We are a dynamic and growing department of nearly fifty tenured and tenure-track faculty. With more than one hundred M.A. and Ph.D students and about five-hundred undergraduate majors, we are one of the larger and more diverse departments on the Columbia campus. We offer a wide range of courses in British and American Literature and Creative Writing, as well as special emphases in African Diaspora Studies, Critical Theory, English Language and Linguistics, Folklore and Oral Tradition, and Rhetoric and Composition. We also maintain close working relationships with other units on campus such as Black Studies, Film Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, and the Honors College. As our recent awards and publications can attest, our faculty and graduate students are productive scholars, writers, and teachers, many of them winners of nation-wide awards. Explore some of our recent achievements in the newest Communiqué (pdf) or Tate Times.

Whatever your reason for seeking us out, we hope you enjoy your visit to our website.

News/Announcements

Nancy West has published a new book, Tabloid, Inc.: Crimes, Newspapers, and Narratives, co-authored with
     alumna Penelope Pelizzon.
Alumnus Jason Koo has published his first book, Man on Extremely Small Island.
Devoney Looser is a 2009 recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity.
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Upcoming Events

2/12: Department Colloquium: Carsten Strathausen
2/18: Sam Cohen, lecture
2/18: Nick Flynn, reading
2/24: Graduate Student Reading Series

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address: 365 McReynolds Hall, Columbia, MO 65211-1500
phone: 573.882.6421 | fax: 573.882.5785 | department email: umcenglish@missouri.edu

website email: englishweb@missouri.edu
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