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The Department of English Language and Literature features a strong and flexible undergraduate major and graduate degrees in literature, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, and speech communication. Our diverse faculty includes internationally-known scholars in English and American literature, African American studies, composition and rhetoric, history of authorship and publishing, literary theory, linguistics, communication studies, film, and creative writing.

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The Department of English is delighted to welcome the newest member of its faculty - poet, National Book Award winner and South Carolinian Nikky Finney

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Congratulations to Professor Christy Friend for her appointment as Director of the USC Center for Teaching Excellence

2012-13 Faculty Search:

English Department:


Position 1: Victorian Literature and Science

Position 2: Composition & Rhetoric

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2012-13 Faculty Search:

Speech Communication & Rhetoric:

Position 3: Cultural-Critical Rhetoric

Position 4: Public Advocacy & Political Rhetoric

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Third-year MFA student Candace Wiley has been awarded a Fulbright to conduct research in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia

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Congratulations! Professor Pat Gehrke has been awarded the National Communication Association's 2011 Philosophy of Communication Division Book Award

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Department MFA Program ranked amongst the top 50

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Holly A. Crocker has been awarded a five-month Fulbright Fellowship

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Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Top 10 Reasons to Major in English (PDF)

Top Ten Reasons to Major in English
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