Department of English

Amina Gautier, who received her PhD from our department in 2004-2005  (dissertation committee Michael Awkward, Nancy Bentley, and Herman Beavers), has won the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story from the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.

Here's the link to the website. http://www.penfaulkner.org/pen-malamud-award

Amina will be reading at the Kelly Writers House this Saturday for Alumni Weekend, if you want to congratulate her in person.