Welcome to the Department of English at the University of Oregon. Our nearly 50 full-time faculty members are committed to offering students a broad foundation in traditional British, American, and Anglophone literary studies, as well as intensive coursework in interdisciplinary studies, emerging media, and current critical methodologies. Learn more about the people and programs of the English Department by exploring our website, or contact us via email.
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Recent News
Assistant Professors Lara Bovilsky, a Renaissance scholar, and Allison Carruth, a specialist in Literature and the Environment, will join the faculty in September, 2008.
Medievalist Warren Ginsberg becomes the English Department's first Knight Professor.
Northwest Review celebrates fifty years of continuous publication with an all-Northwest anniversary issue. Read more.
Professor Steven Shankman is named UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace. Read more.
English Professor and environmental activist Louise Westling receives the University of Oregon's Charles E. Johnson Memorial Award for "exceptional service." Read more.
Professor Chadwick Allen of Ohio State University, a specialist in comparative indigenous studies, joins the English Department faculty as the 2007-08 Moore Distinguished Visiting Professor.
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