Department of English

On Friday, May 12th at 3 pm, the English Department gathered with colleagues, friends, and family to celebrate our recent master's and doctoral graduates at the Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences Diploma Ceremony. 11 of our graduate students walked to receive their diploma, and our own Herman Beavers, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies, gave the commencement speech.

A hearty congratulations to:

Melanie Abeygunawardana (Ph.D., Aug 2022)

Amber Rose Johnson (Ph.D., dual with Africana Studies, May 2023)

Aaron Thomas Bartels-Swindells (Ph.D., Dec 2022)

Joseph Coppola (Ph.D., May 2023)

Destiny Crockett (Ph.D., May 2023

Caitlin Evans (M.A., May 2023)

Cassidy Holahan (Ph.D., May 2023)

Ava Kim (Ph.D., Aug 2022)

Alexander Millen (Ph.D., May 2023)

Zahra Narvel (B.A./M.A., May 2023)

Grace Tierney (M.A., May 2023)

Not in attendance, but still celebrated were:

Dahlia Li (May 2023)

A. V. Aylin Malcolm (May 2023)

Rovel Sequeira (Aug 2022)

Clinton Williamson (Aug 2022)