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Professors Votava (Chair), Bakken, Caballero, Ferrence, Hart, Holmes, J. Miller

Allegheny’s English Department prepares students for an unknown future through the study of literary citizenship. Our program is oriented in flexibility and deep thinking, dedicated to the analysis and production of texts that mediate our relationship to the world, and committed to the cultivation of the uniqueness of human intellect, creativity, and communication. Our goals and philosophies are centered in our mission statement: 

English Department Mission Statement: 

As readers and writers, we explore how literature and language shape, have shaped, and will shape the world within which we live. 

Courses

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Programs

• English Major–Emphasis in Creative Writing
• English Major–Emphasis in Literature

• English Minor
• Environmental Writing Minor
• Writing Minor

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