Emily Bernard Named 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Professor Emily Bernard was named one of the coveted Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Winners of 2020. Bernard won for a proposal titled “Unfinished Women,” a proposed collection of eight nonfiction essays about black women artists and public figures. The  book will explore the experiences of black women whose lives don’t conform to the triumphalism that characterizes typical American success narratives.

New Poetry from Major Jackson

A poem in Major Jackson's new collection The Absurd Man, called "Double View of the Adirondacks as Reflected Over Lake Champlain From Waterfront Park," is about the perspective found in considering the lake and the mountains. But in the age of a pandemic, it could just as easily be an ode to community, a reminder of purpose and an answer to the question: "What is the point of these sacrifices?"
 

Telling Stories that Matter

“My experience at VT Digger has given me real-world, fast paced reporting experience and the staff has helped me with my writing," says Luke Zarzecki '21. That sentiment is echoed by many students participating in the new CAS minor in Reporting and Documentary Storytelling.

Black is the Body

Race, trauma and family unfold in Professor Emily Bernard’s new book.

New Deadline for the Accelerated Master's Program

The Accelerated Master's Program in English now has two deadlines! Juniors can apply to the program October 1st (for Spring semester entry) or February 1st (for Fall semester entry).

Ready. Set. Write!

Thirty days, 50,000 words. Students in Maria Hummel's section of English 114 tackle National Novel Writing Month, with guidance from the assistant professor, who is a ’94 UVM grad and three-time novelist.
(Photo: Bear Cieri)

A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates

Thousands gathered to hear a conversation between English Professor Major Jackson and celebrated author Ta-Nehisi Coates on election night, Nov. 6 2018. (Photo: Sally McCay)

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Drawing From Life

Sharing work with the UVM Fleming Museum and graphic novel expertise with students in the English Department

Careers in English

Learn more about what careers an English graduate can expect.

Minor in Writing

Serious about success? A writing minor can help diversify your resume and stand out to future employers by having excellent writing and communication skills!

The faculty and staff of the Department of English and the Film and Television Studies Program take great pride in our students’ commitment to honest intellectual inquiry, in their creativity, and in their active participation in an academic community it is our life’s work to nurture and sustain. Our students challenge us, delight us, and inspire us to stretch ourselves intellectually and to reach as high as we can in our own scholarly and creative work. This spring we have seen our students rise intrepidly to the many challenges entailed by the pandemic and the University’s resort to remote instruction, and we are even prouder than we would have otherwise been of their persistence and engagement.

We hope visitors to this site will join us in celebrating our 2020 graduates and our annual award winners. We couldn’t be prouder of them! And we invite continuing and new students and graduates alike (and all alumni) to join us in English/FTS at the Curbside, an informal, free summer program of pop-up "curbside" offerings of literary sustenance, a takeout menu of just-for-fun, online literary gatherings—readings and screenings and discussions of the things we're reading and writing and watching that renew our hope in art and each other (look for more news on this in June). Be well, everyone, and, again, warm congratulations from all of us to our graduates and award winners!

Dan Fogel Professor and Chair of the English Department