UNO Department of English

UNO Department of English Welcome to the official page for the UNO Department of English! Again, welcome!

Our mission is to cultivate adept, empathetic, and civic-minded individuals prepared for the dynamic challenges of the future. Across all of our efforts in teaching, research and creative activity, and service, the UNO Department of English is a vital component of the university’s strategic mission: to make students our focus, to promote academic excellence, and to engage with the community.

A nice student shout-out to Dr. Miye Tom! Dr. Tom taught the creative nonfiction course, “Native Writing and Activism,”...
06/04/2026

A nice student shout-out to Dr. Miye Tom! Dr. Tom taught the creative nonfiction course, “Native Writing and Activism,” in the English Department and Native American Studies program.

Paid research opportunity! The Department of English’s SoLaS Lab is scheduling summer appointments for a compensated res...
05/21/2026

Paid research opportunity! The Department of English’s SoLaS Lab is scheduling summer appointments for a compensated research study.

Check out the post below, or reach out to Dr. Kevin Samejon at [email protected] to learn more!

🗣️ How do YOU sound, Omaha?

We’re studying the different ways English is spoken right here in our city! See flier below.

If you’re 19 or older, live in Omaha, and speak English (native or fluent), you can take part in a UNO research study. Compensation and parking are available.

It’s just one ~90-minute session at UNO that includes a casual conversation, a short reading activity, and a language questionnaire.

Interested? Summer schedule available! Email Dr. Kevin Samejon ([email protected]) for details.

UNO Department of English | IRB # 0744-25-EX, Project title: A Sociolinguistic Documentation of English in Omaha, Nebraska

Dr. Girten shared one of her favorite places with her students today! Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill! She was proud of...
05/21/2026

Dr. Girten shared one of her favorite places with her students today! Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill! She was proud of them because they had read Castle of Otranto ahead of time

Dr. Girten and students visited Windsor Castle on the first day of their study abroad trip!!
05/19/2026

Dr. Girten and students visited Windsor Castle on the first day of their study abroad trip!!

Congratulations are in order for alumna Lopamudra Banerjee, a graduate of the English MA program with a CNF thesis, on t...
05/19/2026

Congratulations are in order for alumna Lopamudra Banerjee, a graduate of the English MA program with a CNF thesis, on the publication of her new poetry collection, How Does It Matter?: Portrait of the Artist as a Woman.

Dr. GIrten and students in Bath,UK, walking in the footsteps of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley 📖 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
05/19/2026

Dr. GIrten and students in Bath,UK, walking in the footsteps of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley 📖 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 John J. McKenna Fellowship/ Scholarship winners 🎊 👏 💐
05/18/2026

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 John J. McKenna Fellowship/ Scholarship winners 🎊 👏 💐

Some photos from Dr. Barbara Robins's retirement celebration. Congratulations on your retirement, Barbara!!!
05/14/2026

Some photos from Dr. Barbara Robins's retirement celebration. Congratulations on your retirement, Barbara!!!

May 2026 Commencement 🎓 photos 🎊 👏 💐
05/11/2026

May 2026 Commencement 🎓 photos 🎊 👏 💐

Ms. Anna Wiksell (4th from the left), the UNO Department of English's Dual Enrollment Instructor of the Year and a teach...
05/11/2026

Ms. Anna Wiksell (4th from the left), the UNO Department of English's Dual Enrollment Instructor of the Year and a teacher at Omaha Central High School, is joined by Dr. J and three former students — Maura Durfree O'Brien, Leah Olson, and Sam Walocha — who majored in English at UNO and just graduated in May.

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