Emily Klode is an English major who dreams about becoming a lawyer. Pat Brady is a lawyer who majored in English. We asked Pat and Emily to talk about their mentoring relationship, and to reflect on the skills that English majors can bring to a variety of professions after college. Mentors can provide a birds’-eye …
You’ve seen them on Late Night with Seth Meyers, read about them in The Nation, and perused their work in bookshops nationwide. But did you know that these four writers also spent time with Madison’s creative writing program? Sean Bishop, creative writing program coordinator, and creative writing prof Judith Claire Mitchell recommend titles by four UW alumni-turned-nationally acclaimed …
Professor Susan Bernstein retired from the UW-English faculty in Spring 2017 after devoting 28 years of service to the department as a teacher, advisor, and administrator. She departed from Madison and headed to Boston University to continue teaching part-time in her specialties, Victorian literature and gender studies. Susan joined the UW–Madison English department in 1989 after …