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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.

Walsh is inaugural recipient of fellowship at Florida Atlantic

Mar 17, 2020 | Dr. Megan Walsh, professor of English and director of the Honors Program, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship in Memory of Kenneth R. Lavoy Jr. at Florida Atlantic University.

Lauren and David Matz present papers at convention

Mar 17, 2020 | Dr. David Matz, professor of classics, and Dr. Lauren Matz, profesor of English, presented papers at the Northeast Modern Language Association, in addition to moderating a panel session on “The Classical Classroom: Learning and Literature in Antiquity and Beyond.”

Poet Alice Notley to read from her work as Lenna Visiting Professor at SBU & JCC

Feb 14, 2020 | Alice Notley, a spring 2020 Lenna Visiting Professor at St. Bonaventure University, will read from her acclaimed poetry during her March residency at St. Bonaventure University and Jamestown Community College.

New book by St. Bonaventure professor explores the Civil War in popular media

Jan 23, 2020 | One of the most common ways people get interested in Civil War history is by first watching a good movie or reading an engaging novel on the topic. A new collection of essays edited by St. Bonaventure University professor Dr. Chris Mackowski looks at some of these popular forms of historical entertainment.

SBU’s Visiting Poets Series begins Oct. 22 with readings from Pafunda, Smith

Oct 17, 2019 | Four poets will visit campus over the next three weeks as part of the Fall Visiting Poets Series at St. Bonaventure University.

New York College English Association to hold annual conference at St. Bonaventure

Oct 08, 2019 | The New York College English Association will hold its annual conference at St. Bonaventure University on Oct. 18-19.

Mulryan joins international panel at Milton conference

Sep 10, 2019 | Dr. John Mulryan, English professor emeritus, was among panelists who gave a presentation in March at an international conference in Toronto on mythology, covering classical myth in the Renaissance.

Professors teach courses at Chautauqua Institution

Sep 10, 2019 | Dr. David Matz, professor and department chair of Classics, and Dr. Lauren Matz, professor of English, taught courses in July in the Chautauqua Institution's Special Studies program.