Department of English
Kimpel Hall 333,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
P 479-575-4301
F 479-575-5919
E-mail: engl@uark.edu
We in the English Department of the University of Arkansas believe a respect for policies and practices that foster diverse voices and viewpoints, that protect all members of our community against discrimination, and that maintain appropriate professional boundaries is integral to the success of our students and our program.
Read our department's full statement on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here.
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Watch the University's Indigenous Roots and Futures Virtual Panel Discussion (11/19/20)!
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Lora Walsh Teaching English Literature from the Beginning through the 17th Century
CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 UPDATES
For everyone’s safety, many faculty and staff members are continuing to work remotely. We are still available to assist you during our normal office hours, and recommend reaching out via email to get in touch.
Looking for the latest campus updates on Coronavirus/COVID-19? The #UARK website has the most up-to-date information at https://health.uark.edu/coronavirus/.
Please note: Guidance from the CDC, Arkansas Department of Health and university may change rapidly given the fluidity of the situation.
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Author Spotlight
Constructions of Masculinity in the Middle East (April 2021)
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Mohja Kahf and Nadine Sinno
Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century (June 2020)
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Lissette Lopez Szwydky-Davis
Understanding the Short Fiction of Carson McCullers (April 2020)
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Casey Kayser (co-editor)
Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans (August 2019)
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Robin Roberts (co-author)
Telegraphies: Indigeneity, Identity, and Nation in America's Nineteenth-Century Virtual Realm (February 2019)
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Kay Yandell
Adapting Frankenstein: The Monster's Eternal Lives in Popular Culture (October 2018)
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Lissette Szwydky-Davis (contributor)
Star Trek: A Cultural History (The Cultural History of Television) (September 2018)
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M. Keith Booker
Subversive Spirits: The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture (January 2018)
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Robin Roberts
Small-Screen Souths: Region, Identity, and the Cultural Politics of Television (November 2017)
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Lisa Hinrichsen (co-editor)
An Arkansas Florilegium: The Atlas of Botanist Edwin Smith Illustrated by Naturalist Kent Bonar (October 2017)
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Robert Cochran (editor)
Deep Reading: Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom (May 2017)
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David Jolliffe and Sam Morris (contributors)
The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society (January 2017)
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Robert Cochran (editor)
The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project: Culture, Place, & Authenticity
David Jolliffe (co-author)
The Essex and the Whale: Melville's Leviathan Library and the Birth of Moby Dick
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Robert Madison (editor)
Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven
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J.T. Mahany (translator)
MFA Translation Student
The Ever After of Ashwin Rao
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Padma Viswanathan
Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards.
Olde Clerkis Speche: Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and the Implications of Authorial Recital
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William Quinn
Lights! Camera! Arkansas!: From Broncho Billy to Billy Bob Thornton
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Robert Cochran and Suzanne McCray
Graduate Programs

M.A./Ph.D. in English
While rigorous in terms of the level of research and scholarship they require, the M.A. and Ph.D. Programs in English also emphasize professionalization to prepare students for employment inside or outside of academia.

Creative Writing & Translation
One of the nation’s oldest MFA Programs, and one of the “Top Five Most Innovative” (The Atlantic Monthly), we offer degree tracks in Fiction, Poetry and Literary Translation.

Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing & Public Rhetorics
A fully online 12 credit hour graduate program developed to meet the needs of working professionals and graduate students in Northwest Arkansas and beyond.
News
Thirteen Students Selected in Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship Program (March 2, 2022)
Two Boys on Bicycles, Falling in Love (Feb. 11, 2022)
The Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine Seeks Submissions for Issue 5 (Jan. 27, 2022)
Crowder's New President Says College Can Handle Changing Demands (Jan. 15, 2022)
Career Counselor Robert Ellis Wins SoACE New Professional Award (Jan. 13, 2022)
The Monster She Made (Dec. 29, 2021)
New Book Analyzes Role of Region in New Media Landscape (Dec. 15, 2021)
U of A Joins the Newberry Library's Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium (Dec. 2, 2021)
Giving Thanks: Scholarship Helps M.F.A. Student Become a Writer and English Professor (Dec. 1, 2021)
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