Student Stories
The English Department is proud to present some of the work of our own students and from students taking English courses in this student stories section!
Featured Work
Enjoy perusing work from our own majors!
McKenna Graf | Lafayette College ‘26 | English (Writing Concentration) & FAMS Double Major
Goodness Obadofin | Lafayette College ‘26 | English Major (Writing Concentration) | Data Science Minor
Amanda Serpi | Lafayette College ‘26 | English (Writing Concentration) & Government/Law Double Major | WGS Minor
The Education of Women in the Victorian Era-Amanda Serpi (1)
Kristen Vincent | Lafayette College ‘26 | English Major (Writing Concentration) | Government/Law Minor
Seeing Is Believing – Kristen Vincent (Winner of the Jean Corrie Poetry Prize-2024)
Check out some work from students in English courses!
Urvi Thakker | Lafayette College ‘26 |English (Writing Concentration) Major | Art Minor | Written in: ENG 361 Advanced Poetry taught by Professor Megan Fernandes
Pore over the poems from the winner and finalists of the 2025 Jean Corrie Poetry Contest!
Urvi Thakker | Winner: Love Letter to Bandra (and leisure) | Lafayette College ’26 | English (Writing Concentration) Major | Art Minor
Love Letter to Bandra and leisure
Lonan Jennings | Finalist: American History // The Land We Are | Lafayette College ’27 | English (Literature Concentration) & Classical Civilization Studies Double Major | German Minor
American History __ The Land We Are
Clare Socolow | Finalist: if I had more time I would have hit you harder | Lafayette College ’27 | Biology Major | Writing Minor
if I had more time I would have hit you harder
Take a look at the work from the winner and finalists of the 2025 H. MacKnight Black Poetry Contest!
Benry James | Winner: dear wormwood, | Lafayette College ‘25 | English (Writing Concentration) & Geology Double Major | Theater Minor
Fathima Yumna Hussain | Finalist: Beneath the Veil | Lafayette College ’25 | Mathematics-Economics Major | Data Science Minor
James Boateng | Finalist: Gather Them and Sell | Lafayette College ’25 | Computer Science Major | Mathematics Minor
Gather Them and Sell – James Boateng