2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
English
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Professors Bendel-Simso, Carpenter, Kachur (Department Chair), Mangan and Regis; Associate Professors Dobson and Jasken; Assistant Professors Muhlhauser, Wronski-Mayersak, and Zajac; Senior Lecturers Nida and Spence; and Visiting Instructor Schafer.
Areas of particular teaching interest: Professor Bendel-Simso: 19th-, 20th, and 21st-century American literatures, including African-American, Southern, and literature by women; mystery and detective fiction; Professor Carpenter: modern British literature, Victorian literature, colonial/post-colonial literature and theory; Professor Dobson: rhetoric, literary nonfiction, advanced writing; Professor Jasken: professional writing, community engagement; Professor Kachur: 18th- and 19th-century British literature, gothic literature, postmodernism; Professor Mangan: creative writing, American literature, literature by women; Professor Muhlhauser: multimedia authoring, visual rhetoric; Professor Nida: composition, Appalachian literature, literature by women; Professor Regis: colonial and 19th-century American literature, the romance novel; Professor Spence: linguistics, grammar, nature writing; Professor Wronski-Mayersak: Medieval literature, mysticism, drama, and critical theory; Professor Zajac: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare in popular culture.
The English Department strives to equip our students to read and think critically and creatively and to express themselves in lucid speech, writing, and design. To accomplish this, our students:
- Read a broad variety of literatures in English in their historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and psychological contexts;
- Write within scholarly and creative genres;
- Analyze and evaluate oral, written and visual modes of expression through the use of literary and rhetorical theory;
- Produce print and digital texts designed for multiple audiences.
Our goal is to foster reflective, dedicated, lifelong learners.
The study of English has enabled graduates to succeed in advanced study in a variety of fields, and to pursue a broad range of career paths, including teaching at all levels, journalism, professional writing, business, library science, social work, government service, public relations, social media, and law.
Other educational options in English: Minors in Literature, Writing, Journalism and New Media, and Popular Literature.
Please see English teacher certification requirements in English.
Please see the dual major with Theatre Arts .
Departmental Honors
To receive Honors in English, a student must:
· Have a grade point average of 3.50 or above in all courses taken in the major;
· Earn an “A” in ENG 4492 Senior Seminar;
· Have the recommendation of the English Department.
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