Arts and Letters News

English professor secures NEH grant to teach on printing and the book during the Reformation

Since arriving at JMU in 2007, English professor Mark Rankin has received over one million dollars in external research funding.

Doors open for first recipient of the Opportunity Fund

A rising freshman from Springfield, VA is the first recipient of the Arts and Letters Opportunity Fund.

Impacting the world

Beginning in 2021, two alumnae will begin teaching and conducting research abroad through the Fulbright Program.

COVID-19 in Perspective: Course covers the disease, and much more

Students enrolled in a special course are learning about COVID-19 from experts in chemistry; health; history; philosophy; and writing, rhetoric & technical communication.

'Genuine team player' receives Staff Recognition Award

Each year, the College of Arts and Letters honors one exceptional staff member with the Staff Recognition Award.

Guiding the growth

A History professor described as a “force of nature” in the classroom has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Roberts Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award.

CAL MPA Public Service Awards

Pablo Cuevas, Shannon Porter, Rebecca Joyce, and Kathrine Chiu are the recipients of this years Public Service Awards from James Madison University’s College of Arts and Letters.

Real people. Real stories. One community.

For a final course project, students produced a podcast that elevates the oral histories of immigrants living in the Shenandoah Valley.

Class of 2020 outstanding students named

Each year, departments choose exemplary students, based on a variety of criteria, for the honor of Outstanding Student of the Year.

More than a resume

During his senior year at JMU, Matt DeMartis ('06) launched his career in TV through an unlikely internship with the NBC Olympics.

‘Fast and Furious’

Two teams of JMU X-Labs students produced a computer application designed to assess and test decision-making among NATO officers.

JMU Libraries Bolsters Community Effort to Produce Personal Protective Equipment for Local Needs

Inside JMU Libraries, dozens of 3D printers are running nearly around the clock, producing face shields for local hospitals.

Clarifying the information

Allison Capley ('16) is volunteering with the COVID-19 Ask a Scientist project to answer pressing questions about the novel coronavirus.

Rocket man

Raphael Perrino ('07, '09M) finds his technical communication background fits the rocket industry.

Making government work

Alumnus Dan Richardson ('12) will begin clerking for the United States Supreme Court for the 2020 term.

Celebrate, Educate, Preserve

The Furious Flower Poetry Center, the nation's first academic center devoted to black poetry, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

From JMU to SNL

Madison recently caught up with Alan Linic ('11), who is living his dream — and realizing a prophecy — as a writer for "Saturday Night Live."