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Welcome to the Department of English

Welcome to the Department of English, one of the largest and most diverse departments on campus and a part of the College of Humanities at California State University-Northridge. We offer a wide variety of courses and programs in the field of literature, language, composition, rhetoric and creative writing; on the undergraduate and graduate level. In support of the English Department mission, we are dedicated with providing students with analytical and critical thinking skills, studying British and American literature and gaining knowledge on their literary and cultural history. We will help students and cultivate their imagination while challenging them to write effectively and read critically. The faculty and staff of the Department of English are committed to helping students meet their educational goals and expects its majors, especially, to be able to write clearly and correctly.

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Events

Graduate Reading Series #3

Friday, November 17, 2017 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Graduate Reading Series 3

Come celebrate with us as we wish the year of resistance a bon voyage with the last Graduate Reading Series of 2017!  Read more

The Northridge Review Launch Party

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

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Join us in the Donald E. Bianchi Planetarium for a night of poetry and prose as we welcome back The Northridge Review. (Snacks and beverages will be available.) Read more

The Graduate Reading Series: CSUN Writers at LitCrawl 2017

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 7:00pm to 7:45pm

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This Wednesday, please join CSUN writers at LitCrawl 2017 in North Hollywood!

The Graduate Reading Series at California State University, Northridge presents: CSUN Solidarity: Poetry, Protest, and the Power of Story

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017, from 7:00pm-7:45pm (Round 1)

Location: The Metro Red Line Station (up against "the shell"), in the NoHo Arts District Readers: Alvaro Castillo Marisela Gomez Sophia Apodaca Rebecca Starkman ...and more! Read more

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News

New Faculty: Christopher Higgs and Colleen Tripp

July 30, 2015

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The department welcomes new professors Christopher Higgs and Colleen Tripp.

Christopher Higgs earned his Ph.D. in Post-1900 American Literature and Culture from Florida State University, and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University. He is the author of two novels: The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney (Los Angeles: Sator Press), and ONE (New York: Roof Books) in collaboration with Blake Butler and Vanessa Place, as well as two prose chapbooks: Becoming Monster (Lincoln: The Cupboard),  New Faculty continues

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