English is one of the largest departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a graduate faculty of 50 and a graduate student population of nearly 200 actively pursuing degrees. The department offers students the opportunity to specialize in many areas of studies with possible foci on: 

• African-American Literature
• American Literatures
• Anglophone Literatures
• British literature
• Composition
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing (MA only)
• Cultural Studies
• Film and Media Studies
• Linguistics
• Literary Theory
• Rhetoric
• Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Prospective Students are encouraged to download our list of Current Graduate Seminars and visit our pages on Recent Ph.D. Dissertations and Recent Job Placements, as well as our list of Faculty Blogs.

Graduate Advising:

Michael Scrivener, Professor and Graduate Director (313) 577-3213
m.scrivener@wayne.edu