The department offers the Bachelor of Arts in English and provides its majors with a broad range of introductory and advanced courses, and with independent study and research opportunities, including a senior seminar. The course of study introduces students to important literary texts and the cultural and historical forces that have shaped these works. It allows students to explore the complex intellectual, philosophical, aesthetic, and moral issues reflected in literature, enabling them to develop their verbal and analytical skills and strengthening their understanding of the relationship of literature to other disciplines. The English major provides a well-rounded undergraduate education and serves as an excellent foundation for a number of careers, including teaching, writing, publishing, journalism, business, and law.
Course Number - Course Title - Credit Hours
ENGL 202 -Advanced Composition for English Majors - 3
ENGL 205 or 206 -World Literature - 3
ENGL 207 -Survey of American Literature I - 3
ENGL 208 -Survey of American Literature II - 3
ENGL 301 -Survey of English Literature I - 3
ENGL 302 -Survey of English Literature II - 3
ENGL 304 -Shakespeare - 3
ENGL 305 -Modern English Grammar & Linguistics - 3
ENGL 330 or 331 -Black American Literature - 3
ENGL 400 -Senior Seminar - 3
ENGL 410 -Literary Theory - 3
One elective in a literary genre or period - 3
Two additional electives in English -6
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Grand Total for English Major: 125 hours
Click Here for English Major Curriculum Sheet (pdf)
One writing course (beyond English 101 and 102) 3 hours
English and American literature courses 9 hours
English electives 6 hours
Total 18 hours
For more information about the English minor, call (334) 727-8100.
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Dr. Camille Alexander |
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Dr. Garrett Ashley Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing Office: Kenney Hall 70-313 Office Phone: Email: gashley@tuskegee.edu Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi (English, Creative Writing Emphasis) M.A. University of Southern Mississippi (English, Creative Writing Emphasis) B.A. University of Southern Mississippi (English/Journalism) |
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Dr. Zanice Bond Associate Professor of English Office: Kenney Hall 70-310 Office Phone: 334-727-8104 Email: zbond@tuskegee.edu |
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Dr. Benjamin Fishkin Associate Professor of English Office: Kenney Hall 70-308 Office Phone: 334-727-8931 Email: bfishkin@tuskegee.edu Ph.D. University of Alabama M.A. Miami University B.A. University of Michigan Research areas: literature and anglophone studies Representative Publications and Presentations: The Repressed Expressed: Novel Perspectives on African and BlackDiasporic Literature Edited byAdakuT.Ankumah,Bill F.Ndiand Benjamin HartFishkin(January 17, 2017) “The Inner Narrative in Francis B.Nyamnjoh’sSouls Forgotten”inSecrets, Silences and Betrayals EditedbyBillF.Ndi(August 7, 2015) Co-author withAdakuT.Ankumahand Bill F.Ndi“Character Nomenclature, the Bead-string in Thomas Jing’sTale of An African Woman” inNomenclaturalPoetizationand GlobalizationEdited byAdakuT.Ankumah(October 20, 2014) “Names, Power Relationships and Influences in Francis B.Nyamnjoh’sMarriedButAvailable” inNomenclatural Poetizationand GlobalizationEdited byAdakuT.Ankumah(October 20, 2014) A War of Ideas: American Thought in The Modern Worldby BenjaminHartFishkin(August 27, 2014) |
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Dr. Kendrick Frederic (information forthcoming) |
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Dr. A. Caroline Gebhard Representative Publications & Presentations: African American Literature in Transition: Volume 7: 1880-1900, co-edited with Barbara McCaskill “Bess Bolden Walcott: A Legacy of Women’s Leadership at Tuskegee Institute,” Alabama Women: “Masculinity, Criminality, and Race: Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s Creole Boy Stories,” Legacy: A Journal of American “Constance Feminore Woolson’s Two Women:1862.:A Civil War Romance of Irreconcilable Difference,” “Post-Bellum–Pre-Harlem”:African American Literature and Culture, 1877-1919, anthology of original essays |
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Dr. Mark Henderson Representative Publications & Presentations: 2018, Fall.“Losing Your Faith for Seeing Too Much:The Anti-Bible as Indictment of American Heroism in Chapter in Critical Essays for the 25th Anniversary of The Silence of the Lambs.Salem/Greyhouse Press. |
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Dr. Kristen Miller Hill Representative Publications & Presentations: “Steven Spielberg” in 100 Entertainers Who Changed America, edited by Robert Sickels. ABC-CLIO, 2013. (Book Chapter) |
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Dr. William Ndi Research Areas:History of Ideas and Mentalities, Film Studies, Professional, Technical and Creative Writing, Representative Publications & Presentations: The Repressed Expressed |
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Dr. Yolanda West |