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English Department
Why do students choose an English major? For the many things we study: language, ideas, and theories. We are really six overlapping sub-divisions under one umbrella—the English Department. We study literature, composition and rhetoric, linguistics, editing and publishing, English education, and creative writing.
What can you do with an English degree? Many things. Our graduates work as teachers (elementary through university, in the U.S. and overseas), editors, publishers, writers for television and movies, software publishers, lawyers, doctors, bankers—the list goes on and on.
Whatever combination of our six disciplines you choose to focus on, we'll help you develop communication skills, written and oral. And those skills will open many doors for you.
For more information about our programs, visit the pages along the top navigation, and feel free to stop by the department office in Taylor 209 any time.
Announcements
Congratulations to Antony Miranda and Macie Skipwith
Anthony Miranda, a liberal studies major who was TA in Kim Jaxon's English 332, and Macie Skipwith, one of our very own English Education students, wrote a piece for the website Digital Is. This project came out of the work we have been doing with blogging as a way to mentor a local middle school student. It is featured today on the Digital Is site:
http://digitalis.nwp.org/collection/youth-blogging-tutoring-collaboration-co
English Department Presents Dr. Zhenwu Zhu
“From Faulkner to Dan Brown: The Chinese Passion for American Fiction”
A lecture by Dr. Zhenwu Zhu
Where: Taylor Hall, Rm. 203
When: 4:00 pm, Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Free to the Public
"Kudos"- Faculty and Student Achievements
- Undergrad creative writing student Tara Malcom has been accepted to the MFA program in creative writing at SF State.
- Jeanne Clark had five poems accepted to the online journal Connotation Press; the poems will be accompanied by an interview and will appear over the summer, date forthcoming.
- Geoff Baker presented a paper, “‘A Belief in the Marvelous’: Imagination and the Arrested Development of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” to the Society for Novel Studies, Duke University, 2012.
- Saundra Wright, Peggy DuFon, Jeanne Clark, and Rob Davidson have been promoted to the rank of full professor.
Michael Fitzpatrick a Graduating English and Philosophy Major
From Iraq to Chico: An Intellectual Journey by Michael Fitzpatrick
Events
Write On!
The Writer's Voice
The Writer’s Voice is California State University, Chico’s literary arts reading series. Funded by contributions from the Department of English and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, the Writer’s Voice introduces contemporary writers to citizens of the North Valley. All readings are free and open to the public.
