The Department of English brings together scholars committed to the study of language, literature, and writing. Our graduates are prepared for a variety of professional and educational endeavors, including careers in law, editing and publishing, teaching, corporate and not-for-profit management, consulting, information technology, and graduate study in English and other disciplines. Students of English learn to read accurately, write clearly, and think analytically in the department's undergraduate and graduate programs.

Highlights

February 2012

English M.F.A. students, Kirsten Holt and Leslie Salas, have been invited to present at Blank Pages, USF's first creative writing symposium, on Friday, February 10. The symposium, a celebration of the written word, will take place over two days on February 9-10. [Read More]

February 2012

Current English LCT graduate student, Lindsay Anderson, presented her paper, “Bodily Confinement in Margaret Atwood’s Novels”, at the 12th Annual New Voices Conference: Bodies of Influence at Georgia State University. [Read More]

Events

Florida Writers Conference: Anthony Swofford, Q&A and Book Signing

Thursday, February 16, 2012; 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Florida Writers Conference: Bob Morris, "How to Write Crime Fiction"

Friday, February 17, 2012; 1:00pm - 2:30pm

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Recent Faculty Publications

Russ Kesler

As If, Wind Publications

Madelyn Flammia

Madelyn Flammia and Houman Sadri, Intercultural Communication: A New Approach to International Relations and Global Challenges, Continuum International Publishing,  March 2011.

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