April 30, 2020
Samantha NeCamp, assistant professor and composition director in UC's Department of English, dispels Appalachian stereotypes in her book "Literacy in the Mountains: Community, Newspapers, and Writing in Appalachia."
August 4, 2020
Writing is required to succeed in and eventually leave graduate school, writes Laura R. Micciche, yet Ph.D. students often don't receive enough support for this mostly invisible private work.
November 22, 2021
The New York Times publishes a news obituary for Justus Rosenberg, a member of the French resistance who helped artists and intellectuals flee the Germans during World War II. After the war, he earned a doctorate at the University of Cincinnati and taught literature.
October 22, 2021
The horror movie genre portrays teens as 'dumb', but they are able to laugh at the trope. After all, who would ever go into the basement...not me!
July 30, 2024
Research has revealed that reading aloud involves several operations that activate a region of the brain associated with episodic memory, making the practice an effective memory tool. Michael Griffith, a UC professor of English, expounds on the benefits of reading aloud for adults.
November 1, 2022
UC Department of English faculty Gary Vaughn cited as an expert in Psychology Today for an article on why people with anxiety love Halloween. The article gives seven reasons for this theory, with Vaughn speaking to modern horror stories.
April 18, 2024
Cincinnati edition host Lucy May discusses the history and new found popularity of word games with Michael Griffith, professor English. Griffith is a writer, but also develops word games for publication.
August 11, 2023
UC is a base for two well known literary publications: Cincinnati Review and Short Vine. Both are featured in an article in Cincinnati Magazine highlighting the impact local publications make in the literary world.
August 1, 2023
UC Associate Professor and Educator Bob Hyland puts this year's global heat waves in context for WVXU's Cincinnati Edition.