Portland State English Department

It's PSU's Day of Giving, and we are celebrating the life and contributions of beloved English professor, Deeanne Westbrook with a scholarship fund in her name. Professor Westbrook nearly gave up literary studies to work because she didn't have the funds to continue. However, an award helped her through, and hundreds of students have benefited first-hand from the impact of the scholarship Professor Westbrook received to continue her studies. Help us ensure that the next generation of English students are able to continue their studies and make a difference! Please donate to the Deeanne Westbrook Memorial Fund.

The Deeanne Westbrook Memorial Fund This award celebrates the life and contributions of Dr. Deeanne Westbrook, whom PSU students, faculty and friends remember as an influential teacher, invaluable colleague, and consummate scholar. Deeanne once commented in a speech that as an undergraduate, she considered giving up her literary studi...

The Neutral Ground is a surprisingly humorous documentary about history, monuments, and whether the South might be ready to finally break up with the Confederacy. Screening is followed with Q&A with filmmaker C.J. Hunt

January 21, 2022
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

With remarks by Leroy E. Bynum, Jr., Dean of the College of the Arts
Moderated by Lisa Bates, Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, College of Urban and Public Affairs

Online - Register for the Event: https://pdx.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wLQ6GYHvRkSzfnapo9ZR2Q

Reading and book launch of Creative Writing faculty, Janice Lee's amazing new novel, Imagine a Death at Corporeal Writing. It was an inspiring, thought-provoking, and all-around lovely evening. So wonderful to see English Department Creative Writing graduate students there!