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Opportunities and advice from English Major Cat Flores

April 6, 2021

UC Merced English Majors Create Bilingual Shakespeare

March 1, 2021
The project, co-created by UC Merced English majors Cat Flores and Maria Nguyen-Cruz with UC Merced GASP major Angel Nuñez, UC Merced English lecturer Billy Wolfgang, and Merced Shakespearefest, was featured in this article, and highlighted in an international news story on Axios about the...

Students write and direct a new pandemic play

December 19, 2020
In fall 2020, Dr. Bristin Jones's Nature Writing and the Environment wrote and performed an original Zoom play, The House Off Olive Avenue: Quarantine Voices in the San Joaquín Valley. The students read Cherríe Moraga’s play Heroes and Saints, and were inspired by...

Five new professors join English program

July 13, 2020
Five new colleagues are joining the UC Merced department of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures in 2020 and 2021, and will teach classes in English, Chicanx Studies, the Global Arts Studies Program, and CRES, as well as the Interdiscplinary Humanities Graduates Program. They are...

Stop Killing Black People: An Anti-Racist Reading List

June 2, 2020
The English faculty at UC Merced unequivocally assert that Black Lives Matter, and we denounce racism in all its forms. We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubery, Breonna Taylor, and the countless others whose lives have been cut short by police brutality. We stand in solidarity with...

English major mashes up Ariana Grande and English Literature, and other Creative Masterpieces

May 21, 2020
When sophomore UC Merced English major Serena Johnson was assigned a creative project for her Advanced Shakespeare class in Spring 2020, she knew immediately what she wanted to do. The result, "7 Rings (Hamlet Remix)" is a brilliant tribute that fans of Ariana and the Bard...

Xochitl Garibay ('19) begins park ranger job with Golden Gate National Recreation Area

May 20, 2020
Xotchitl Marisol Garibay, also known as Cece, began a new job with the National Park Service as an interpretive ranger for Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Spring 2020. She recieved her BA in English from University of California, Merced in 2019. While at UC Merced, Xotchitl...

English majors honored at 2020 graduation

May 20, 2020
For senior Christopher Ingle, the ultimate capstone event to his UC Merced experience is being selected to speak at commencement. The Merced County native has the unique opportunity to represent the Class of 2020 and infuse this year’s virtual ceremony with a student voice. Ingle, a double...

English Majors Conduct Original Research with UROC-H and Honors Program

March 24, 2020
In summer 2020, two rising juniors--both English majors at UC Merced--conducted original research as part of the UROC-H program.  Cathryn Flores conducted a practice-based project for which she with collaborated with the local Merced Shakespearefest, who just finished filming a...

Shakespearean Sustainability Gets Curtain Call in Yosemite

July 25, 2019
Unlike traditional theater productions, there was no red curtain, special lighting, microphone feedback or elaborate stage makeup at Shakespeare in Yosemite. Instead, squirrels scurried across the stone stage and among the audience members’ feet. Birds cawed in the nearby trees, as the...

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