<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>I hope this finds you well. I recently sent out the almost complete list of our award-winners and honors recipients among faculty and students for 2025-2026. </div><div><br></div><div>But there is more good news to share. </div><div><br></div><div>Here, I’ve updated our awards and honors list with some important additions to close out the 2025-2026 academic year, and I’ve attached the complete list below.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m thrilled to present this extraordinary roster of accomplishment. In the latest additions, notably, English graduate student Sayeong Kim has been awarded the Hillary Chute Award for Best Graduate Student Paper from the Comics Studies Society. I’ve also added the list, as of June, of professional placement for graduates of the Doctoral Program in English, which demonstrates the value and impact our English doctoral graduates bring globally, from Southern California to the UK. We wish you all brilliant careers. Congratulations to:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Carolina Hernandez-Bachman, Assistant Professor of English, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Amanda Mocsi, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Bates College, Lewiston Maine</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;">David Siglos: Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Allie Wood: Assistant Professor of English, College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn, Illinois</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Sang-Keun Yoo: Lecturer in English, Cambridge University, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Finally, this final list includes a list of honors recipients among our English BA graduates: C</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt;">ongratulations, one and all!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;">Thanks, especially to our staff, who make all of this possible!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;">Open the attachment for the good news, and meanwhile, have an incredible summer!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;">Take care,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;">jt</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p></div></body></html>