2026 graduates will be celebrated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison English Department Spring Graduation on Saturday, May 9 in the Alumni Room of the Pyle Center from 8:30-9:30AM. An RSVP is required to attend due to capacity limitations. A live stream of the event is available by contacting Erin at erin.polnaszek.boyd@wisc.edu. Click here for the …
Welcome to the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! This department draws together outstanding faculty, staff, and students who are committed to learning about and engaging the incredible power of language. We are a community of readers and writers, speakers and listeners, teachers and learners, and we invite you to join us …
Creative Writing instructor Dantiel Moniz’s collection of short stories Milk, Blood, Heat has gotten great reviews recently. You can read them in The Washington Post and the New York Times.
Welcome to the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! As department chair, I am privileged to work with outstanding faculty, staff, and students to shape humanistic inquiry and deep learning at one of the world’s leading public research universities. Our department is central to the mission of the College of Letters at the …
The Department of English condemns anti-Black violence and racism in all of its forms. We stand in solidarity with those protesting police violence and other forms of ongoing systemic racism and white supremacy in the United States. We also recognize that anti-Black violence and racism are problems internal to our department. This means that our …
Writing Prizes Chesler Prize for Excellence in Writing Margaret Johnson “Predators as Family: Animal Representation in Anishinaabe Traditional Stories” “Margaret Johnson’s passion for animals and their uncertain fate in our endangered planet is only equaled by her desire to learn about alternative ways of thinking about, and managing, our environment. A student of the Ojibwe …
Elise and Paul both graduated and entered the job market during a time of economic struggles. They shared words of wisdom to help you navigate the months ahead. “My best career advice would be to network into your target industry, company, or job function. Inform everyone you know that you’re on the job hunt and …
Dear English majors, This is a stressful time for all of us. There’s a lot of uncertainty about how COVID will impact the university and beyond. You will have read announcements from the Chancellor and you are probably checking https://covid19.wisc.edu/ for updates. I’m writing to offer reassurance about your English classes. We are helping English …
“It’s through language that we can begin to share our brokenness and articulate our feelings in a way that will make others feel less alone.” Winner of the 2018 UW-Madison Letters and Science essay contest, English major Emily Klode talks about discovering uses of language in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying that reveal the …
On a misty day in May Dr. Katie Schaag, the 2017-18 Mendota Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, and the students of English 245 hike up Bascom Hill to reflect on a semester that challenged them to read and think deeply about plastic in many of its material and conceptual forms. And also, to build a collaborative American …