abigail Sell, Renee Stack, Leah Hepburn, Shannan McClernon, and Nicolas Reynolds also presented at the conference.
Dr. Amanda Auerbach presented her paper "Being at Others' Disposal in Mansfield Park" at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' conference in Philadelphia.