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Chair: Philip E. Eubanks

Graduate Faculty

Gülsat Aygen, associate professor, Ph.D., Harvard University
William Baker, Distinguished Research Professor, Board of Trustees Professor, Ph.D., University of London
Scott Balcerzak, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Florida
Alexandra G. Bennett, associate professor, Ph.D., Brandeis University
Betty J. Birner, professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
David Bywaters, associate professor, Ph.D., Washington University
Susan Callahan, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Edward Callary, professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Nicole Clifton, associate professor, Ph.D., Cornell University
Michael J. Day, professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Deborah C. DeRosa, associate professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Susan E. Deskis, associate professor, Ph.D., Harvard University
Sue W. Doederlein, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Jeffrey Einboden, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Philip E. Eubanks, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Ibis Gómez-Vega, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Houston
David J. Gorman, associate professor, Ph.D., Columbia University
William C. Johnson, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Mark Kipperman, professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
John V. Knapp, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Amy K. Levin, professor, Ph.D., City University of New York
Doris M. Macdonald, associate professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Brian T. May, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Thomas McCann, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Amy Newman, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University
Bradley T. Peters, professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Kathleen Renk, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Jessica Reyman, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Timothy Ryan, assistant professor Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
John D. Schaeffer, professor, Ph.D., St. Louis University
Sean N. Shesgreen, Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Diana L. Swanson, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Mark W. Van Wienen, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois

The Department of English offers graduate programs leading to degrees at both the master’s and doctoral levels. The scores on the GRE General Test are required as admission credentials. Well prepared students with baccalaureate degrees may begin work immediately to fulfill the requirements for the doctorate. ENGL 601, Bibliography and Methods of Research, ENGL 608, Research Methods in Linguistics, or ENGL 625, Methods of Research in Professional Writing, is required of all graduate students in English, and should be taken early in a student’s program of studies. No more than 15 semester hours of transfer course work and/or credit earned as a student-at-large may be applied toward a graduate degree in English.

Advising

Students are assigned a departmental adviser upon admission to a degree program and must consult their adviser before or during the first semester of course work to select courses and design a program of study to be filed with the Graduate School. After doctoral students decide on fields of study, they must select an adviser from one of their fields who must be approved by the department.

Certificates of Graduate Study

The Department of English offers two certificates of graduate study. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of the certificate may also be applied toward a graduate degree in English.

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