[video] Frederick Kaufman appears on C-SPAN
English professor Frederick Kaufman, author of Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food, appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program. He spoke of how rising food prices around the world come as a...
View ArticlePatricia Smith interview on Open Salon
Cynthia Dagnal-Myron, an award-winning former reporter for both the Chicago Sun Times and Arizona Daily Star, interviewed Poet Patricia Smith for Open Salon. EXCERPT: The Patricia Smith I knew at the...
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Patricia Smith: A Passionate and Prolific Poet
Professor Patricia Smith teaches at the College of Staten Island. Assistant Professor of English Patricia Smith is an award-winning poet whose works include Close to Death, Big Towns, Big Talk, and...
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Creative Writing Major Earns AP Award
Andrew Simontacchi ’15, a creative writing major, was one of the Staten Island Advance reporters who earned a second place win for outstanding Spot News Reporting on the day of the Eric Garner grand...
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Cate Marvin wins Guggenheim on heels of recent book
Professor Cate Marvin is a co-founder of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, a research-driven organization that works to increase critical attention to contemporary women’s writing as well as further...
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A Guggenheim for Rhyme
Joshua Mehigan on the campus of the College of Staten Island. CUNY Photos. In his widely acclaimed poetry collection, Accepting the Disaster, Joshua Mehigan takes on grave topics filled with tragedy,...
View ArticleTyehimba Jess featured in Lawrence Journal-World
Tyehimba Jess was one of 25 scholars from across the country who converged on the Kansas Union for a two-week summer intensive institute entitled “Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement.” The...
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School of Ed. Alum Helms a NYC Best High School
College of Staten Island alumnus Michael Shadrick ’93, ’03, who earned his Post-Master’s Advanced Certificate for Leadership in Education from the College of Staten Island School of Education, was...
View Article[video] Ava Chin featured on Food@CUNY
Click here to view the embedded video.Associate Professor of English Ava Chin, the former New York Times Urban Forager columnist and author of Eating Wildly, is featured on CUNY’s Study with the Best...
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Rose Zrake, Age 87, Earns College Degree
Rose Zrake The adage “it’s never too late” is proven again. Rose Zrake, age 87, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature during Commencement at the College of Staten Island on May 28....
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Rising Stars: Steve Arriaga ’17
Steve Arriaga Steve Arriaga ‘17: Major: English with a concentration in Linguistics, minoring in French and Spanish Language. A Verrazano School and Dean’s List student, and a recipient of 13...
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Verrazano School Student Urges All Students to Take Full Advantage of CSI...
Steve Arriaga at the 2015 CSI Honors Convocation In order to succeed in college, Steve Arriaga ’17 has some basic advice: take advantage of all the opportunities school has to offer and be an...
View ArticleCSI English Professor featured on Independent Television Segment
Katie Goodland, Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, appeared on a Brooklyn Independent Television segment. Goodland, a Shakespeare scholar, along with Jeffrey Horowitz (Theatre for a...
View ArticleTwo CSI Professors Named CUNY Distinguished Fellows
The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) has recognized two professors from the College of Staten Island (CSI) Department of English as Distinguished City University of New York (CUNY) Fellows....
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Two CSI Professors Receive Fulbright Awards
In recognition of their distinguished work in higher education and beyond, Dr. Ava Chin and Dr. Ying Zhu have both received 2016-2017 Fulbright Awards. Dr. Ava Chin featured in a CUNY advertisement Dr....
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From Staten Island to Iowa: CSI grad awarded Truman Capote Fellowship
CSI graduate Julianne Neely is the recipient of the prestigious Truman Capote Fellowship to study creative writing at the University of Iowa. (Neely family photograph) STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE – More than...
View ArticlePatricia Smith Participating in Governor’s Island Writing Workshops
On September 10, The Worker Writers School, in collaboration with PEN America, will host a “Fall Open House” on Governor’s Island. College of Staten Island (CSI) Professor and National Book Award...
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ARC Distinguished CUNY Fellows for 2016-2017
Adding to the impressive pool of recent College of Staten Island (CSI) faculty accolades, Ashley Dawson, PhD and Ava Chin, PhD have received Distinguished Professor Advanced Research Collaborative...
View ArticleCSI Professor Tyehimba Jess Receives Lannan Literary Award
Tyehimba Jess, an Associate Professor in the Department of English, was recently named a Lannan Literary Award recipient for 2016. Jess is the author of Leadbelly, a winner in the 2004 National Poetry...
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CSI Launches New Special Issue of Women’s Studies Quarterly
Queer Methods is now available. General co-editors Matt Brim, PhD, Associate Professor of Queer Studies at the College of Staten Island (CSI), and Amin Ghaziani (University of British Columbia)...
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