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Department of English

The Department of English proudly fulfills its mission through excellence and innovation in teaching, outstanding research and creative activities, public engagement and distinctive cultural alliances, all within an environment that fosters inclusiveness. English study trains students in textual analysis, communication, and critical thinking, thus preparing our students for any job requiring imaginative thinking, analytical thinking, and/or communication skills.

 
 
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Summer and Fall 2025 Course Descriptions
Summer and Fall 2025 Course Descriptions Available
Check out the extended descriptions for Summer and Fall 2025 upper-level English major courses.
Copper Nickel
Prof. A. Papatya Bucak publishes fiction, "The Writer Writes from Prison," in the Copper Nickel
Congratulations to Professor A. Papatya Bucak on publication of new fiction, "The Writer Writes from Prison," in the Spring 2025 issue of Copper Nickel.
Amphigory: A poem By David Eileen
MFA Alum David Eileen publishes Amphigory in The Atlantic
Congratulations to MFA Alum David Eileen on publication of a poem, "Amphigory," in The Atlantic.
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Prof. Tim Miller Publishes "Speculative Fiction and the Contemporary Novel" and "Returning to The Beginning Place: Le Guin’s Forgotten Anti-fantasy Four Decades On"
Congratulations to Prof. Tim Miller on two new publications—in The Cambridge Handbook of Literature and Plants and in UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies.
The Routledge Handbook of AI and Literature
Prof. Tim Miller's Chapter in The Routledge Handbook of AI and Literature
Congratulations to Professor Tim Miller on publication of a chapter—"The Rise of the Artificial Boyfriend: Loving the Algorithm Across Global Media"—in the The Routledge Handbook of AI and Literature.
 
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ENGLISH ALUMNI
Ashley George
Ashley George
Ashley George earned a bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric in Spring 2017. She received departmental honors for completing the thesis program and college honors for her GPA. She was recently...
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Danielle Powell
Danielle Powell
Danielle Powell graduated magna cum laude from Florida Atlantic University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. While an undergrad, she was a member of the English Honors program, was on the Dean's Honors List, and...
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Shauna Mogan
Shauna Mogan
Shauna Mogan earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Renaissance Literature from FAU in 2014. She currently works as a teacher at Cooper City High School where she instructs 10th Grade English/English...
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