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Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of English
Office location and address
432 Bryan Hall
201 Cabell Dr
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Education
Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1995
M.A. University of Virginia, 1991
B.A. Harvard-Radcliffe, 1983
M.A. University of Virginia, 1991
B.A. Harvard-Radcliffe, 1983
Publications
Courses
Credits: 3
This course takes up topics in the study of literature in English in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of Judaism.
Credits: 3
Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 3
Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 3
Studies recent fiction by such Jewish writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, and Jonathan Safran Foer.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 3
An interdisciplinary course that includes the following elements: studies in the textual traditions of particular religions; studies in literary theory; studies in literary traditions; the application of literary theory to studies in religious text traditions; and the application of the history of religions to the study of literary canons.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Modern and Contemporary Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 3
Studies vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 3
M.A. students in English may choose to write a substantial thesis directed by a faculty member. Students opting for a thesis should draw up a proposal and secure a director to supervise the project. Students choose between a critical thesis of 10,000-15,000 words and a pedagogical thesis (described on our website). Students enroll in this three-credit course for a single semester, either fall or spring; it is not available during the summer. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 1–12
Students taking this course are expected to prepare for their M.A. oral examination and proceed with their M.A. research. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/graduate/current.
Credits: 1
This course is designed to support you as you complete your internship and to help you apply the knowledge gained towards your professional development. Meetings throughout the semester will cover transferable skills, the writing of a reflection essay for PhD Plus, meetings with the departmental job placement coach, and more.
Credits: 1–12
Students taking this course are expected to prepare for their preliminary qualifying oral examinations for the doctorate. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.