McClanahan is an associate professor of English at UC Irvine and lives in Irvine. When I tell people I teach English literature courses to incarcerated UC Irvine students, they typically ask me ...

We are accepting Fall 2026 applications for our Ph.D. programs. We plan to resume M.A. and MFA admissions in Fall 2027 The BA-MA, MA, and PhD degree programs in English and American Literature enable ...

This talk is going to be about why English professors don't seem to want to teach English and American literature, and about why the consequences of that failure are more important than you might ...

“I’m not sure I can crack it,” he said hesitantly. “The subject I’ve specialised in — English Language Teaching (ELT) — isn’t even on the list of prescribed subjects. So, I’m forced to choose ...

When 1st Lt. Max Adams was deployed to Iraq in 2002, he took with him a 20-pound hardback edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Sometimes he would read from it to his soldiers—speeches ...

Aspen Mock uses creative methods to encourage creative thinking in her English Language Arts classroom, and those efforts have earned her a national teaching award named after one of America’s most ...

MOLINE — Teaching English literature is what keeps Kris Young's fires lit. "It's the best job in the world," said the teacher at Moline's John Deere Middle School. She's in the 24th year of her "Deere ...