My professor in my M.F.A. program at Northwestern University asked me to write 900 words about why I love teaching composition. She assumes I love it, perhaps because I just spent three years working ...

When I tell new acquaintances that I am an English professor, they generally react two ways. First, they express dismay that they now have to watch what they say (as if I were grading their ...

We are currently accepting Fall 2026 applications for our Ph.D. program only. Are you interested in writing and the teaching of writing? Digital composing and remix? Intercultural rhetorics? The ...

In Carlie Partridge's English composition class, all the students are men and all are dressed in bright-orange sweats. Inmates at the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno, they're also students of ...

The MA in English is recommended for students preparing to teach at the community college level, for high school teachers seeking to deepen their understanding of literature and literary theory, and ...

When I came to the University of Denver to start a campus writing program in 2006, I heard many faculty members say, “A lot of my students can’t even write a decent sentence.” So when I read Joseph ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Teaching English 1010 is a requirement for the graduate teaching assistantship that funds MFA students at the University of Wyoming. We acknowledge that teaching may not be the first priority for ...