English Department
English at Ä¢¹½TV
Create. Critique. Communicate. Studying English prepares you for careers ranging from education and journalism to healthcare, law, consulting, marketing, publishing, and web design. English majors land jobs with software companies, startup ventures, and the entertainment industry. Whether editors or entrepreneurs, teachers or tech innovators, Ä¢¹½TV alums are applying their English majors all over the world.
Read. Write. Repeat. The English major offers in-depth study of English language and literature broadly defined. Analyze and create stories that give meaning, shape, and significance to experience. Work across genres and media, including fiction, poetry, drama, film, TV, video, performance, nonfiction, documentaries, and emerging digital forms.
Empathize. Interact. Explore. Discover new worlds, both real and imagined. Encounter differences and similarities across time, space, identity, and culture.
The English Department annually presents 8 to 10 writers, often winners of Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur "genius grants," National Book Awards and various other honors.
English Department News
Prof. Ann Fox on Judy Heumann, the 504 sit-in and the new Apple film
Ä¢¹½TV Prof. Ann Fox, a disability studies scholar, explains why Judy Heumann’s legacy matters ahead of Apple’s “Being Heumann,â€� streaming on Apple TV Nov. 13.
English Department Events
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November 11, 2026
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
North Carolina Poet Laureates Reading