The Department of English at UW-Madison is dedicated to the study of literature, culture, and language. Our undergraduate major continues to attract students interested in thinking with brilliant literary authors from across the globe about the worlds we imagine and inhabit, students dedicated to the study of the rhetorics and grammars through which we think and act, and students engaged in creative writing. We are committed to working with students to develop both their voices and their critical analytical skills. Undergraduate students are active in running two publications and hosting reading clubs on campus while our graduate students are active in hosting the annual MadLit conference and several ongoing colloquia in the areas of Early Modern, Modern, and American literatures.
Our faculty and academic staff also serve students from across campus in literature, composition, and ethnic studies courses. Recently, we expanded the number of faculty who can teach Global Black Literatures in our Department and we look forward to recruiting more graduate students into this field. We also have a growing reputation for research and teaching in the Environmental Humanities, including faculty who partner with local communities to gather local environmental histories that can inform future directions and faculty teaching film and literature that engages with environmental philosophies, paradigms, crises, and futures. With your support we will continue to enhance the undergraduate and graduate student experience through scholarships, mentoring, faculty support, project assistantships, internships, and community-engaged learning.