Welcome to the Department of English
at the University of South Alabama, a department dedicated
to the study and teaching of literature and rhetoric in a variety
of social, historical, and global contexts. Please feel free
to browse the site for current departmental and university
activities, as well as local and national reading and writing
resources.
Click here for faculty contact information
Click here for information on Graduate Studies
Meet Robert Morgan, Kappa Alpha Professor of English
at Cornell University, novelist, poet, biographer. He
recently won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award.
He is also a recipient of a Guggenheim and a National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
March 4, 2008, 3:15-4:15,
Humanities, Room 150: Essentials of Fiction Writing
March 5, 2008, 3:15-4:15,
Humanities, Room 150: Poetry Writing
March 6, 2008, 7:00 p.m.,
Laidlaw Center for the Performing Arts: Reading/Lecture (In
Honor of Dr. Pat C. Covey)
March 7, 2008, 3:30-4:30, USA
Library Auditorium: The Art and Craft of Biography
Seating for classes is limited.
Please call the English Department (460-6146) to make a
reservation for any of the classes. All events are free
and open to the public. It is possible to receive one course
credit for participation. Please contact the department for
details.
A search is now underway for a new chair of the
department. Details follow:
The University of South Alabama
English Department invites applications for the position of
department chair at the rank of professor or associate
professor. The successful candidate will have a Ph. D. in
English, a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching, an
active agenda for promoting scholarly research among department
faculty, and relevant leadership and administrative abilities.
The Chair will be expected to foster collegiality, build on
department strengths, enhance diverse fields within English
studies, and promote creativity and vision that advance the
department’s educational and research missions.
The Department of English
consists of 21 full-time faculty members, specializing in
American, British, and World literatures, Rhetoric and
Composition, Creative Writing, and Folklore. The department
supports and works closely with programs in Gender Studies,
African American Studies, and the University Honors Program.
Students who major in English can have a concentration in either
literature or creative writing, and students who minor in
English can do so in literature or in professional writing.
Located in a metropolitan area
of 500,000 on the northern Gulf of Mexico, the University of
South Alabama enrolls over 14,000 graduate and undergraduate
students. This is a twelve-month position beginning in the fall
semester 2008. The salary is competitive based upon
qualifications.
Candidates should submit an
application letter and vita, a sample article-length
publication, and a personal statement of scholarly, pedagogical,
and administrative vision. Three original, current letters of
recommendation and official graduate and undergraduate
transcripts should be sent directly to Dr. Clarence L. Mohr,
Chair, English Chair Search Committee, Department of History,
HUMB 344 University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688. To
ensure full consideration applications must be received by March
1, 2008. AA/EEO/M/F/D
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