Department of English
FROM LITERATURE TO WRITING TO LINGUISTICS:
EXPLORE OUR MANY EXCITING PROGRAMS
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 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
Congratulations to Janaka Bowman Lewis who has been selected as one of Charlotte’s to 40 individuals under 40. This signature awards program is sponsored by the Charlotte Business Journal and includes an impressive array of Charlotteans in virtually every walk of life. Now in its 27th year, turns a spotlight on 40 professionals — all […]
Congratulations to Prof. Paula Connolly who has been selected as one of three Bank of America Teaching Award finalists. Connolly research in Children’s and Young Adult Literature is nationally renowned. Her work as a teacher and educator has spanned many years and earned the admiration of her students and her colleagues.
Congratulations to Prof. Juan Meneses who will spend four weeks this summer in residency at the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle Park completing the third chapter of his second book, tentatively titled Denizens! On Foreigners, Visitors and Other Outsiders. Meneses will join a select group of about 40 scholars from across the nation […]
Kudos to Professor Ralf Thiede, whose book Language Mind and Power: Why We Need Linguistic Equality, co-authored with Dr. Daniel R. Boisvert (Philosphy) has just been published by Routledge. Power and vulnerability, their book argues, are associated with access to language, just as to food and water. Thiede, a linguist, and Boisvert, a philosopher, not […]
Both Professors Maya Socolovsky and Ralf Thiede received research awards from the Children’s Literature Association, a wonderful double-coup for the department of English. Maya Socolovsky has been funded for her project titled Citizenship and Migration in in U.S. Latino/a Children’s Literature, 1996-2018 and Ralf Thiede received funding to further his study of Dr. Seuss’s linguistics […]
Click on the image for a celebratory reading of Dr. Seuss, by Prof. West in honor of our graduates!
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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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