Welcome to FSU'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 every corner of the new creative economies: from academia to artistic entrepreneurialism, from publishing 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.
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.
The English Department at Florida State University
Department News
Tarez Samra Graban publishes 65,000-word annotated bibliography
"Global and Non-Western Rhetorics: Sources for Comparative Rhetorical Studies," in Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric and Society.
Carla Della Gatta celebrates 60th anniversary of West Side Story
Her Folger Shakespeare Library post explores how it became the de facto representation of U.S. Latinx in musicals for decades.
Alumna Diane McCain honored with statewide award
First-hand experience with a horrific campus tragedy led to her commitment to improve lives of women in Florida.