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Department of English and Comparative Literature

Latest Announcements

Award Winners for 2009

Spring 2010 Upper-division courses

Events

MFA Admissions Deadlines for Fall 2010 open

Kenneth Rexroth and the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance


MFA Students: Important Dates

Professor Andrew Altschul is new director of CLA

Reed Magazine, Issue 62

Professor Recipient of President's Scholar Award

47th Annual Honors Convocation

Press Releases

East Side Voices Project Awarded Grant

Sandra M. Gilbert, 2009 Lurie Distinguished Visiting Author-in-Residence at SJSU

Why Choose Us?

If you're unsure about career possibilities for an English major, minor, M.A. or M.F.A., check out our Careers page for undergraduates and Resources page for graduates.
Here are a few career paths that require excellent writing skills:

• Teaching
• Publishing & Editing
• Technical & Professional Writing
• Advertising, Marketing & Media
• Law & Medicine

What we have to offer

• Three distinct tracks: MA, MFA, and credential programs
• Small seminars
• Flexible curricula--only one required course for the MA
• Exceptional visiting authors programs that bring the world's leading authors to our campus and our classrooms
• A vibrant community of writers and student literary organizations
• Financial support for students selected as Graduate Assistants or Teaching Associates
• Awards and Scholarships
• 10 Reasons to apply to our Undergraduate Program

Academic Minors

• Literature
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Professional and Technical Writing Career

Change of Major Form

• Declare, Change or Add Major or Minor

Writing Programs

The Department is also responsible for teaching all of the First Year Composition courses (English 1A & 1B). 
Since we teach more than 1500 students each semester, we are dedicated to training incoming students for the rigors of college-level writing. 
Read about our committment to composition here.

 

 

Department Contact Information

English Department Office
Faculty Offices 102
Phone: 408.924.4425
Fax: 408.924.4580
One Washington Square
San José, California, USA, 95192-0090
english@sjsu.edu

John Engell
Chair
Faculty Offices 102
Phone: 408.924.4499
john.engell@sjsu.edu

Catherine Gabor
Director of Writing Programs
Faculty Offices 107
408.924.4580
Catherine.Gabor@sjsu.edu

Susan Shillinglaw
Major Advisor
Faculty Office 118
408.924.4487
Susan.Shillinglaw@sjsu.edu

Persis Karim
Major Advisor
Faculty Offices 216
408.924.4476
pkarim@email.sjsu.edu

Mary Warner
Director of the English Credential Program
Faculty Offices 127
408.924.4417
mwarner@email.sjsu.edu

Jonathan Lovell
Associate Director of the English Credential Program
Director, San Jose Area Writing Project:
http://www.sjawp.org/
Faculty Offices 127
408.924.4437
jlovell@email.sjsu.edu

Andrew Fleck
Honors Coordinator
Faculty Offices 111
408.924.4457
afleck@email.sjsu.edu

A. Noelle Brada-Williams
MA Graduate Coordinator
408.924.4439
Faculty Offices 110
awilli@email.sjsu.edu

Alan Soldofsky
Director of Creative Writing & MFA
408.924.4432
Faculty Offices 106
soldofsk@email.sjsu.edu

For information on the Department of English & Comparative Literature, please email english@sjsu.edu.
For the Department Webmaster, send email to webmaster.english@sjsu.edu.

 

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