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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

English Department


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Darlene Farabee, Chair
212 Dakota Hall
(605) 677-5229

english@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/english

FACULTY

Professors:

John Dudley, 19th- and 20th-Century American Literature, Race and Gender Studies
Lee Ann Roripaugh, Creative Writing (Poetry), 20th-and 21st-Century American Poetry, Queer Theory

Associate Professors:

Darlene Farabee, 16th- and 17th-Century British Literature, Drama, Early Modern Travel Literature, Performance Theory
Clyde (Skip) Willman, Critical Theory, 20th-Century American Literature, Marxisst adn Lacanian Theory

Assistant Professors:

Prentiss Clark, 18th- and 19th-Century American Literature, Scholarly History, Literature and Philosophy
Paul Formisano, Composition Studies,  19th- and 20th-Century American Literature,Western American Literature, Eco-criticism
Christopher Jenks, English as a Second Language, Second Language Pedagogy, Applied Linguistics
Heather Love, 20th-Century American and Transatlantic Modernist Literature, Cybernetics and Communication Technology
Lisa Ann Robertson, 18th- and 19th-Century British Literature, Theories of Mind and Imagination, Cognitive Theory
Sarah Townsend, 20th-century British, Irish, and Anglophone Literature, Postcolonial Theory

Lecturer:

Duncan Barlow, Creative Writing (Fiction, Poetry, and Non-Fiction), Literature of the Absurd, Critical Theory
Joseph Raiche, Composition, Literature (Sioux Falls)

Instructors:

Patricia DiMond, Composition, Literature
Michelle Rogge Gannon, Composition, Literature, Technology and Writing
Sarah Garelik, Composition, Literature (Online)
Kenneth Green, Composition, Literature, Business Writing
Kevin Magee, Composition, Literature (Sioux Falls)
Melinda Obach, Composition, Literature (Sioux Falls)
Marcella Remund, Composition, Literature, Creative Writing
Melanie Wood, Composition, Literature

MAJOR:

English, B.A./B.S.

SPECIALIZATIONS:

Secondary Teaching
Creative Writing 

MINORS:

English
Creative Writing

The Department of English welcomes students who enjoy reading literature and like to write. The Department offers advanced courses in many fields of literary study, in creative writing, and in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Students who choose a degree in English are challenged intellectually to become more capable writers and readers, able to pursue their interests in the written word independently and with pleasure throughout their lives. Their proficiency in researching, editing, interpreting, and communicating information prepares them for work in law, education, business, public relations, and journalism, as well as for any other endeavor in which the mastery of language fosters success.

SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Sigurd and Vivian D. Anderson (for undergraduates excelling in the study of literature and grammar)
  • Betty Beasom Crew (for students with high academic achievement)
  • John G. Dow (for the senior with the best knowledge of English diction)
  • English Department Memorial (for students who inspire others in English and contribute to departmental publications)
  • Thomas and Alice Gasque (for an undergraduate studying in the British Isles)
  • Archer B. Gilfillan (for undergraduates who show the greatest promise and ability in creative writing)
  • Gertrude B. Gunderson (for an undergraduate with outstanding writing accomplishments)
  • Alvina and Robert Hall (for deserving undergraduates)
  • Elbert W. and Marjorie Harrington Book Award (for a deserving student)
  • Gladys J. Hasse (for students writing original poetry)
  • Wayne S. and Esther M. Knutson (for students writing original drama)
  • Judith K. Meierhenry English Scholarship (for students who are pursuing a career as a nonfiction writer or as an English teacher)
  • Margaret B. Sanger (for deserving undergraduates)
  • Dorothy Baisch Selz (for students with high GPA)
  • Elizabeth Shreves (for deserving female students)

 

Programs

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