Alexi LeFevre (BA '05) Publishes New Novel

Alexi LeFevre (GWU '05)Alexi LeFevre is a 2005 alum of The George Washington University. Although he studied international affairs, he describes himself as someone who has had a lifelong passion for creative writing.  At GW, he pursued that passion in a formal setting for the first time.In the spring of 2003, Alexi took the Honors Creative Writing course, which at that time was taught by acclaimed author Vikram Chandra (now a faculty member at UC - Berkeley).  Alexi reports that he learned ...

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On the Road: Professor Wallace in Scotland

Professor Tara Wallace was recently in attendance at the Boswell Book Festival at the Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Described by organizers as "The World's Only Festival of Biography & Memoir," the event was held May 8-10, 2015.Before the official events, Professor Wallace spent some delightful time in the company of Margaret Boswell Elliot (a direct descendant of James Boswell and chief of the clan Elliot).  Elliot arranged for Professor Wallace to have access to Richard, ...

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PhD Candidate Tawnya Ravy Selected for NEH Summer Institute

GW English PhD candidateTawnya RavyGW English congratulates PhD candidate Tawnya Ravy, who has been selected to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities.  Tawnya, who has also been teaching as a member of the faculty at Northern Virginia Community College as she finishes her degree, was chosen from a national applicant pool to attend one of only five Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Summer Institutes and the ...

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Professors Mitchell and McRuer Receive Award for Outstanding Journal Reviewers

The Journal of Literary and CulturalDisability StudiesHave you ever wondered how those scholarly articles that you use in your research papers make it into print?  Perhaps you’ve even wondered what would happen to one of your own projects if you pursued it beyond the end of the semester and attempted to place it in an academic journal?Most journals in literary and cultural studies utilize a process called “peer review.”  This means that when you send your work to a journal, the editor-in-chief ...

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