Opportunities With Impact: English Literatures

Students interested in English Literatures can pursue a major or minor and enjoy unique opportunities to concentrate in Pre K-4, 4-8 and secondary education thanks to partnerships with Muhlenberg’s Education program.

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No matter your area of focus, you’ll learn from expert faculty as well as renowned scholars and guest writers, who regularly visit campus to offer workshops and read from their work. Visiting authors have included Neil Gaiman, Ada Limón, Marina Carr, Moshin Hamid (pictured to the right) and Zadie Smith.

Opportunities abound to apply your learning in hands-on settings. Write or edit for a student publication such as Muses, the College's student-run art and literary magazine or The Muhlenberg Academic Review, a student-run peer-reviewed academic journal. You can also serve as a tutor or writing assistant in the Writing Center, assist faculty in Allentown’s public schools, or help facilitate creative writing workshops for incarcerated people. Expand your perspective by studying abroad for a semester, or take a short-term writing course in Italy, Ireland or the United States.

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The Brown Lecture Series

Named after beloved English professor John D. M. Brown, the Brown Lecture Series brings thought-provoking scholars and writers to Muhlenberg each year.

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Living Writers Series

Every three years, Muhlenberg invites some of the most interesting contemporary writers to campus to speak, bringing some of these inspiring authors into classrooms to meet with students.

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The Muhlenberg Academic Review

Learn about the College’s peer-reviewed academic journal presented by Muhlenberg’s Gamma Iota chapter of the intercollegiate English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta.

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Wings Of Fire

This online journal shares the themed papers completed by CUE Senior Seminar students within the Department of English Literatures & Writing.

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Sigma Tau Delta

Muhlenberg’s Gamma Iota chapter of the prestigious international Sigma Tau Delta English honor society was established in 1963 and continues to make a lasting impact on campus.

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Study Away

Discover opportunities tied to your English studies, such as Muhlenberg Integrative Learning Abroad courses, that can take you to new places in the U.S. or around the world.