Discover your passion
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Find new horizons
Our majors go on to have successful careers. With a degree in English or Creative Writing, you can do nearly anything. Advisors and career planning specialists can help you discover ways to match the skills you gain with available internships, volunteer opportunities, and leadership roles, giving you the chance to gain real-world experience and build professional networks. To learn more about professional development opportunities and career outcomes for our majors, visit LAS Career Services.
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Build your creative community
If writing feels as necessary as breathing, this major is for you. Our students read and write well, and they are also skilled oral communicators. They thrive when surrounded by diverse styles, aesthetics, and world views.
- Three English professors were recently honored at the Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick and Robert Schaefer investiture ceremony at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. A crowd of almost 80 people showed up to celebrate the professors’ accomplishments and presence on campus.Janice H. Harrington and...
Read full story Three English professors receive named positions
- Corey Van Landingham, professor of English in the Creative Writing Program, has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. Van Landingham is one of two U of I fellowship recipients, along with history professor Kristin Hoganson.The two are among 198...
Read full story Corey Van Landingham wins Guggenheim fellowship
- Janice Harrington, professor of English in the Creative Writing Program, has been inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame, a partnership between the Alabama Writers’ Forum and the Alabama Center for the Book at the University of Alabama,...
Read full story Janice Harrington inducted into the Alabama Writers HOF
- Waïl S. Hassan, professor and head of the Department of Comparative & World Literature and professor of English, has been...
Read full story Waïl Hassan elected second vice president of MLA
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor Janice Harrington examines the natural world, the histories of Black residents in the Midwest and how people create a sense of place for themselves in...
Read full story Poetry book looks at how people create a sense of place for themselves
