Message from the Chair
I am proud to serve as chair of a department with a long-held commitment to literature, professional and creative writing, linguistics, film and teacher training.
In recent years, we offered courses in subjects as varied as Arthurian Literature, Ideas and Ideals in World Literature, Blues and Jazz in Literature and Film, British Literature of Horror, 1799-1899, Modern Global LGBTQ+ Drama, Linguistic Discrimination, Writing Creative Nonfiction, James Baldwin and American Film, and the Literature of Social Justice. Our study abroad program in Oxford has also offered students a transformative academic experience for over 50 years.
Our professorial and instructional faculty's extensive research is matched by an award-winning record of teaching and mentoring. Our professorial faculty includes a Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor, a Distinguished Teaching Professor, and a Distinguished Research Professor and 麻豆精品 Board of Trustees Professor. Recent faculty publications include Betty Birner's (2021), Jeffrey Einboden' s (2020), Joe Bonomo's (2019), Ryan Hibbett's (2019) and Lara Crowley's (2018). Our department also publishes the journal , which is ranked among the best journals of literary criticism in the world.
Our First Year Composition Program has a long history of empowering student voices and helping them grow as academic writers and researchers. Every year, students present their research at the Showcase of Student Writing to an external audience including other students, teachers, deans and local community leaders.
Our undergraduate program consists of three tracks in literature, writing and teacher licensure. We also offer an English minor and a creative writing certificate as well as interdisciplinary minors in professional communication, linguistics and more. Many students build career skills via internships, research apprenticeships and publishing in our student-run Towers Literary Magazine and . Our undergraduate students develop successful careers as technical and professional writers and secondary and middle-school English teachers, while others go on to law or medical school or pursue advanced degrees in linguistics, literature and education.
Our department also has a thriving graduate program. The master's program prepares students for careers in secondary and college education, professional writing, and, for some, advancement to doctoral programs. The doctoral program prepares students for careers in college and university education. We also offer a graduate certificate in English Language Arts and organize the yearly graduate-organized . Due to our commitment to professionalization, our graduate alumni have secured jobs at universities, colleges and community colleges across the nation.
For more information about the successes of our undergraduate and graduate alums, visit our Careers in English page. To keep up with our achievements and to learn more about our students, friend . You can to our English scholarships and awards funds.
If you'd like to know more about our programs: the undergraduate major (tracks in literature, writing and teacher licensure), our Certificate in Creative Writing, any of our M.A. concentrations or our Ph.D. program please contact us. We are happy to help.
Go Huskies!
Scott Balcerzak
Professor and Department Chair
