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GRADUATE DEGREES OFFERED:
Master of Arts—English (specializations in literature or writing)
Transition to Teaching Program
Department of English
Root Hall A-265
Phone: 812-237-3160
Fax: 812-237-3156
E-mail: english@indstate.edu
Web site: http://web.indstate.edu/english
 

Department Chairperson: Dr. Robert Perrin
Graduate Program Contact Person: Dr. Kit Kincade
Phone: 812-237-3173
 

GRADUATE FACULTY
 

Professors
 

Bates, Laura R., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor of English
Specializations: Children’s Literature, Comparative Literature and Drama
 

Brennan, Matthew C., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Professor of English
Specializations: English Romantic Period, Poetry Writing
 

Byerman, Keith E., Ph.D., Purdue University
Professor of English and Women’s Studies
Specializations: African American Literature, American Studies

Connelly, Steven E., Ph.D., Indiana University
Professor of English
Specializations: Twentieth-Century British and American Literature, Prose Fiction, Anglo-Irish Literature

Derrick, Thomas J., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of English
Specializations: English Renaissance, Rhetoric, Literary Research and Bibliography

Goldbort, Robert C., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Professor of English
Specializations: Technical and Scientific Writing

Jakaitis, Jake, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Professor of English and Gender Studies
Specializations: Multicultural American Literature, Literary Theory
 

Kincade, Kit, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Professor of English and Gender Studies
Specializations: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature, Literary Research, Bibliography, Textual Studies
 

Perrin, Robert, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Chairperson and Professor of English
Specializations: Rhetoric and Composition, Comparative Drama, English Education

Shelden, Michael C., Ph.D., Indiana University
Professor of English
Specializations: Victorian Literature, Twentieth-Century British Literature, Prose Fiction
 

Associate Professors
 

Corcoran, Brendan W., Ph.D., Emory University
Associate Professor of English
Specializations: Twentieth-Century British Literature, Contemporary Irish Poetry, Poetry Writing
 

Dolle, Raymond, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor of English
Specialization: Early American Literature
 

Haynes, Rosetta R., Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor of English and Women’s Studies
Specializations: African American Literature, Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Women’s Literature

Latta, Susan, Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Professor of English
Specializations: Rhetoric and Composition, English Language, Cultural Studies, Women’s Studies
 

Lee, Katherine, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Associate Professor of English and Women’s Studies
Specializations: Contemporary American Literature, Multicultural American Literature, Literary Theory
 

Lewandowski, Mark R., M.F.A., Wichita State University
Associate Professor of English
Specialization: Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction

Morales, Aaron M., M.F.A., Purdue University
Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies
Specialization: Creative Writing, Fiction Writing
 

Reid, Mandy, Ph.D., Rice University
Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies
Specializations: Nineteenth-Century American Literature, African American Literature, Women’s Literature

Wurtz, James, Ph.D., University of Note Dame
Associate Professor of English
Specializations: Twentieth-Century British Literature, Irish Literature
 

Assistant Professors
 

Drew, Christopher, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
Assistant Professor of English
Specialization: English Teaching, Adolescent Literature, Creative Writing
 

Fredlund, Katherine, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Assistant Professor of English and Gender Studies
Specialization: Rhetoric and Composition, Women’s Literature
 

HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM
 

The master’s program in English was one of the first graduate programs to be offered in the College of Arts and Sciences. When it began, it provided professionalization for secondary school teachers, as well as advanced study for those wishing to prepare for doctoral programs and teaching careers in higher education. The later development of specializations permitted students to focus their programs of study according to their educational and professional goals.
 

GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
 

The master’s degree program is designed for students intending to enter doctoral programs or such fields as teaching, writing, editing, publishing, or educational administration and curriculum supervision. Core courses provide a foundation in the various areas of English studies, including research and theory. Course work is offered in British and American literature and language, rhetoric and composition, and creative writing.
 

MAIN OBJECTIVES
 

The main objectives of the master of arts program in English are to provide students with a strong foundation in core areas of English studies; to provide students with advanced training in literary research, analysis, and creative or professional writing; and to prepare students for admission to doctoral and creative writing programs and careers as teachers or writers.
 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
 

In addition to meeting the general requirements of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies, applicants for regular admission to the programs must have an undergraduate major or minor in English and a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in all English courses above the freshman level.
 

Those lacking an appropriate major or minor should consult the Director of Graduate Studies in English concerning departmental admission criteria. Conditional admission to the program may be granted to other applicants on the basis of grades in language, literature, and creative writing courses; undergraduate grade point averages; Graduate Record Examination verbal and advanced literature scores; faculty letters of recommendation; or writing samples.
 

Materials should be submitted by April 10 for fall and by November 1 for spring. To be considered for an assistantship or scholarship for the following academic year, applications should be submitted by March 1.
 

Transition to Teaching Program
 

Students wishing to obtain Initial Teacher Licensure at the graduate level should consult the appropriate section of the Catalog dealing with post-baccalaureate non-degree licensure for secondary teachers (See Bayh College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology).
 

Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Concentration in English Education
 

In cooperation with the Bayh College of Education, the Department of English offers a concentration in English education as part of the doctor of philosophy in curriculum and instruction. For admission and program requirements, see the program listing in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology. For requirements in the English concentration, contact Dr. Robert Perrin, phone: 812-237-3160.

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