Department of English
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Valerie Fridland, along with her colleague at Oregon and a graduate student collaborator, has won the inaugural Roger Shuy Best Paper in American Speech Award for 2018. in recognition of an article titled "Vowel Dynamics in the Southern Vowel Shift" published in American Speech.
Read the article here.
Associate Professor of English and cinema studies scholar Katherine Fusco has won the 55th annual William Riley Parker Prize for an outstanding article published in PMLA: "Sexing Farina: Our Gang's Episodes of Racial Childhood."
Download the MLA's full press release here.
UNR graduate Selena Torres (English Literature, Class of 2016) was recently elected to serve her Las Vegas district in the Nevada State Assembly. She is one of the youngest state legislators in US history!
Undergraduate
Earn a B.A. in English and choose from four different emphasis including language, literature, writing and education.
Graduate
We offer a graduate program in English where you can conduct in-depth research on literature, theory, language and culture.
Degrees
English degrees offer many specializations from literature to rhetoric. Doctoral and master programs develop expertise.
Advising
We have all the resources you need to succeed as a student in the English department, including forms and scholarships.
Core Writing
The Core Writing Program is an essential foundation for all students across disciplines and the campus.
People
Learn more about our award-winning faculty and graduate students: their accomplishments, teaching, research, and community outreach.
