Literature and Criticism, PhD

First Year

Second Year

Summers-Only Program: Perfect for Working Professionals

The summers-only doctoral program is designed for established teachers and working professionals who wish to complete their degrees by taking courses over the course of two to three summer-only sessions. The program develops your abilities to examine literature critically, to teach literature effectively, and to make professional contributions in the field. It is the only one of its kind offered in the United States.

Interested in staying on campus? Graduate student housing options are available.

First Summer

Second Summer

Independent Seminars

Third Summer

Intellectual Community

Student Organizations

You will have many opportunities to contribute to the intellectual community and to engage in preprofessional experiences to prepare for life after graduate school. Many of those opportunities are made available through the English Graduate Organization.

The Literature and Criticism Newsletter

Catch up on the news in the literature and criticism graduate programs at IUP. Read our most recent issue.

Scholarly Journals

Members of our program are active in scholarly publishing in the areas of interdisciplinary humanistic studies, applied critical theory, and special literatures, the chief emphases in our program. Our faculty members also serve as editors for journals in their fields. Literature and Criticism graduate assistants may have the opportunity to work on these journals.

• Studies in the Humanities, edited by Michael T. Williamson
• Scriblerian, edited by Melanie Holm

Centers and Institutes

A number of research centers and institutes at IUP are led by faculty members. Graduate students in Literature may become involved in work on these journals as graduate assistants.

• Digital Humanities Center, Ken Sherwood
• Center for Film Studies, Tom Slater

Career Prep Workshop Series

The Career Prep Workshop Series helps doctoral English students prepare for academic and non-academic job searches. The Career Prep series focuses on:

• Increasing your marketability to a variety of professional academic positions.
• Familiarizing you with professional documents, procedures, and activities involved in the academic job market.
• Assisting in drafting professional employment documents.
• Mentoring you in interview and presentation techniques.
• Aiding in the development of your scholarly identity and a marketable brand.
• Enhances your professionalization at all levels of the program.

Contact Us

Dr. Veronica Watson

Veronica.Watson@iup.edu