Department of English

Department of English

The Department of English offers students deep engagement with literary study, a pursuit that develops writing and critical reading abilities along with strengthening communications skills and critical thinking.

English Major & MinorCreative Writing Major & MinorCourses
Department News

Brooke Jarvis ’07 was featured in the New York Times

Matt Mattox ’02 was featured in Richmond Times Dispatch for Martin Agency.

Lucy Nalen, ’19, had her literary magazine "And So Yeah" profiled in The Collegian.

Upcoming Courses

Department of English Writers Series

Writers Series Events

The University of Richmond’s Writers Series exposes Richmond students, the greater university community, and city residents to some of today’s most celebrated writers. Readings are free and open to the public, though seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Each reading will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. 

The Writers Series is sponsored by the Department of English and the School of Arts & Sciences.

Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts

2024-2025 Tucker Boatwright Festival of Literature & the Arts

The Nature of Representation

The Nature of Representation asks how our understandings of “nature” have been shaped by representational practices in both the aesthetic and political senses, exploring how the current climate catastrophe is inextricable from colonialism and anthropocentric worldviews. The festival features contemporary writers, artists, and thinkers who don’t take for granted that language is merely human, that there are other “natural” languages, and that attuning to those other languages allows us to tell stories that disrupt the violence of Man.

 

Upcoming Events

Faculty Highlights

Dr. Julietta Singh
Singh article considers political bonds created by shared space

Julietta Singh, professor of English and women, gender, & sexuality studies, published "On Anticolonial Homemaking" in Studies in Gender and Sexuality.

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Dr. Julietta Singh
Singh interviewed in Studies in Social Justice

Julietta Singh, professor of English and women, gender, & sexuality studies, was interviewed in special issue on "Reckoning, Repairing, Reworlding" in Studies in Social Justice

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Dr. Elisabeth Gruner
Gruner Presented

Elisabeth Gruner, professor of English, presented research from her book Constructing the Adolescent Reader in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction at the International Research Society for Children’s Literature Congress.

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Mr. Brian Henry
Henry Awarded

Brian Henry, professor of English and creative writing, received the 2024 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.

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Contact Us

Mailing address:
English Department, Humanities Building 318
106 UR Drive
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Phone: (804) 289-8287
Fax: (804) 289-8313

Department Chair: Dr. David Stevens
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Emily Tarchokov