OUR MISSION

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: 

• 2 UG majors:
  • English Literature
  • Writing-Intensive English
• 1 UG minor:
  • English Literature
• M.A. degree in American and British literature
• Ph.D. degree in American and British literature.

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NEWSLETTERS

2009-10 Accomplishments of Faculty & Graduate Students: Publications, Presentations, Activities and Awards

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Events: English Department

• Centennial Celebration of Women -- Marquette University celebrates 100 years of co-education

• Nov. 16: Paul Wilkes Catholic writer to share how he found his vocation.

• JOB SEARCH: English is Searching for 2 Tenure-track Faculty Positions

• Professor Diane Hoeveler wins 2009 Way-Klingler Fellowship

• First-year English received CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence

• In early March (day not yet determined), 2010, poet Sam Hazo will be reading from his poetry, under the auspices of RENASCENCE.  Sam Hazo is former Poet Laureate of the State of Pennsylvania, and Emeritus Professor of English at Duquesne University.