The English Department strives to equip our students to read and think critically and creatively and to express themselves in lucid speech, writing, and design.

To accomplish this, our students:

• Read a broad variety of literatures in English in their historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and psychological contexts;
• Write within scholarly and creative genres;
• Analyze and evaluate oral, written and visual modes of expression through the use of literary and rhetorical theory;
• Produce print and digital texts designed for multiple audiences.

Our goal is to foster reflective, dedicated, lifelong learners.