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ABOUT RUTGERS ENGLISH

The Department of English is the largest humanities department in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Our faculty strives to instill students with a deep and lasting understanding of literature and literary traditions. Each year, more than 11,000 undergraduates receive instruction in humanistic reading and writing through our writing program. Our comprehensive undergraduate program reaches more than 900 majors and enrolls more than 8,000 students annually. Our top-ranking graduate program provides the next generation of literary scholars and teachers with rigorous professional training. Home to the Plangere Writing Center, the Center for Cultural Analysis, and the newly-established Writers House, the Department of English sponsors lectures, conferences, and readings for the university community and the general public.

 

ABOUT FRIENDS OF RUTGERS ENGLISH

Members of Friends of Rutgers English (FoRE) include alumni of our undergraduate and graduate programs, faculty, current students, staff, and other supporters of the Department of English. Cheryl A. Wall established FoRE in 1998 during her tenure as departmental chair. Richard E. Miller, who resumes his position as departmental chair in July 2007, serves as the executive director of the organization. FoRE raises public awareness about the value of studying literature and the literary arts, broadly construed. The organization also raises funds to support the scholarly and pedagogical endeavors of Rutgers English faculty and students.

 

Department of English

ACTING CHAIR
Kate Flint

ASSOCIATE CHAIR
William H. Galperin

DIRECTOR, WRITING PROGRAM
Kurt Spellmeyer

DIRECTOR, UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Carolyn Williams

DIRECTOR, GRADUATE PROGRAM
Marianne DeKoven

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, GRADUATE PROGRAM
John A. McClure

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PLANGERE WRITING CENTER
Richard E. Miller

 

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Future Traditions

EDITOR AND DESIGN DIRECTOR
Rick H. Lee

DESIGNER
Abigail McClure

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Alex Kasavin
Matthew Steinhart

FACULTY WRITERS
Harriet Davidson
Marianne DeKoven
Brent Hayes Edwards
Kate Flint
Colin Jager
Myra Jehlen
Ron Levao
John A. McClure
Michael McKeon
Richard E. Miller
Sonali Perera
Barry V. Qualls
Evie Shockley
Cheryl A. Wall
Michael Warner
Carolyn Williams

ALUMNI WRITERS
Ernest G. Jacob
Alex Kasavin
Ron Levao

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Joseph Blumberg
Alan Goldsmith
Don Hamerman
Aaron Igel
Abigail McClure
Rachel Miller
Richard E. Miller
Nick Romanenko

© 2007 Future Traditions Magazine
A Publication for Alumni and Friends of Rutgers English
All rights reserved.

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