Department of English
FROM LITERATURE TO WRITING TO LINGUISTICS:
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The English Department offers degree-concentrations in a variety of specialized areas of study: literature, creative writing, digital technology, and pedagogy. Information about our Undergraduate Program..
The Department of English offers five minors: Children’s Literature and Childhood Studies, Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies, English, Linguistics, and Technical and Professional Writing. Information on English Minors.
We offer an M.A. in English, an M.A./M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and Certificates in Applied Linguistics as well as Technical/Professional Writing. Information about our Graduate Programs.
About Us
The English Department offers a variety of courses in creative writing, linguistics, literature, pedagogy, rhetoric, and technical communication. These courses foster students’ abilities to think critically, to read analytically, and to communicate effectively in oral and written form. Because these advanced literary skills are in high demand, our former students have found careers in fields such as teaching, technical/professional writing, editing, publishing, advertising, public relations, and nonprofits, as well as in business, financial services, and banking. Others have pursued advanced degrees in literature, law, medicine, teaching, and business administration.
recent news
UNC Charlotte Prof. Bryn Chancellor is teaching a class on T 10/29 at Charlotte Lit (@charlottelit). There are a few seats left! The course draws from East Asian garden design, in particular the technique of shakkei—“borrowed scenery” or “borrowed landscape,” which embraces features beyond a bordered space and makes them essential to the view; this […]
The English Department is happy to announce that Pilar’s new book Influencer Discourse: Affective relations and identities has just been published. Co-edited with Alexandra Georgakopoulou (King’s College), this very timely volume of essays includes a lengthy introduction written by the editors and a chapter by Pilar focusing on Hilaria Baldwin, who was canceled amid accusations of cultural […]
Poet Amie Whittemore, author of, most recently, Nest of Matches, gave a poetry reading in the English department on October 8. Whittemore was joined by special guest readers from our English M.A. and Honors programs: Alex Beets, Keyana Daye, Sarah Engle, Rachel Harr, Ronnie Moore, Maya Osaka, MacKenzie Ridge, Anna Grace Thrailkill, and Will Washburn. […]
Anna Graham (BA in English, MA in English with a concentration in Children’s Literature) is the new Community Engagement Coordinator at the nonprofit organization, Promising Pages. As a nonprofit organization, Promising Pages collects new and donated books and shares them with children living in the Charlotte Area Book Desert: those with few, if any, books at home. […]
A former English major, Thomas Gordon (2020), just passed the North Carolina Bar Examination. He graduated from Elon University School of Law in 2023. Congratulations, Thomas!
The Department of English is happy to announce the publication of Professor Pilar Blitvich’s new book Evaluating identities online: Case studies from the Spanish speaking world (see attachment below). Pilar co-edited this timely collection of essays with Patricia Bou-Franch (Universitat de Valencia) and co-authored one of its chapters. The volume is published by Palgrave. Congratulations Pilar! This book […]
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Department of English
9201 University City Blvd.
Fretwell 275
Charlotte, NC 28223
Tel: 704‑687‑0011
Fax: 704‑687‑1401
Department Chair:
Kirk Melnikoff [kbmelnik@charlotte.edu]
Associate Chair:
Bryn Chancellor [mchancel@charlotte.edu]
Monica Burke [mfalston@charlotte.edu ],
Business Services Coordinator
Graduate:
Meghan Barnes [mbarne56@charlotte.edu], Director of Graduate Studies,
Undergraduate:
Clayton Tarr [ctarr2@charlotte.edu], Director of Undergraduate Studies
Gina Karp [Gina.Karp@charlotte.edu], Academic Advisor
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