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September 22, 2026
September 22, 2026
Professor Humberto Garcia was featured in a Deep Dive conversation on Islam and the English Enlightenment for Islam and the Idea of America.
Podcast Link: https://islamandtheideaofamerica.substack.com/p/islam-and-the-english-enlightenment
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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 (...
