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Dr. Felicia Lopez: ABC News Interview & Library of Congress Talk on Mesoamerican Studies

October 3, 2024
Dr. Felicia Lopez was interviewed on a local San Diego ABC news program for Hispanic Heritage Month. Here, she talks about her research on the Mesoamerican figure Mayahuel and her embodiment as the maguey/agave plant. The segment also shows many images from the comic she and artist Jordan...

Bobcat Comics Features Work of Three Literature Professors

September 17, 2024
The Bobcat Comics series pairs UC Merced professors with professional comic book artists who turn their scholarship into accessible comics. Check out these three, based on the work of Literatures in English faculty, from which you will learn about the power of refugee storytelling, visual...

English Majors Create Original Play About Environmental Injustice

December 6, 2023
By Sophia Davis, UC Merced English major Film of the production available here. December 5, 2023 In 1623, William Shakespeare proclaimed, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." That is, in the eyes of the playwright, every aspect of the world,...

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

May 15, 2023
For many in the class of 2023, COVID hit during their first year at UC Merced. They endured the challenges of the pandemic and online teaching, and on May 14, graduated from UC Merced. Particular congratulations to the class of 2023 honors students, Viviana Gomez, Luis Mendez, and Katie...

English program offers optional tracks in Social Justice and the Environment

October 12, 2022
Starting in Fall 2023, UC Merced's English program offers two optional tracks in Literature and Social Justice and Literature and the Environment. Why these tracks at UC Merced We launched these tracks in response to student demand. Most of the major crises facing the San Joaquin...

English major Cat Flores chosen to give commencement address to class of 2022

May 16, 2022
“Working toward a college degree amid a global pandemic was anything but easy, but the work and resilience the UC Merced Class of 2022 has possessed throughout their undergraduate career deserves to be acknowledged, congratulated and immensely celebrated at this year's commencement....

English program remembers Dr. Jan Goggans

March 4, 2022
The English program and the entire University of California Merced community mourns the passing of our colleague, teacher, and friend Dr. Jan Goggans. At a memorial event on March 2, 2022, several colleagues, students, and former students paid tribute: Student Kaylin Insyarath: "As I...

New Issue of Vernal Pool Released

December 1, 2021
The newest issue of UC Merced's literary magazine The Vernal Pool was released in December 2021, and many English majors took part in its creation. Remy Sumida-Tate ('22) served as editor in chief, and it was copyedited by Arianna Mengel ('22), with Miranda Rosas (...

From Shakespeare to the Latin Grammys

November 25, 2021
UC Merced recently spotlighted the accomplishments of Cat Flores, a senior English major who is using her literary and writing skills to make waves in the music industry, as a rep for Grammy U, songwriter, and recording artist. She has also conducted research on music's role in...

Sofia Andom ('22) gives interview to Cymbeline in the Anthropocene

July 24, 2021
In this fascinating disucssion with Dr. Randall Martin and Rebecca Salazar, Sofia ('22) talks about approaching theatre and the outdoors as a woman of color, and about her experiences starring in Shakespeare in Yosemite's Imogen in the Wild. 

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