Chair: Benedict Robinson
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Susan Scheckel
Department Administrator & Undergraduate Advisor: Margaret Hanley
Office: English Department, Humanities 2096
Phone: (631) 632-7400
The English Department at Stony Brook combines the high academic standards of a major research university with the intimacy of a liberal arts college. In small classes students have the opportunity to interact closely with faculty who are active scholars and writers. Students can choose among courses that range from ancient epic to contemporary global literature, and they can explore a wide range of themes, including gender studies; poetry and poetics; post-colonialism and immigration; disability studies; humanities and the environment; affect and memory; the relation of literature and science as well as of literature and art, theatre, music, film and digital media.
The Department also offers a BA English Education Program that leads to NYS Adolescence Education certification to teach English in grades 7-12, as well as four minors: English, Film and Screen Studies, STEM in Literature and Culture, and Theatre Arts.