Enhance your major with directed writing practice.
Learn to communicate clearly, logically, and effectively; use research methods intelligently; analyze, interpret, and enjoy literature; and develop a perspective on the world that is informed by intensive study of literature and its critical methods. Through short stories, memoir, poetry, and technical writing, you will explore topics regarding health and the body. The program will help you grow personally and prepare for diverse career paths, scholarly research, and success in graduate school.
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EN-217 Introduction to Narrative Studies of Health and Medicine
EN-190 Special Readings in Literature
EN-450 Special Topics in English
EN-475 Internship in English
Meet your faculty
Elizabeth Bidinger
Elizabeth Bidinger teaches a variety of creative writing and literature courses, and she specializes in the study and practice of memoir writing. She has published memoir essays as well as scholarly articles on memoir as a literary genre. Her book, [...]
Jacqueline Morrill
Jacqueline Morrill is an English alum of WSU with a Masters of Fine Arts in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. Her poetry has been published in a variety of print and online journals such as The Worcester Review, Best Indie Lit New England and [...]
Riley McGuire
Dr. Riley McGuire is an Assistant Professor of English at Worcester State University where he specializes in nineteenth-century British literature, queer theory, and disability studies. Prior to joining the faculty at WSU, he completed his Ph.D. in [...]
Jamie Remillard
As an assistant professor of English, Jamie Remillard teaches courses in technical writing, science and environmental communication, creative nonfiction, and medical and health journalism. Her recent projects include field-based research to examine [...]
Christina Santana
Christina Santana is an Associate Professor English at Worcester State University. She earned her doctorate at Arizona State University in 2016, specializing "Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies." Uniquely committed to community-engaged (CE) teaching, [...]
MaryLynn Saul
MaryLynn Saul is a professor of English and specializes in medieval literature, particularly Arthurian literature, as well as human rights, history of the English language, and feminist theory. She has published articles on courtly love and marriage [...]
Hardeep Sidhu
Hardeep Sidhu is an assistant professor of English at Worcester State University, where he teaches courses on U.S. literature, race, immigration, comics, the novel, and college writing. Recent courses include "Race in Comics," "Narratives of U.S. [...]
Karen Woods Weierman
Dr. Karen Woods Weierman is Professor of English at Worcester State University, where she teaches U.S. literatures and first-year writing. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of [...]
Donald Vescio
My research program integrates a comprehensive background in computer and data technologies with a strong academic interest in critical theory and information design. My research primarily investigates the following areas: [...]