Ph.D. in English

Particular areas of departmental strength include:

• American Studies
• Ecocriticism and Environmental Writing
• Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
• Writing, Editing, and Publishing

You can also download a sampling of our current graduate course descriptions, which are updated prior to registration each semester.  For more information on degree requirements, please take a look at the Graduate Student Handbook for English.

Graduate Catalog Description Graduate Student Handbook
Students may also specialize in a wide range of literatures and cultures, including but not limited to:

Medieval	Early American
Renaissance & Early Modern	19th Century American
17th Century	20th Century American
Restoration and 18th Century	Contemporary American
Romantic	Literary Theory
Victorian	Cultural Studies
Modern British	Digital Humanities
Contemporary British	Poetry
Postcolonial	Drama
Global Anglophone	The Novel
Transatlantic	Nonfiction
Native American	Rhetoric
African-American

Graduate Catalog Description Graduate Student Handbook