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The English Department of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is the oldest in the state and one of the largest departments in the College of Liberal Arts.  Our faculty's emphasis on the creation and critical analysis of literature and on the importance of good writing makes our contribution to the college's liberal arts mission unique. We offer several vibrant programs that lead to degrees in literature and creative writing:  the B.A. in English, the M.A. in English, and the M.F.A. in Creative Writing, as well as the M.F.A./M.A. combined degree (see below).  We also make essential contributions to UAF's Core Curriculum for undergraduates.
 
 

Recent News

Professor Jennifer Schell Releaing New Book

Professor Jennifer Schell's new book, A Bold and Hardy Race of Men: The Lives and Literature of American Whalemen is forthcoming from University of Massachussets Press. The book shows how whaling, and the traits and values associated with it, helped to shape the American literary, cultural, and historical imagination. In the process, she reveals the diverse, flexible, and often contradictory meanings of gender, class, and nation in nineteenth-century America.

Spring 2013 Courses

2013 Course offerings are now available. Be sure to visit the "Course Offerings" page to see more information about themed courses available for the Spring 2013 semester through the English department. Courses include (but certainly are not limited to):

  • ENGL 213X - “Leviathan Pursued his Placid Way”: Humans, Whales, and Their Interspecies Relationships - Dr. Jennifer Schell
  • ENGL 410:  Women's Stories in American Fiction 1875-1915  - Dr. Eric Heyne
  • ENGL 472: History of the English Language, Spring 2013 - Dr. Burns Cooper
  • ENGL 482: Metaphor as Rhetoric for Social Change - Dr. Sarah Stanley
  • ENGL 211 - The Graphic Novel Narrative - Caitlin Scarano
  • ENGL 211 - Subversive Subjects: Bad Boys (And Girls!) of Literature - Heather Stewart
                   Find More Spring Courses Here!

For more information see catalog or contact: Rich Carr, Chair, English Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757500 | Fairbanks, AK 99775 | (907) 474-6361 | email: rscarr@alaska.edu