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Carmen Nocentelli, associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of New Mexico, was awarded the Roland H. Bainton Prize in Literature for Empires of Love: Europe, Asia, and the Making of Early Modern Identity (University ...

He’s considered in many literary circles as the godfather of contemporary Chicano literature; a groundbreaking author whose work not only evokes images of the llano (desert flatlands) of his youth, but also the simple, humble world of la raza in rural ...

The UNM Department of English hosts distinguished writer Ana Castillo to deliver the 5th annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in George Pearl Hall room 101. A reception will ...

University of New Mexico Professor of English Sharon Oard Warner is the author of the new book, "Sophie's House of Cards," published by the UNM Press.  “Perhaps it’s a trick of the imagination, but the house of cards seems to glow, filling the murky r

Christine Garcia, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of New Mexico English Department, has been awarded the 2014-2015 Center for Regional Studies Hector Torres Fellowship. Garcia, whose concentration is in rhetoric and writing, earned both her B.A. ...

Gail Turley Houston, chair, University of New Mexico English Department announced that author N. Scott Momaday will be a Visiting Professor in Creative Writing and American Literary Studies during the 2014-15 academic year. Specializing in poetry and ...

The University of New Mexico Honors College has selected two Fellows for Academic Year 2014-15: Gary Weissmann, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Matt Hofer, English. A third Distinguished Fellow, Shawn Berman from the Anderson School of Management, ...

UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences recently awarded two faculty, Professor Hua Guo and Teaching Assistant Lindsey Ives, with its 2013 Arts & Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence. Guo, who has a dual appointment in the Department of Chemistry and ...

University of New Mexico Assistant Professor of English Natasha N. Jones earned a 2014 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for her article, “Plain Language in Environmental Policy Documents: An Assessment of Reader Comprehension and ...

Nikki Giovanni, poet, activist, mother and professor, speaks at the University of New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Anthropology 163 on the UNM main campus. This event is free and open to the public. Giovanni is a seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa ...