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Phillip Zapkin has had a run of publications.

One of Kristy Ganoe’s students, Cherish Graham, was awarded the Schwartz Fellows Program fellowship for 2026.

The Digital English Studio interns (Reagan Staub, Isabella Teske, and Chasalee Romero) have been hard at work filming and editing reels for the Department’s Instagram.

Associate professor co-writes new book

Reid Meredith has been nominated by Penn State Men’s Basketball player Mason Blackwood as his MVP (Most Valuable Professor)!

Phillip Zapkin published a new article, “Antipodean Theseus: The Narrative Influence of Classical Myth on the Historiography of William Larnach,” in Histories, vol 6, no. 1, 9 Feb. 2026.

Timothy Loperfido’s short story collection, Like There’s Ever a Choice, has been acquired by Cornerstone Press.

At the Liberal Arts Staff Awards on February 12, 2026, Cheryl Mohr was honored for 15 years of service, Lynn Setzler for 25 years of service, and our very own Kim Keller won the Liberal Arts Excellence in Leadership and Mentoring Award!

Ellen Skirvin’s short story “I Got You” was published in The Sun Magazine this month.

Oliver Baker’s essay, “Embattled Settler Colonialism in John Rollin Ridge’s Joaquín Murieta,” was recently published in ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture.