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
Dr. Janaka Lewis’ most recent book, Light and Legacies: Stories of Black Girlhood and Liberation, is forthcoming from The University of South Carolina Press. The publisher describes the book as follows: Lewis “examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of Black girlhood in contemporary literature has long […]
Dr. Clayton Tarr’s new book, Personation Plots, is the first full-length study of identity fraud in Victorian sensation fiction, such as in the works of Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Charles Dickens. The book “demonstrates a comprehensive grounding in nineteenth-century conceptions of identity, the self, and subjectivity, to say nothing of the requisite historical […]
Dr. Pilar Blitvich launched the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict only ten years ago, in 2012. Published by John Benjamins, a premier publisher of linguistics located in the Netherlands, the journal is now ranked 77 out of 1,117 linguistics journals, with a cite score of 3.2, after attaining Q1 (First Quartile) status several years […]
English Alum Diane Philips (B.A. 2017), will be awarded a “10 Under Ten” Award at an October 20, 2022, ceremony hosted by UNC Charlotte’s Young Alumni Chapter. The “10 Under Ten” awards recognize exceptional UNC Charlotte alumni who have graduated within the past ten years. Diane Philips is now staff attorney for the Innocence Project […]
Susan Diamond Riley (2015, English M.A.) has published The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta and Jax Mystery with Koehler Books. This is the third installment of her award-winning Delta & Jax Mysteries series. In this new book, Delta, Jax, Darius, and some new friends embark on an adventure involving a magical time-traveling diary, battling sea […]
Congratulations to Boyd Davis, Professor Emerita, on the publication of another edited volume! The chapters in this book explore discourses surrounding the aging population, those who assist them, their families, and the institutions/organizations that offer services to them. These chapters pay close attention to the linguistic, social, economic and ethical aspects regarding seniors and adopt […]
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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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