Department of English

The faculty, staff, and students welcome you to the USF English department. We offer broad study in literature, rhetoric and composition, and creative writing on both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with classes taught by our distinguished faculty. The links to the left will navigate you through this site.

Department Highlights

ZAMI Audre Lorde Scholarship Recipient

Kendra Nicole Bryant

PhD student Kendra Nicole Bryant was awarded the ZAMI Audre Lorde Scholarship, an award memorializing poet, activist, theorist, and educator, Audre Lorde. Bryant was recognized at an award ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia in September. Bryant is a second-year doctoral student in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition, interested in questions that address perceptions of power and difference, particularly in race, and the implications in writing, reading and teaching. An article covering the award ceremony can be read in Atlanta's online publication, Project Q.

The Mailer Review

The English department is pleased to announce that the latest edition of The Mailer Review, commemorating Norman Mailer's life, is now available for distribution. Contributors include Norman Mailer (three previously unpublished pieces), The Mailer Family, Don DeLillo, E. L. Doctorow, Günter Grass, Christopher Hitchens, William Kennedy, Sean Penn, Christopher Ricks, Philip Roth, Gay Talese, and many others. For insight into this edition and subscription information, please visit the Norman Mailer Society website.

Assistant Professor Search

The English department is conducting a search for an Assistant Professor in Latino/a Literature of the United States, preferably with a more general interest in 20th century American Literature. For details, please visit our news page.

Dr. Pat Rogers Elected to British Academy

Dr. Pat Rogers

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Pat Rogers, DeBartolo Professor in the English Department at the University of South Florida, has been elected to the British Academy with installation on September 22. On a par with the National Academy of Sciences in the United States, the British Academy focuses on the Social Sciences and Humanities. It was chartered in 1902 by King Edward VII. To read more about this honor, please visit our news page.

Upcoming Events

EGSA Fall Colloquium

The English Graduate Student Association will hold their Fall Colloquium, Popular Culture and PoliTICKS: Gender, Race, and Rhetoric, on November 21 at 2:30pm in the Grace Allen Room of the library (4th floor).