Information for Faculty
General Resources
General Department Information
- Contact Information:
- The Virginia Peck Trust Fund
Catalog and Registration
English Department Course Proposals and Guidelines
- ENGL 2020 Course Proposal
- Proposing New Undergraduate Studies Courses
- Course Outline Form for Undergraduate Studies Special Topics
- Guidelines for Undergraduate Studies Courses (3000/4000)
- Undergraduate Studies Preferred Practices
- Why Undergraduate Studies Practices
Teaching Resources and Support
- Teaching English Online
- D2L Information/Course Request Forms
- Learning, Teaching, and Innovative Technologies Center
Graduate Assistants and Teaching Mentors
- Research Assistant Request Form
- Request a MA/PhD Assistant for such tasks as editing, archiving, indexing, or conference/workshop planning.
- Mentored Teaching Assistant Form
- Volunteer to mentor a PhD GTA in a particular course for their development. Spring term only.
Study Abroad
- Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA)
- Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS)
- MTSU Study Abroad
General University Information
- Information for Faculty
- Faculty Grants & Awards
- University Forms & Applications
- Faculty Handbook
- IT Support for Faculty
Research and Publication
Graduate Faculty Resources
Graduate English Administration
- Dr. Rhonda McDaniel, Graduate English Director
- Dr. Laura White, Graduate English Advisor
Graduate English Program
Graduate Faculty Membership
- Graduate Faculty Criteria (College of Graduate Studies)
- Graduate Faculty Criteria (English)
Graduate English Students/Assistants
Preliminary Examination Areas and Reading Lists
- Old and Middle English
- Early Modern British Literature: 1500-1660, including Milton
- Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature
- Nineteenth-Century British Literature*
- Twentieth-Century British Literature
- American Literature to 1830
- American Literature: 1830-1910
- American Literature: 1910-present
- Criticism and Critical Theory
- Composition, Language, and Rhetoric
- Children's and Young Adult Literature
- Linguistics
- Popular Culture and Film Studies*
- Anglophone Literature
- Folklore
*Students may choose to be examined in IV. a. or b. and in XIII. a. or b. only.
Thesis and Dissertation Information and Forms
- Guidelines for Members of Thesis & Dissertation Committees
- Prospectus Presentation Announcement Form
- Thesis and Dissertation Defense Announcement Form
English Graduate Committee
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Dr. Rhonda McDaniel, Chair, ex officio, voting member
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Dr. Laura White, ex officio, Graduate Advisor, voting member
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Dr. Fred Arroyo (Fall 2020 – Spring 2023)
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Dr. Eric Detweiler (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022)
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Dr. Martha Hixon (Fall 2017 – Spring 2021)
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Dr. Mark Jackson (Fall 2020 – Spring 2023)
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Dr. Mischa Renfroe (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022)
- Dr. Kate Pantelides, ex officio, Director, Gen Ed English, voting member
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Dr. Erica Cirillo-McCarthy, ex officio, Director, UWC, non-voting member
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Dr. Steve Severn, ex officio, Department Chair, non-voting member
Mailing Address:
Department of English
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 70
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Main Office: Peck Hall 302
Chair: Dr. Stephen Severn
Email: stephen.severn@mtsu.edu
Telephone: (615) 898-2648