The Department of English brings together scholars committed to the study of language, literature, and writing. Our graduates are prepared for a variety of professional and educational endeavors, including careers in law, editing and publishing, teaching, corporate and not-for-profit management, consulting, information technology, and graduate study in English and other disciplines. Students of English learn to read accurately, write clearly, and think analytically in the department's undergraduate and graduate programs.

Highlights

UCF poet and musician collaborate on emotional choral piece

Based on a poem by UCF English professor Chrissy Kolaya, music professor Alex Burtzos’ choral piece [...]

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UCF English professor’s new alum-published novel haunts, entertains

For fans of fantasy, science-fiction, and UCF faculty success, creative writing professor Dr. Micah Dean [...]

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With help from University Archives, English students create pieces for UCF Celebrates the Arts

By doing archival research at the John C. Hitt Library, Dr. Louise Kane’s students found inspiration for [...]

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Recent Faculty Publications

Tison Pugh

The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2018. 

Pat Rushin

Quantum Physics & My Dog Bob (short story collection).  Orlando: Burrow Press, 2017.

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