Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood has been awarded a 2021 Carnegie Fellowship to support his project, “Oceans 1876.” Wood’s project examines and digitizes the massive amount of scientific research on oceans from the Victorian Era, producing an accessible database to help...
Discover your passionExplore where English studies can take you
Learn from the bestEngage with our faculty
Build your creative communityDiscover and explore our Creative Writing program
Find new horizonsExciting news about English majors' job prospects
Professor Christopher Freeburg has been appointed as the John A. and Grace W. Nicholson Professor in recognition of his outstanding literary achievements and invaluable dedication to the Department of English, the...
Department News
- Michael VanCalbergh's poem,"My Father As Ulysses", was published in autofocus literary magazine on August 27, 2021. To read "My Father As Ulysses", see autofocus lit mag. VanCalbergh's works have appeared in Spoon River...
- The Graduate Awards Committee is pleased to announced the winners of the program's Peer Essay Prizes for 2021. First prize went to Hollis...
- English PhD Student Laura Coby wins the HRI Prize for Research in the Humanities for best graduate student research for her entry, “The...
Department Events