News, Publications & Research | English Program

Paper co-authored by SBU's Smith to be published in new volume

May 01, 2025 | Dr. Caitlin Smith, assistant professor of English, co-authored a paper with Dr. Trenton Ford, assistant professor of Computer Science at William & Mary, on Mormon science fiction and fantasy author Brandon Sanderson.

Environmental writer, translator Laura Marris to read from her newest book at SBU

Mar 05, 2025 | St. Bonaventure University will welcome environmental writer and translator Laura Marris to campus for a reading from her newest book, “The Age of Loneliness,” on Thursday, March 13, at 6 p.m. in the Athletics Hall of Fame Room.

SBU's Bussman announces release of debut memoir on fatherhood

Feb 13, 2025 | Jason K. Bussman, adjunct instructor of English, has announced the release of his debut memoir on fatherhood and childhood: "Fumble: Just a Dad Trying Not to Drop the Ball."

Smith co-edits works, publishes chapter, and presents paper

Nov 08, 2024 | Dr. Caitlin Smith, assistant professor of English, has co-edited with Jan Stievermann and Eddie Glaude Jr. two final manuscripts accepted for publication in spring 2025 by Oxford University Press. Smith also published a chapter in “The Routledge Companion to Herman Melville,” and presented a paper at a conference at Catholic University.

Poet, scholar Orchid Tierney to give poetry reading at St. Bonaventure University

Oct 17, 2024 | St. Bonaventure University will host a poetry reading by Orchid Tierney on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. in the Athletics Hall of Fame, Reilly Center.

Dr. Erin Sadlack named new dean of Arts & Sciences at St. Bonaventure

Apr 17, 2024 | Dr. Erin Sadlack has been named dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at St. Bonaventure University. She begins work July 1.

SBU senior Nishtha Tripathi to be inducted into competitive ASBMB Honor Society

Apr 08, 2024 | St. Bonaventure University senior Nishtha Tripathi of Austin, Texas, is among 31 undergraduate students nationwide who were accepted into the competitive American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Honor Society for 2024.

The Mulryans and Bona's

Sep 08, 2023 | Sandra Mulryan, former lecturer of English, and her husband, Dr. John Mulryan, professor emeritus of English, taught a combined 71 years at St. Bonaventure University before retiring from full-time work (she in 2013 and he in 2011). They touched the lives of thousands of Bona students throughout their careers.

Four St. Bonaventure University students inducted into English honor society Sigma Tau Delta

May 08, 2023 | Four St. Bonaventure University undergraduate students have completed membership requirements for 2023 induction into Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. They were formally recognized at an induction ceremony on May 2.

Matz presents paper on a Henry James short story at convention

Apr 21, 2023 | At the Northeast Modern Language Association’s annual convention in Niagara Falls, New York, on March 25, Dr. Lauren Matz, professor of English, presented a paper on one of Anglo-American writer Henry James’s early short stories.

Detroit poet John Rybicki to read from his work at St. Bonaventure, Olean library

Mar 21, 2023 | St. Bonaventure University will host poet John Rybicki of Detroit for a reading on Thursday, March 30, at 5:30 p.m. in the Athletics Hall of Fame Room in the Reilly Center.

Article by Matz published in Yearbook of Semiotic Society

Jan 26, 2023 | Dr. Lauren Matz, professor of English, recently published a peer-reviewed article, “Tea and Temperance in Charles Dickens’s 'Hard Times.'” (pp. 115-126 in "Semiotics 2020/2021: Signs of Ambiguity and Uncertainty", ed. Farouk Y. Seif, Yearbook of the Semiotic Society of America, Charlottesville, VA: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2022.)

Book by Ellis, 'Gentry Rhetoric,' to be available in December

Sep 23, 2022 | "Gentry Rhetoric: Literacies, Letters, and Writing in an Elizabethan Community," a book by Dr. Daniel Ellis, associate professor of English, will be available from the University of Nebraska Press in December.

Stitt Innovation Grant to provide writing interns for local businesses, organizations

Jul 20, 2022 | A Stitt Innovation Grant will provide English majors at St. Bonaventure University the opportunity to boost the region’s economy and enhance their résumés.

Matz presents paper at online Semiotic Society conference

Nov 05, 2021 | Dr. Lauren Matz, professor of English, presented a paper on Oct. 23 at the Semiotic Society of America’s 45th annual conference on the topic of “Addressing Precarity: Semiotics, Semiosis, and Semioethics.”

University mourns passing of former longtime English professor Dr. James Martine

Oct 18, 2021 | The university community is mourning the passing of Professor Emeritus of English Dr. James Martine, who passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021.

St. Bonaventure University adds new program in literary publishing and editing

May 11, 2021 | St. Bonaventure University has added a bachelor’s degree program in literary publishing and editing.

University’s peer-reviewed journal Cithara marks 60th anniversary

Feb 23, 2021 | The latest issue of St. Bonaventure University’s peer-reviewed journal Cithara marks a publication milestone with a focus on comparative theology.

Senior Priscilla Contreras finds her place at Bona’s

Sep 11, 2020 | “It was destiny.” That’s how Priscilla Contreras describes becoming a student at St. Bonaventure University.

Walsh awarded fellowship in support of book project

May 06, 2020 | Dr. Megan Walsh, professor of English and department chair, has been awarded a 2020-2021 Short-term Reese Fellowship in the Print Culture of the Americas at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.