Fast Facts
Ph.D. Program
- 21 graduates, 2 expected to graduate in Summer 2012
- 31 current students (15 full-time, 16 part-time)
- 5 Ford Diversity Fellowships, past and present
- 15 currently on departmental fellowship
- 2 University Teaching Fellows
- 4 admitted in Fall 2011
M.A. Program
- 73 part-time and full-time students
- 30 students admitted in 2011-2012
Creative Writing Certificate
Undergraduate Program
- 571 students in the Primary Major
- 26 students in the Secondary Major
- 105 students in the Creative Writing Concentration
- 14 students in the English Language Arts & Reading Concentration (2010-2012 catalog only)
- 59 students in the Professional Writing Concentration
- 24 students in the Minor in English Literature
Graduate Student Publications
- 40 conference presentations in 2009-2010
- 7 publications in 2009-2010
- 2 chapbooks
- 4 book chapters forthcoming
- 11 entries in Norton Anthology of African American Literature Online Student Guide
- Numerous poems
Selected Recent Faculty Honors and Awards
- Norma Cantú: National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Scholar of the Year, 2008
- Wendy Barker: Two-time winner of the Violet Crown Book Award
- Ben Olguín: International Latino book Prize for Poetry Translation (with Omar Vasquez Barboza) 2008
- Steve Kellman: Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, 2007
- Mark Allen: Modern Language Association Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography 2003-4
International Reputation of Our English Faculty
- Debbie López & Jeanne Reesman: Fulbright Scholars (two of 10 Fulbrights awarded)
- Norma Cantú: Cátedra Laboris at the Universidad de Monterrey 2008; Teaches at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo, Spain.
- Bridget Drinka: Lecture tour in Japan, sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. 2008
- Joycelyn Moody: Keynote address at the University of Valencia, Spain, 2008
- Bernadette Andrea: Invited presentation at University of Exeter, 2009; Early Modern Women Book Award, Honorable Mention, 2008.
Cross-cultural, transnational focus of the Ph.D.
- Latina/o literature: our central thrust: 3 faculty; every student participates
- African American literature and linguistics: 2 endowed chairs; 1 faculty
- Native American literature: 1 faculty
Rhetoric-Composition and Professional Writing focus of the Ph.D.
- 2 faculty specialists, 11 Ph.D. students with Rhetoric-Composition focus
Creative Writing Program
- Graduate Creative Writing Certificate and Creative Theses growing
- 5 Faculty specialists, also teaching literature
- American Letters and Commentary (co-edited by David Ray Vance and Catherine Kasper)
Literary and Linguistic Studies
- 8 literature specialists and 2 linguists cover a wide array of theoretical issues, genres, and periods, across the undergraduate and graduate curriculum
- M.A. uses an expanded canon, providing a foundation in literary study
Community Outreach
- Tutoring Initiative with Clark H.S. for African resettlement students
- Prison outreach
- Guadalupe Arts Center: a graduate student brought together students from New York and San Antonio for two weeks of creative writing
- Cultural enrichment for the community: Actors from the London Stage
- Enlightenment across disciplines: Brackenridge Lectures
- Creative Writing Reading Series
- African American Studies Symposium and African American Women’s Language Symposium
- African American Literatures and Cultures Institute (AALCI)
- Sagebrush Review literary journal editorship & production
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