We empower students to use the transformative tool of language to enact change and uphold the values of social justice. Through our robust curriculum, students analyze texts and language, challenge entrenched ideas, and think critically about how to amplify diverse voices. With a priority on hands-on learning, our students create, listen, write, teach, and plan their mark on the world.
English majors and graduate students have so many opportunities to dive in and learn by doing: from joining the editorial staff at Toyon to participating in teaching internships, producing podcasts, and designing books for Humboldt Press.
We tailor each student’s experience to their passions, academic interests, and career ambitions. Our faculty are committed to offering flexible course schedules and customized degree pathways.
English majors and graduate students are part of a close-knit learning community at Humboldt. With a faculty to undergraduate student ratio of about 17:1, students develop meaningful relationships with faculty and peers, with multiple opportunities for active collaboration through research, publishing, teaching, and community organizing.
English is a place for students who want to make a difference in their communities. How do words and stories shape our worldview? By studying the relationship between language, identity, and power, English students will engage in conversations about social justice, pedagogy, literature, and writing that extend beyond the classroom.
Our graduate students study how language acts upon the world in order to communicate effectively with diverse communities and envision a just society. The M.A. program values the deep connection between theory and practice and emphasizes hands-on learning through teaching assistantships, tutoring, and internships in editing, digital humanities, and library curating and archiving.
Grounded in critical thinking and positive action, this program provides a rigorous human rights education in the classroom and community. This program is focused on being able to teach about the inequities based on race, class, gender, sexual identity, religion, and nation.
Every year, students and community members have the opportunity to publish their writing and art in the Toyon Multilingual Journal of Literature and Art. Submissions are accepted year-round.
English majors also have the opportunity to enroll in English 460 or 461 to learn about the editoral and production process. Each student in the class fulfills a roll as a Toyon staff member.
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Department of English
Founders Hall 201, 1 Harpst St.
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 826-3758
english@humboldt.edu
