College of Arts & Sciences

It is often said that the journey is more important than the destination, but sometimes the destination is hard-won. For author Mohsin Hamid, Bookworks and The University of New Mexico English department, that destination is coming in the form of an...

Georgia O-Keefe and Billy The Kid are icons frequently associated with the southwest – but not typically known for their connection to the Emerald Isle. Now the strong links between Irish Americans, their homeland, and the southwestern U.S. are the focus...

Several faculty members hope to soon make Irish Studies an academic program that students can pursue at The University of New Mexico. They already offer sponsored opportunities to study abroad, and now the interdepartmental group is hosting an inaugural...

Two University of New Mexico professors are representing the institution at a national conference in New York City. Jesse Alemán and Danizete Martínez, of the English departments at the main campus and the UNM-Valencia branch campus, have been selected...

The faculty and doctoral students in the Department of American Literary Studies at the University of New Mexico are riding a wave of publications, with books and articles either recently published or immediately expected on the horizon. The list...

D.H. Lawrence Ranch Initiatives is once again partnering with UNM Continuing Education to host a series of Rananim online creative writing workshops. The eight-week, non-credit courses give writers the opportunity to get feedback on their work, and...

Seven humanities doctoral students in the College of Arts & Sciences at The University of New Mexico are recipients of the 2017 Bilinski Fellowship. As a recipient, each student will receive dissertation completion fellowships made possible through...

The UNM Departments of Linguistics and English want post-doctorate graduates to know about job opportunities outside of the university setting. “The job market for Ph.D. students is evolving with many new choices outside of academia,” said Jill Morford,...

The University of New Mexico’s Lobo Reading Experience, in partnership with Celebration of Student Writing in the Department of English, presents The Story of Each of Us, Defines all of Us, by Daisy Hernández, author of “A Cup of Water Under My...

UNM graduate student Brian Hendrickson is leading the charge on revamping how higher education recruits, teaches and retains students. The Rhetoric and Writing doctoral candidate says the responsibility isn’t just on institutions – it is also on...