English Department
English at Davidson
Create. Critique. Communicate. Studying English prepares you for careers ranging from education and journalism to healthcare, law, consulting, marketing, publishing, and web design. English majors land jobs with software companies, startup ventures, and the entertainment industry. Whether editors or entrepreneurs, teachers or tech innovators, Davidson alums are applying their English majors all over the world.
Read. Write. Repeat. The English major offers in-depth study of English language and literature broadly defined. Analyze and create stories that give meaning, shape, and significance to experience. Work across genres and media, including fiction, poetry, drama, film, TV, video, performance, nonfiction, documentaries, and emerging digital forms.
Empathize. Interact. Explore. Discover new worlds, both real and imagined. Encounter differences and similarities across time, space, identity, and culture.
The English Department annually presents 8 to 10 writers, often winners of Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur "genius grants," National Book Awards and various other honors.
English Department News
Introductory Film Studies Students' Work Published in Film Matters Magazine
Students in Prof. Alan Michael Parker’s "English 109: Contemporary American Cinema" had their analytic papers published in Film Matters Magazine, a joint project between universities and colleges focused on undergraduate film studies scholarship.
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