Department of English
The Department of English proudly fulfills its mission through excellence and innovation in teaching, outstanding research and creative activities, public engagement and distinctive cultural alliances, all within an environment that fosters inclusiveness. English study trains students in textual analysis, communication, and critical thinking, thus preparing our students for any job requiring imaginative thinking, analytical thinking, and/or communication skills.
NEWS
01/15/2026
On Thursday February 5th, Professor Carissa Ma will deliver a talk, "On the Mend: Disability and the Biopolitics of Care in Hon Lai-chu's Mending Bodies," in AH 105.
01/14/2026
Off the Page 3rd Annual Lawrence A. Sanders Literary Symposium
featuring Tochi Eze & Allison Malecha | Thursday, January 15 @ 7pm
10/28/2025
Prof. Stacey Balkan on "Bicycling in Paradise: On Radical Cadence and Just Futures in the End Times." Wednesday, October 29 @ 11am in AH 105.
09/15/2025
Prof. Stacy Lettman will deliver a faculty talk on Monday, 9/15 at 12pm on Zoom. Her talk is titled: "Grandmother’s Blood Ties: Female Vampirism and Gender Subversion in Nalo Hopkinson’s Caribbean Reimagining of ‘Little...
09/02/2025
Congratulations to Prof. Stacey Balkan publication of an essay,"Cycling: Is Cycling a Solution?" in Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy.
EVENTS
ENGLISH ALUMNI
Ashley George earned a bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric in Spring 2017. She received departmental honors for completing the thesis program and college honors for her GPA. She was recently...
Danielle Powell graduated magna cum laude from Florida Atlantic University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. While an undergrad, she was a member of the English Honors program, was on the Dean's Honors List, and...
Shauna Mogan earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Renaissance Literature from 太阳城娱乐 in 2014. She currently works as a teacher at Cooper City High School where she instructs 10th Grade English/English...