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Department of English
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Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
480.965.3168

Main Office Location:
G. Homer Durham Language and Literature Building - LL 542

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Student Awards & Honors 2002-2008

External Awards
  • Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
    • Erin McCarthy (2005)
  • Arizona Legislative and Government Internship Award
    • Lauren Prieb (Spring 2007): Judicial Committee for the House of Representatives
    • Erin Lister (Spring 2005): with ThinkAZ
  • Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest
    • Caitlin Horrocks (2005)
  • Blakemore Freeman Fellowship for Advanced Asian Language Study
    • Bradley McDonnell (2009-2010)
  • Brigham Young University Summer Fellowship
    • Vernon Dickson (2004)
  • East Valley Tribune Best Original Playscript Award, Tempe, AZ
    • James Garcia (2003-2004): American Latino Redux
  • Fulbright Award
    • Diana Park (2007-2008)
    • Brad McDonnell (2007-2008)
    • Kari Jordan-Diller (2005-2006)
  • International Conference on Romanticism Best Student Paper Award
    • Angela O'Neal (2006): "Form and Phantasm: The Poetry of Blake's Eternal(ly) Slender Bodies"
  • K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
    • Rochelle Rodrigo (2004)
  • Peter C. Rollins Award, Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Conference
    • David Boyles (2008): for best graduate student paper, "Where Everybody Knows His Name: Shakespeare Citation, Race, and Cultural Memory on Cheers"
  • Philanthropic and Educational Organization (PEO) Scholar Award
    • Kari Jordan-Diller (2006-2007)
  • School of Performing Arts National Playwriting Award, Wichita State University
    • Paul North (2005): The House Where Nobody Lives
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
    • Carol Mejia-Laperle (2004)
  • University of Tulsa New Works for Women Playwriting Competition
    • Kristyn Benedyk (2004): 4th place, Wild Mustangs
  • USA Today Academic Achievement Award
    • Erin McCarthy (2005): Honorable Mention

University Awards

  • ASU Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
    • Lisa Makros (2008): "Twenty-five Years of 'Dreaming in Digital': Authority and Access in Electronic Medieval Texts"
    • Carol Mejia-Laperle (2005): "The Death of Consolation: Social Critique in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess"
  • ASU Alumni Association Alumni Book Award
    • Bryan Meyerowitz (2005)
  • ASU College of Education Dr. Roy C. Rice Scholarship
    • Wendy Kelleher (2004-2005)
  • ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Associates
    • Jennifer Santos (2004-2005)
  • ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Len and Rena Gordon "Spunky" Award
    • Riki Meier (2007-2008)
  • ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarship Award
    • Diana Coleman (2007-2008)
  • ASU Department of English Faculty Scholarship
    • Lauren Gray (2008)
    • Elizabeth Dern (2008)
    • Melissa Mapes (2008)
    • Ami Vigneux (2008)
    • Danielle Rainwater (2008)
    • Matthew Storrs (2008)
    • Alison Lewis (2007)
    • Martin Martos (2005)
    • Sarah Morrow (2004)
  • ASU Department of English Glendon & Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing
    • Kelsey Dimberg (2008): 1st place, Fiction
    • Ding Ding Zheng (2008): 2nd place, Fiction
    • Rose Swartz (2008): 3rd place, Fiction
    • Liz Wimberly (2008): Honorable Mention, Fiction
    • Rose Swartz (2008): 1st place, Poetry
    • Catherine Bates (2008): 2nd place, Poetry
    • Haley Larson (2008): 3rd place, Poetry
    • Melissa Mickelson (2008): Honorable Mention, Poetry
    • Melissa Mickelson (2007): 1st place, Fiction
    • Aimee Baker (2007): 2nd place, Fiction
    • Veronica Kosyakov (2007): 3rd place, Fiction
    • Matthew Brennan (2007): Honorable Mention, Fiction
    • Aimee Baker (2007): 1st place, Poetry
    • Leah Soderberg (2007): 2nd place, Poetry
    • Melissa Mickelson (2007): 3rd place, Poetry
    • Samantha Evans (2007): Honorable Mention, Poetry
    • Katie Cortese (2006): 1st place, Fiction
    • Caitlin Horrocks (2006): 2nd place, Fiction
    • Greta Baranowski (2006): 3rd place, Fiction
    • John Young (2006): Honorable Mention, Fiction
    • Sara Greco (2006): Honorable Mention, Fiction
    • Venita Blackburn (2006): Honorable Mention, Fiction
    • Meghan Brinson (2006): 1st place, Poetry
    • Elizabeth Dreeland (2006): 2nd place, Poetry
    • Iliana Rocha (2006): 3rd place, Poetry
    • Diana Park (2006): Honorable Mention, Poetry
    • Claire McQuerry (2006): Honorable Mention, Poetry
    • Katie Cortese (2006): Honorable Mention, Poetry
    • Christopher Hanks (2005): 1st place, Fiction
    • Ben Horowitz (2005): 2nd place, Fiction
    • Katie Cortese (2005): 3rd place, Fiction
    • Jeffrey Baker (2005): Honorable Mention, Fiction
    • Lindsey Gosma (2005): 1st place, Poetry
    • Joseph Mains (2005): 2nd place, Poetry
    • Katie Cortese (2005): 3rd place, Poetry
    • Katie Cappello (2005): Honorable Mention, Poetry
  • ASU Department of English John Doebler Memorial Award
    • Layra Pyle (2007-2008)
    • Vernon Dickson (2006-2007)
    • Cynthia Knight (2004-2005)
  • ASU Department of English Katharine C. Turner Academy of American Poets Prize
    • Diana Parks (2006)
    • Brian Leary (2005)
    • Sarah Vap (2003)
  • ASU Department of English Martindale Educational Foundation Prize in the Long Story
    • Eric Day (2005)
    • Michael Green (2005)
  • ASU Department of English Marvin M. Fisher Book Award
    • Subrata Bhowmik (Fall 2008)
    • Tanita Saenkhum (Spring 2008)
    • Seungyeon Lee (Fall 2007)
    • Yi-Ting Chen (Spring 2007)
    • Hui-Ling Yang (Fall 2006)
    • Hui-Ling Yang (Spring 2006)
    • Carol Mejia-LaPerle (Fall 2005)
    • Ho-Jung Yu (Spring 2005)
    • Ebru Erdem (Fall 2004)
    • Nina Sabolik (Fall 2004)
    • Chen-Chen Sun (Spring 2004)
  • ASU Department of English Printer's Devil Award
    • Diego Ramirez (2008): 1st place, English 101
    • Michael Buchman (2008): 2nd place, English 101
    • Hal Cohen (2008) 3rd place, English 101
    • Annissa Olsen (2008): 1st place, English 102
    • Diana Stocker (2008): 2nd place, English 102
    • Mary Beth Hutchinson (2008): 2nd place, English 102
    • Stephanie Maselko (2008): 3rd place, English 102
    • Janna Jacksopn (2008): 3rd place, English 102
    • Ashley Roberts (2008): 1st place, English 105
    • Erin Peck (2008): 2nd place, English 105
    • Ashley Lange (2008): 3rd place, English 105
    • Thomas Amaya (2008): 1st place, English 215
    • Monika Gutierrez (2008): 1st place, English 217
    • Jay McCray (2008): 2nd place, English 217
    • Alyssa Bachman (2008): 3rd place, English 217
    • Amanda Taylor (2007): 1st place, English 101
    • Lauren Ice (2007): 2nd place, English 101
    • Adriana Oman (2007): 3rd place, English 101
    • Kent Mosher (2007): Honorable Mention, English 101
    • Amy Karabowicz (2007): 1st place, English 102
    • Kelly Strickler (2007): 2nd place, English 102
    • Caroline Pratt (2007): 2nd place, English 102
    • Kelly Strickler (2007): 3rd place, English 102
    • Molly Williams (2007): 1st place, English 105
    • Lisa Potter (2007): 2nd place, English 105
    • Emily Rice (2007): 3rd place, English 105
    • Ashley Letizia (2007): Honorable Mention, English 105
    • Sam Nalven (2007): 1st place, English 217
    • Sam Nalven (2007): 2nd place, English 217
    • Mariana Garay (2007): 3rd place, English 217
    • Joanie Gillooly (2007): 3rd place, English 217
    • Jaeth De Furia (2006): 1st place, English 101
    • Michelle Lato (2006): 1st place, English 101
    • Kairi Marshall (2006): 2nd place, English 101
    • Ali Wachutka (2006): 1st place, English 105
    • Andi Marcantel (2006): 2nd place, English 105
    • John Callahan (2006): 1st place, English 102
    • Stephanie Williams (2006): 2nd place, English 102
    • Nicholas Petcu (2006): 3rd place, English 102
    • Nicole Stewart (2006): 3rd place, English 102
    • Robert Slattery (2005): 1st place, English 101
    • Jessica Rose (2005): 2nd place, English 101
    • Sheree Turner (2005): 3rd place, English 101
    • Cassandra Dillman (2005): 2nd place, English 105
    • Lydia Tolman (2005): 2nd place, English 102
    • Danielle Deakin (2005): 2nd place, English 102
    • Kenneth Kruse (2005): 3rd place, English 102
    • Rebecca Oehler (2005): 3rd place, English 105
    • Monica Skrautvol (2005): 1st & 3rd places, English 107
    • Ankush D'Souza (2005): 2nd & 3rd places, English 107
  • ASU Division of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship
    • Mariana D. Batchevanova (2006-2007)
    • Lynette Myles (2005-2006)
  • ASU Ernestine Lund Nash Fellowship
    • Wendy Kelleher (2004-2005)
  • ASU Friends of the Department of English Scholarship
    • Riki Meier (Spring 2008)
    • Ding Ding Zheng (Fall 2007)
    • Jonathan Stone (Spring 2007)
    • Martin Martos (Fall 2006)
    • Sandra Crandall (Spring 2006)
    • Roxane Barwick (Fall 2005)
    • Matt Dexter (Spring 2005)
    • Elizabeth Dreeland (2004)
  • ASU Graduate Scholars of English Association (GSEA) Peer Mentor Award
    • Mike Perry (2007-2008)
    • Johanna Wagner (2006-2007)
    • Mike Callaway (2006-2007)
    • Bruce Matsunaga (2003-2004)
    • Bruce Matsunaga (2002-2003)
  • ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award
    • Vernon Dickson (2004-2005)
    • Lisa Makros (2004-2005)
    • Carol Mejia-Laperle (2004-2005)
    • Zach Waggoner (2004-2005)
    • Amy D'Antonio (2003-2004)
    • Kimber Knutson (2003-2004)
    • Lauren Yena (2003-2004)
  • ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Continuing Teaching Excellence Award
    • Lauren Yena (2004-2005)
  • ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Engaged Scholar Certificate of Distinguished Service
    • Vernon Dickson (2003)
  • ASU Languages & Lituratures Department Hebrew Excellence Award
    • Bryan Meyerowitz (2005)
  • ASU Latin American Studies Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
    • Alissa Johnson (2004-2005)
  • ASU Libraries' Student Book Collecting Contest
    • Victor Parra-Guinaldo (2008): Graduate Student Best Collection, First place
    • Sarah Dean (2008): Graduate Student Best Collection, Honorable Mention
    • Emilie Roy (2006): Graduate Student Best Collection, First place
    • Amanda Owens (2006): Graduate Student Best Collection, Third Place
    • Veronica Njeri-Imani (2006): Graduate Student Best Collection, Honorable Mention
  • ASU Preparing Future Faculty Gaswirth Loan
    • Vernon Dickson (2003)
  • ASU Sonoran Prize for Fiction
    • Marian Crotty (2008)
    • W. Todd Kaneko (2006): "The Eighties"
    • Aimee Baker (2006): 2nd prize, "A Natural History"
    • Caitlin Horrocks (2006): 3rd prize, "Mermaid Parade"
    • Katie Cortese (2005): "Favorite Things"
    • Laura S. Cruser (2005): 2nd prize, "Ginseng"
    • Veronica Lucero (2005): 3rd prize, "Vectors"
  • ASU Sonoran Prize for Poetry
    • Chris Hutchinson (2008)
    • Matthew Gavin Frank (2006): "Parents"
    • Katie Cortese (2006): 2nd prize, "Love"
    • Martin Martos II (2006): 3rd prize, "June 14, 1983"
    • Elizabyth Hiscox (2005): "Cladonia rangifera Nineteen Years beyond Chernobyl"
    • Matthew Gavin Frank (2005): 2nd prize, "The Upstairs Cow"
    • Todd Fredson (2005): 2nd prize, "Looking for Something to Witness"
    • Brian Leary (2005): 3rd prize, "How to Treat Your Damaged Psyche with Kindness"
  • ASU Southwest Symposium John Doebler Memorial Award
    • Vernon Dickson (2002)
  • ASU Sun Angel Foundation Undergraduate Research Award in the Humanities
    • Stephanie Craig (2007-2008): "What High School Teachers Need to Know about Japanese Manga"
    • Ginger Hansen (2007-2008): "Seeking Truth in Green Advertising, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love G.E."
    • Melissa Kathryn Leary (2005-2006)
    • Martin Martos II (2005-2006)
    • Megan Faragher (2004-2005)
  • ASU Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing International Creative Writing Travel and Research Fellowship
    • Darcy Courteau (2006)
    • Diana Park (2006)
    • Matthew Gavin Frank (2005)
    • Todd Fredson (2005)
    • Kriste Peoples (2005)
  • ASU Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing Piper International Writer's Retreat Fellowship
    • Aimee Baker (2006-2007): Sanskriti Kendra International Artists' Residency Programme
    • Max Doty (2006-2007): Sanskriti Kendra International Artists' Residency Programme
    • Michael Green (2006-2007): Sanskriti Kendra International Artists' Residency Programme
    • Tina Hammerton (2006-2007): Sanskriti Kendra International Artists' Residency Programme
  • ASU Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing Piper Summer Fellowships
    • Claire McQuerry (2006)
    • Michael Green (2006)
    • Darcy Courteau (2006)
    • Carlos Chavarria (2005)
    • Matthew Frank (2005)
    • Lena Rosenfield (2005)
  • ASU Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing Theresa A. Wilhoit Fellowship in Creative Writing
    • Caitlin Horrocks (2006-2007)
    • Douglas Jones (2005-2006)
  • ASU Wilfred Ferrell Memorial Fellowship
    • Johanna Wagner (2006-2007)
    • Sarah Fedirka (2005-2006)
    • Lisa Cahill (2004-2005)
    • Vernon Dickson (2002-2003)
  • ASU-East Student Affairs Student Leader of the Month
    • Vernon Dickson (November 2003)

 

 

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