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Chair: Deborah H. Holdstein

Graduate Faculty

Gulsat Aygen, assistant professor, Ph.D., Harvard University
William Baker, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., University of London
Alexandra G. Bennett, assistant professor, Ph.D., Brandeis University
Betty J. Birner, assistant professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
David Bywaters, associate professor, Ph.D., Washington University
Susan Callahan, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Edward Callary, associate professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Nicole Clifton, associate professor, Ph.D., Cornell University
Michael J. Day, associate 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, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Keith Gandal, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
James R. Giles, Presidential Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas
Ibis Gómez-Vega, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Houston
David J. Gorman, associate professor, Ph.D., Columbia University
Deborah H. Holdstein, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Larry R. Johannessen, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Jeffrey Johnson, professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri
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
Hana Layson, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Amy K. Levin, associate professor, Ph.D., City University of New York
Christoph Lindner, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Doris M. Macdonald, associate professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Brian T. May, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Amy Newman, associate professor, Ph.D., Ohio University
Bradley T. Peters, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Kathleen Renk, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Jessica Reyman, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
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, associate 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 501, Bibliography and Methods of Research, ENGL 508, Research Methods in Linguistics, or ENGL 525, 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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