By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor
• September 4, 2025
Ricardo Ortiz, an English and American Studies professor who taught at Georgetown University for more than 25 years and expanded the humanities, Latine and queer studies departments, died Aug. 18 in...
By Maren Fagan, Academics Desk Editor
• February 23, 2024
A Georgetown University English professor won the 2023 Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) Book Prize, an award that recognizes the top scholarship of a book about surveillance studies, the English department...
John Hirsh, a beloved professor in the Georgetown University English department, died Dec. 6. He was 81.
Hirsh left behind a legacy of academic dedication and community service, including 13...
While today’s students use PDF files and watch video documentaries, one professor maintains that an often overlooked medium plays a key role in human history — parchment, the thin material made from...
Georgetown ranked number one out of 65 colleges in USA Today’s list of the best English programs in universities across the nation.
The list, which was generated by college data site College Factual,...
Derek Parker Royal, executive director of the journal Philip Roth Studies, and Jacques Berlinerblau, director of the Program for Jewish Civilization, praised American Jewish novelist Philip Roth’s lifetime...
Michael Ragussis, a professor in the English department, died at home on Thursday after a long illness, according to an e-mail from University Provost James O'Donnell to the campus community on Friday...
