Dr. Laura Anker, distinguished service professor emerita of SUNY Old Westbury, was among the 13 leaders from across New York State named to create groundbreaking policy for the state while selecting the leadership personnel for the newly announced New York State Institute for Immigrant Integration...
SUNY Old Westbury recently received a State University of New York grant of $20,000 to support the development of co-requisite courses in writing utilizing the “Accelerated Learning Program” approach. The College was one of fifteen state institutions to be awarded a grant to participate in the SUNY...
The Long Island roots of Walt Whitman, long considered one of America’s most important poets, were closely tied to many of the renowned works he created across his lifetime. In keeping with that spirit of the historic poet, the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association annually selects a local writer as...
Dr. Jesse Curran of the English Department, and mentor for the Honors College, was selected for inclusion on Long Island's first Poetry Path. The Northport Village Poetry Path, located at the Northport Village Park, features poems paired with paintings inspired by their work. Curran’s poem, "Dove's...
Dr. Jessica Williams of the English Department presented her work "Gabba Gabba Hey: Joey Ramone, One of Us" at the Southwest Popular and American Culture Association Virtual Summer Salon. Her talk traced the presentation of "Othered" bodies (and its intersections with disability, freakishness, and...
Dr. Jacqueline Emery, an assistant professor in the English Department at SUNY Old Westbury, recently had her book “Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press” earn the 2018 Outstanding Academic Title award from the publishing unit of the Association of College & Research...
Dr. Jacqueline Emery, an assistant professor in the English Department at SUNY Old Westbury, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend award to undertake research in preparation for her new book on Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the American feminist author and...
Jacqueline Emery, an associate professor and department chair of English at SUNY Old Westbury, is among a select group of faculty and staff members across the State University of New York to be asked to serve in the inaugural cohort of 24 Academic Momentum Campaign Fellows. As fellows, these...
Dr. Elizabeth Schmermund of the English Department wrote her first poetry book, " Alexander the Great," recently published by Finishing Line Press. Culminating seven years of writing, the book features poems that highlight the rise and ancient conquest of Alexander the Great, while tracing the...
Dr. Nicholas Powers, an Associate Professor from the English Department, recently wrote “ Thirst: The Rich are Vampires,” a political vampire novel that returns the horror genre back to its political roots published by Upset Publishing. “The idea for 'Thirst' for me began with Occupy Wall Street,”...