Information for Faculty

General Department Information

• Contact Information:
  • English Offices & Staff
  • Faculty Office & Phone Information (Fall 2020)
• The Virginia Peck Trust Fund

Catalog and Registration

• Undergraduate Catalog
• Registration Guide

English Department Course Proposals and Guidelines

• Application to Teach Web-assisted Gen Ed Courses (for Fall 2021)
• 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.

Faculty Information Page

• Update Faculty Information

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

• Call for papers--UPenn
• Directory of Open Access Journals

Graduate English Administration

• Dr. Rhonda McDaniel, Graduate English Director
• Dr. Laura White, Graduate English Advisor

Graduate English Program

• Graduate Faculty Members
• Graduate Program Description
• Graduate Catalog
• Graduate Faculty Forms

Graduate Faculty Membership

• Graduate Faculty Criteria (College of Graduate Studies)
• Graduate Faculty Criteria (English)

Graduate English Students/Assistants

• Graduate English Student Handbook
• Graduate Assistant Report Form

Preliminary Examination Areas and Reading Lists

1. Old and Middle English 
2. Early Modern British Literature: 1500-1660, including Milton 
3. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature 
4. Nineteenth-Century British Literature*
   • Romantic 
   • Victorian 
5. Twentieth-Century British Literature 
6. American Literature to 1830 
7.  American Literature: 1830-1910 
8. American Literature: 1910-present 
9. Criticism and Critical Theory 
10. Composition, Language, and Rhetoric 
11. Children's and Young Adult Literature 
12. Linguistics 
13. Popular Culture and Film Studies* 
    • Popular Culture 
    • Film 
14. Anglophone Literature 
15. 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 Department)
• Dissertation Announcement Request Form (Graduate College)

English Graduate Committee

• Dr. Rhonda McDaniel, Chair, ex officio, voting member
• Dr. Laura White, ex officio, Graduate Advisor, voting member
• Dr. Fred Arroyo (Fall 2020 – Spring 2023)
• Dr. Eric Detweiler (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022)
• Dr. Martha Hixon (Fall 2017 – Spring 2021)
• Dr. Mark Jackson (Fall 2020 – Spring 2023)
• Dr. Mischa Renfroe (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022)
• Dr. Kate Pantelides, ex officio, Director, Gen Ed English, voting member
• Dr. Erica Cirillo-McCarthy, ex officio, Director, UWC, non-voting member
• Dr. Steve Severn, ex officio, Department Chair, non-voting member