OUR MISSION

English Department Mission Statement

The Department of English at Marquette University is a community of scholar-teachers and students who embrace the traditional Jesuit conception of liberal education inspired by St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Informed by this tradition as well as by contemporary English Studies, the department includes nationally and internationally prominent faculty and offers the following programs of study:

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NEWSLETTERS

Read about the recent accomplishments of English faculty and graduate students

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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

JOB ADS: The English Department is searching for 4 tenure-track faculty members (2 in 20th/21st c American Literature and 2 in Rhetoric & Composition).

Click HERE for a flyer explaining your choices for purchasing the new Writing Matters handbook. Both the paper and e-book versions come with four years of access to the Web version of the book.

Peter Mulvey Concert, a Celebration of the Life of John McCabe and English Department Benefit

CJ Hribal named Louise Edna Goeden Professor.

Angela Sorby won the Lorine Niedecker Prize from the Council of Wisconsin Writers 

First-year English received CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence

Professor Diane Hoeveler wins 2009 Way-Klingler Fellowship

Professor Krista Ratcliffe receives the 2010 Nora Finnigan Werra Faculty Achievement Award