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
Professors Lara Vetter (L) and Jennifer Munroe (R) were both promoted to Full Professor and received the traditional “Jefferson Cup” at Convocation engraved with their names and new positions.
Congratulations! The Children’s Literature Graduate Organization (CLGO) just received the Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award. The competition was among university-wide graduate student organizations. The award recognizes the graduate student organization that demonstrated consistent flexibility, initiative, creativity, and perseverance. The winning organzation, according to the description, “will have made a meaningful contribution to graduate students, the […]
Valerie Bright, MA, a lecturer whose courses include “Literature for Young Children,” was awarded the ‘Outstanding Teaching Award by a Part-Time Faculty Member’ for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Congratulations for a very well deserved award.
Kevin Chauncey, an M.A., student working in the area of linguistics, received the Graduate Teaching Assistant Award from UNC Charlotte’s Center for Graduate Life. Kevin, who will be completing his M.A. this semester served as a Teaching Assistant for Professors Ralf Thiede and Alan Rauch. In addition to his remarkable work with students, Kevin and […]
Join us at the Botanical Gardens gazebo on Thursday, April 19th (11:00 am-2:00 pm) for a three-hour celebration of the relationship between gardens and language in honor of Earth Day. We will read poetry and other writings about nature. Stations will be set up for composing about Nature, and a scavenger hunt will ask participants […]
It is with the deepest sorrow that we acknowledge the death of Professor Anita Moss, Professor of English, who taught at UNC Charlotte for 46 years. Dr. Moss was admired and respected by all of her colleagues and loved by virtually every student who was fortunate enough to take a course with her. Her classes […]
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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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