M.A. in English
Our program values the deep connection between theory and practice, and emphasizes hands-on learning through teaching assistantships, tutoring positions, and internships in teaching, editing, digital humanities, and library curating and archiving.
What is Applied English Studies?
The MA in English—with an emphasis in Applied English Studies—is a comprehensive curriculum that prepares graduates for a range of professional pursuits. With an emphasis on career advancement and critical consciousness, the program expands opportunities for K-12 teachers, lays a foundation for doctoral study, and equips students for jobs in college teaching as well as careers in publishing, editing, writing, content curation, digital scholarship, and teaching English abroad.
Our graduate students study how language acts upon the world in order to communicate effectively with diverse communities and envision a just society. Coursework is anchored in conversations about social and racial justice, pedagogy, literature, writing, and cultural representation that extend beyond the classroom, and hones students’ skills in critical reading, writing, teaching, research, and digital humanities.
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M.A. Faculty
Christina Hsu Accomando
Professor
- ca3@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-3479
- Founders Hall 219
Multi-ethnic U.S. literature; law and literature of U.S. slavery and resistance; critical race studies; multicultural queer studies; Black feminist thought; Asian American studies
Janelle Adsit
Associate Professor
- janelle.adsit@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-5936
- FH228
Creative Writing; Environmental Humanities; Narrative Medicine; Health Humanities, Arts in Health
Marianne Ahokas
Composition Program Faculty and Lecturer in English
- marianne.ahokas@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-3138
- Founders Hall 226
Early American Literature; Writing Studies and Rhetorical Theory; Writing in the Disciplines
Renée Byrd
Associate Professor
- rb1409@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-3160
- Founders Hall 229
Critical Race Studies; Law & Society; Prison Abolition; Transnational Feminisms; Queer of Color Critique; Sexuality Studies; Environmental Justice; Neoliberal Political Rationalities; Social Theory; Poststructuralism; Globalization; the State and State Violence
Daniela Cerbino
Assistant Professor
- Daniela.Cerbino@humboldt.edu
- Behavioral Social Sciences (BSS) 236
Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Language and Gender, Second Language Pedagogy
Andrea Delgado
Assistant Professor
- andrea.delgado@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-5958
- Founders Hall 221
Cultural and Digital Rhetorics, Chicanx/Latinx Literature, American Ethnic Literature.
Natalie Giannini
Lecturer - English and Composition Program Faculty
- natalie.giannini@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-3174
- Founders Hall 171
Early Modern Studies, Cultural Studies, History of the Body and Medicine; Early Modern Political Culture; Literacy Studies and Writing Practices; Writing Assessment
Lisa Tremain
Department Chair & Co-Director First-year Composition Program
- lisa.tremain@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-4442
- Founders Hall 201E
Rhetoric, Writing Studies, Writing Pedagogy and Assessment, Ways of Knowing and Writing, Writing Across the Curriculum
Janet Winston
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
- winston@humboldt.edu
- (707) 826-3913
- Founders Hall 213
Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Gender/Sexuality Studies; British Modernism; Twentieth-Century Visual Culture; Critical Theories of Race and Whiteness
Cal Poly Humboldt
Department of English
Founders Hall 201, 1 Harpst St.
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 826-3758
english@humboldt.edu
