Welcome to Florida State's Department of English.
Internationally recognized for their cutting-edge research and publications, our faculty offer a wide range of courses in literary fields, genres, and media. We equip our ambitious, multi-talented undergraduate and graduate students to venture out into the new creative economies: from academia to publishing, from artistic entrepreneurialism to social media marketing.
We are located in the Williams Building, which houses classrooms and the Augusta Conradi Theatre. We invite you to explore our program offerings and to meet our dedicated faculty, students, and staff.
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Department News
English-Creative Writing major and Global Scholar Kaysyn Jones
They spent two months during the summer of 2023 at Jacksonville’s Ritz Theater and Museum researching the city's forgotten and overlooked Black history. Read more...
English department faculty members earn NEH Summer Stipends
Associate professors Lindsey Eckert and Tarez Samra Graban were each awarded a grant that will support their work on humanities projects for two months. Read more...
Doctoral student Samuel Granoff earns Fulbright Research Award
He will conduct research at the Universite Paris-Saclay during the 2024-25 academic year to complete his dissertation, a World War I novel set in Belgium and France. Read more...
Programs
Creative Writing
Consistently ranked among the top writing programs in the country, the Creative Writing program offers a thriving community to writers who are looking to strengthen their craft while building life-long relationships in writing.
Literature, Media, and Culture
The Literature, Media, and Culture program exposes students to provocative questions that spark scholarly engagement and creativity, helping them discuss the social and political impact of literature.
Rhetoric and Composition
The graduate program in Rhetoric and Composition focuses on rhetorical and social practices and theories of composition, particularly emphasizing the relationships between texts, technologies, language, and literacies.
Editing, Writing, and Media
The undergraduate Editing, Writing, and Media track emphasizes the production, analysis, and interpretation of historic, contemporary, academic, and everyday texts.
