Considering an English Major? It May Be For You, If You Want To… teach English in high school be a journalist or editor be a poet or novelist be a lawyer teach English at a college or university have a strong liberal arts education
Welcome to graduate studies in English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Our department offers a full range of graduate programs, including the Master of Arts, the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, and the Doctor of Philosophy.
The Department of English boasts twenty-six Tenure-line Faculty, and six Academic Professional Faculty working in a wide range of research interests. For more information about various Faculty, please visit their individual profile pages, and peruse the Faculty Bookshelf.
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The English Department Office will operate under normal hours beginning 08/17/2020. To adhere to social distancing and University Covid-19 policies, virtual appoints are encouraged and face-to-face may be available with appointment. Drop in-visits are not available. To arrange an appointment, please contact the person you need and schedule a time for your visit. If you are unsure with whom you need to speak, send a general email outlining your question to English@uncg.edu and we will forward your email to the appropriate person. Face masks are required for all visitors and all offices have a maximum occupancy that cannot be exceeded. Please be patient as we adjust to this new reality. Keeping all students, staff, and faculty healthy is our primary goal.
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Congratulations to PhD student Mohammad Ataullah Nuri for winning the 2021-2022 English Department Graduate Essay Award! His essay, “A […]
Posted on May 4, 2022
As the academic year comes to a close, please take a look at the attached list of accomplishments, which reflects […]
Posted on May 4, 2022
Dr. Heather Adams has a piece on WFDD about Rhetoric and Roe v. Wade. https://www.wfdd.org/story/professor-examines-rhetoric-and-reproductive-rights-supreme-court-weighs-roe-v-wade Dr. Adams also has a […]
Posted on May 4, 2022
Gina Marie Hurley (’11) received an MA in English from Purdue University in 2013. She is currently a PhD Student in Medieval Studies at Yale, where she focuses on geography and hagiography in Middle English literature.
Serving most of the university’s students through three core classes, the College Writing Program at UNCG teaches writing through an awareness of rhetoric so that students can craft their arguments with a specific audience, situation, and purpose in mind.