Senior Spotlight: Julia Hines

The department wishes its graduating seniors the best as they apply for jobs and begin the exciting transition to the next chapter of their lives! This post is the fourth and final installment in a series to spotlight these seniors, who generously shared their favorite memory of being a major in the English Department and their post-graduation plans

Julia Hines

I am an English and Creative Writing double major with minors in Ethics, Religion, and Math. 


Probably one of my favorite memories is from my second semester when I boldly decided to take ENG 370: The Russian Novel with Dr. Weaver. It was my first literature class at AU, and we read War and Peace. I was terrified when I found out that the class was completely discussion based with Dr. Weaver calling on students alphabetically, but I quickly made a friend in the class, Julia Roblin. We sat next to each other, constantly making each other giggle with handwritten notes or faces we'd make, and she's one of the first people I befriended in the department. Besides that, once I adjusted to Dr. Weaver's class style, I realized I loved how deep his discussions delved into the text, really challenging all of us to look beyond surface level meanings. I ended up loving War and Peace, as well as Dr. Weaver's teaching. He definitely fostered my ability to analyze texts, and I always think of him whenever somebody says, "It's interesting." 


This summer, I'm attending NYU's Summer Publishing Institute, modified due to the coronavirus so that it's all online. I'll learn about book and digital media publishing, and my ultimate goal is to work in editing in book publishing.