Department of English | English | Case Western Reserve University

Seniors Abi Pink, Erin Wendell, and Meredith Collier will be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this semester. All three will be working for Teach for America after graduation.

We are located in Guilford House, a pleasant yellow brick building initially constructed in 1892 as a women’s dormitory. Ensconced in the square mile of cultural treasures and pursuits known as University Circle, the department offers classes and hosts events that reexamine tradition and reaffirm exploration and scrutiny.

Our students examine the interactions between writing and its contexts through coursework, collaborative enterprise, pedagogical training, creative works, and independent research.

Since 2005, members of the department have published seventeen books—fiction, analysis, criticism, and poetry— on diverse subjects: the language of depression, intellectual property rights, the history of print culture, the origins of the horror film genre.