2025

Photo of Jessamine Chan
What's Happening
Acclaimed novelist to visit Denison Sept. 17-18
Jessamine Chan to read from, discuss her debut novel during two-day event.
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Photo of Margot Singer standing in front of a large bookshelf.
In the News
Professor Margot Singer on writing “Secret Agent Man”
“I didn’t want to write a tribute to (my father's) career. I wanted to know where he came from, who he was — and who I was as a result.”
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Professor Margot Singer
Featured News
Professor Margot Singer explores layered identities in new book
Award-winning author and Professor Margot Singer explores intrigue and identity in her collection of personal essays, Secret Agent Man.
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Devin Javens ’22
In the News
Devin Javens ’22 is new assistant swim coach at Bucknell University
Javens helped the Big Red women’s swim and dive team to a third-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Championships and earned an NCAC silver medal.
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Katie Welch ’99 photo
In the News
Katie Welch ’99, CMO of Rare Beauty
Welch says, "critical thinking is an invaluable skill in marketing … and having endless curiosity, paired with determination and decisiveness."
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David Baker
Faculty
Emeritus professor David Baker poem appears in The New Yorker
Read Baker’s poem, or listen to him read it aloud.
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Pete Lempert ’85
Alumni
Pete Lempert ’85 takes the reins as CEO of advertising agency TRG
Lempert led the business for brands like Corona Beer, Nokia, Advance Auto Parts, Amstel Beer, Learjet, Mohawk Flooring, and Charles Schwab.
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2024

Velvet Sellers ’25
Students, Internships
Hearing stories of others helps one student overcome her fear
An artist-in-residence program with a retirement community leads Velvet Sellers ’25 to new friendships and life-changing experiences.
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Brit Morse
In the News
Brit Morse ’17 covers HR and workplace trends for Fortune magazine
Previously, Morse was an associate editor at Inc. magazine covering HR, public policy, and legal affairs for Inc.com.
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Women sitting in front of door
In the News
Chloe Sferra ’20 wins grants to connect Korean girls to STEM
The Fulbright alum, who taught in Korea, will conduct a STEM summer program for young girls living in a social welfare home in South Korea.
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Women posing on porch waving hands
Denison Magazine
Denisonians give life to fallen friend’s final work
Kirsten Edwards ’77 didn’t live long enough to see her novel published. So her friends stepped in.
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John Ewing
In the News
Cleveland landmark Cinematheque co-founder John Ewing ’73 retires
Ewing had screened more than 9000 films on the Cleveland Institute of Art campus since the repertory theater launched in 1986.
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Anne Barngrover
In the News
Anne Barngrover's poetry collection earns a top prize in Florida
"Everwhen" earned a bronze medal by the Florida Book Awards. Anne Barngrover '08 is the director of Saint Leo's Master of Creative Writing Program.
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Margot Singer
In the News
Prof. Margot Singer receives arts excellence award
English professor and author Margot Singer receives an Ohio Arts Council recognition for her "artistic excellence and professional accomplishment."
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Courtney Bowden
In the News
Watch Courtney Bowden ’09 stories of Black expats on YouTube
Courtney Herring Bowden ’09 established Black Market Multimedia and shares the stories of travelers among the current Black Diaspora.
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Professor Diana Mafe
In the News
Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero is only a beginning
Professor Diana Mafe says "Wakonda Forever" breaks a mold but its "success does not mean a wider shift in the industry."
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2023

News notepad and pencil
Denison Magazine
Keeping the public informed
Journalism chose these Denison graduates — and they're chasing it from Ohio to Africa.
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Crowd of people gathered around man in protest
Film Screenings
Documentary explores shutdown of Columbus school
"Shutdown," by Simone Drake ’97, reflects the escalating racial tensions in 1971 that gripped Linden-McKinley High School
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Faculty
The Center for Black Studies Welcomes Back Simone Drake ’97
On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Center for Black Studies welcomed Dr. Simone Drake back to campus as the Black Studies Scholar-In-Residence for 2023-2024.
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Alumni
Devin Javens '22 is new head swim coach at Smith
Devin Javens '22 is moving into the head swim coach position at Smith College. She joined Smith last year as a graduate assistant coach for the Pioneers.
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Alumni
Elizabeth Ellis '97 appointed judge
Elizabeth Ellis '97 has been appointed to the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
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Alumni
New book by DU alum combines memoir and poetry
I wanted to write an original book, which is hard to do with the constraints of writing and genres,“ says Chris Ehrlich '99 about his book.
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Contests
Annual Writing Competition Winners Announced
Nineteen students recognized for excellence in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, critical, and scholarly writing.
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Awards & Honors
English honor society welcomes 18 new members
The Alpha Lambda Theta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, inducted 18 new members.
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Danai Gurira as Okoye and Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. (Eli Adé / Marvel)
Faculty
Professor Diana Mafe trains her critical lens on the Oscars
"Wakanda Forever" lifts up Black women—but only so far, says Professor Diana Mafe.
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Announcements & Updates, Faculty
Denison welcomes Simone Drake '97 for teaching fellowship
Ohio State Professor Simone Drake joins Denison to teach students during a one-year fellowship.
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Faculty
Prof. Kirk Combe launches blog about culture
Professor Emeriti Kirk Combe shares his fun reflections on all kinds of culture in a blog titled “Rant Against the Regime.”
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Collage of 90s Denison Alumni
Denison Magazine
To go proudly and boldly into the world
For these high-achieving ’90s graduates, an education on The Hill was about exploring, stumbling, adapting — and thriving.
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2022

Hanif Abdurraqib's Denison residency will begin in the fall of 2023. Photo by Maddie McGarvey.
Featured News
Acclaimed essayist Hanif Abdurraqib to join Denison as writer-in-residence
The Nan Nowik Writer-in-Residence program brings top poets, writers, literary scholars, and critics to campus.
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Professor Emeritus David Baker
Denison Magazine
Telling “The Telling”
Emeritus Professor of English David Baker provides the backstory of his poem featured in Denison Magazine.
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