We are very grateful for support from our alumni and friends, and from the community at large. Your generosity makes it possible for us to embellish the department’s activities in tremendously important ways: for example, sponsoring visiting lectures by scholars and creative writers; sending students on trips to conferences and supporting their research; recruiting outstanding new faculty to our department; honoring our stellar graduates with awards for their achievements. Your gifts enable our faculty and students to connect our classrooms with the world at large. Donations help us to deal with our present needs, and to plan for the future. Thank you!
...As a graduate student, I have been mentored and supported by professors who take my somewhat non-traditional scholarship and academic inquiry seriously and who are not hesitant to rigorously challenge me...
Why did you major in English? After taking Introduction to American Literature with Laurah Norton, I was enamored with not only the study of English, but also the ways in which that study is a vector for looking at culture as a whole. ...
Georgia State University sponsors a variety of study abroad programs, including Maymester and Summer programs, semester and academic year programs, and short-term programs during the Fall and Spring semesters.
The state of Georgia is asking departments to assess their majors as part of the graduation requirement. The English department has chosen a portfolio because we think it will meet our needs and be useful to students as well.
