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“Words, words, words.” - Hamlet, William Shakespeare.

If you love words – reading them, writing them, 在这里,你会找到志同道合的人. AACC的英语系是作文、文学和创意写作的大本营. 英语系的目的是让你成为一个更有效的读者, 作家和思想家,帮助你发展你理解和欣赏文学和其他文化的能力.

无论你在英语方面是挣扎还是出类拔萃,我们都会在你所在的地方与你见面. 在每个阶段,我们都努力提高你对英语语法的掌握, punctuation and sentence structure, 以及你组织和表达思想的能力. 在我们的英语课上,你将培养批判性思维和分析能力. Along the way, 我们可以帮助你探索美洲和世界上许多文化的文学, great writing informs both new and old, 以及各自文化背景下的经典文学主题. In our Creative Writing courses, explore your boundless imagination, 锐化你的批判性思维和磨练你的写作技巧,为我们的学生出版物和超越.

与英语系的教师一起学习,并努力获得英语或创意写作方面的证书.


Majors

英语与传播系提供以下研究领域的学位:


Faculty and Staff

Academic Chair

Full-time Faculty

Margaret Boas
Associate Professor, English
maboas@volamdolong.com
410-777-2735
HUM 113H

Dean Bowers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
edbowers@volamdolong.com
410-777-1407
HUM 203G

Garrett Brown, Ph.D.
Professor, English
gbrown24@volamdolong.com
410-777-2809
HUM 113F

Steven Canaday, Ph.D.
Professor, English
sbcanaday@volamdolong.com
410-777-2140
HUM 203B

Darius Cureton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, English
dmcureton@volamdolong.com 
410-777-1149
HUM 203B

Katy D’Angelo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, English
kdangelo@volamdolong.com
410-777-1218
HUM 203C

Shelley DeBlasis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
sddeblasis1@volamdolong.com  
410-777-2551
HUM 203B

Jennifer Dix, Ph.D.
Professor, English
jdix@volamdolong.com
410-777-2459
HUM 215F

Paul Gabriel Tucci
Associate Professor, English
pdtucci@volamdolong.com
410-777-2806
HUM 113J

Candice Hill, Ph.D.
Professor, English
cjhill1@volamdolong.com
410-777-1409
HUM 203C

Robert Hurd, Ph.D.
Professor, English
rrhurd@volamdolong.com
410-777-2119
HUM 215K

Wayne Kobylinski, Ph.D.
Professor, English
wkobylinski@volamdolong.com
410-777-2299
HUM 203A

Johnny Lew, Ph.D.
Professor, English
jlew@volamdolong.com
410-777-1410
HUM 203G

Jaque Lyman-Thomas
Professor, English
jslyman@volamdolong.com
410-777-2802
HUM 113G

Timothy May
Assistant Professor, English
tmay1@volamdolong.com
410-777-2298
HUM 203D

David Meng
Associate Professor, English
dpmeng@volamdolong.com
410-777-2892
HUM 113I

Marjorie Paoletti
Associate Professor, English
mpaoletti@volamdolong.com
410-777-2185
HUM 203H

KT Perkins
Assistant Professor, English
kperkins3@volamdolong.com
410-777-2330
HUM 113F

Jessica Rabin, Ph.D.
Professor, English
jgrabin@volamdolong.com
410-777-2118
HUM 215G

Brian Riley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
bpriley@volamdolong.com
410-777-2957
HUM 203I

Grace Sikorski, Ph.D.
Professor, English
gsikorski@volamdolong.com
410-777-2186
HUM 203J

Suzanne Spoor, Ph.D.
Professor, English
sjspoor@volamdolong.com
410-777-2448
HUM 203F

Simon Ward
Assistant Professor, English
sward11@volamdolong.com 
410-777-2144
HUM 203B

Brian Weber
Instructor, English
bmweber@volamdolong.com
410-777-1242
HUM 203D

Office Staff

Kristi Tuccillo
英语、学术素养和通讯支持协调员
410-777-2290
kltuccillo@volamdolong.com 


Join a Vibrant Literary Community

Amaranth, the student literary journal

《菠菜网最稳定正规平台(中国)有限公司》是AACC学生创办的创意艺术杂志. Published every April, Amaranth展示了来自大学社区及其校友的学生写作和视觉艺术. Taking on the role of editor-in-chief, managing editor, 宣传经理或职员为学生提供在创意领域发展与工作相关技能的机会. 学生们开员工会议,为杂志做广告,同时征求意见, 在预算范围内工作,并与印刷店协调,以产生一卷值得的创造性工作包含在其页面. 工作人员还可以在为期刊工作的同时获得大学学分. Amaranth has been recognized with numerous awards, 包括大学媒体协会的顶峰奖, 社区大学人文协会的文学杂志比赛,以及联合大学出版社颁发的著名的领跑者奖.

Learn more about Amaranth or submit work.

Coffeehouse

咖啡屋是由Amaranth的工作人员每月举办的开放麦克风活动,参与者被邀请阅读他们的诗歌和故事, present and discuss visual art or short films, or perform music, monologues, comedy sketches or dance. 
 
咖啡屋是学生们互相了解和分享创意才能的好机会, 让未来的学生一睹AACC的创意社区,让校友们见见老朋友,叙叙旧. 
 
每年四月,最后一个咖啡馆是最新版紫红花的发布派对. 杂志撰稿人阅读和讨论他们的作品, awards are presented, and family, 邀请朋友和教师来支持和庆祝我们的学生产生的惊人的创造性工作. 

由于目前对COVID-19的担忧,咖啡馆活动在另行通知之前都是虚拟的.

When's the next Coffeehouse?

Writers Reading Series

AACC的“作家阅读”活动邀请了包括诗人在内的众多作家参加, fiction writers, essayists, songwriters, memoirists, playwrights, journalists and screenplay writers. 客座作家朗读他们的作品,并与观众讨论他们的创作过程, 他们的职业生涯弧线和对新手作家的建议.  
 
作家阅读活动由文学院赞助,对学生免费, faculty, staff and members of the community. 

When's the next Writers Reading?

AACC写作奖和创新联盟

创意写作课程积极促进学生的写作能力. 所有注册的学生都有资格将他们的写作提交给大学奖,以获得潜在的现金奖励和列入Amaranth. 我们的项目也隶属于创新联盟, which hosts a Student Literary Competition. 在AACC的本地创新联盟比赛中获胜的学生将被送去参加联赛级别的比赛,以获得现金奖励和在创新联盟杂志上的国际认可. 

Learn how to submit to writing awards at AACC.

Learn about AACC's Young Writers Award


Resources for Students

Writing Center

写作中心通过一对一的上门辅导,为各个学科的学生提供持续的帮助. 英语系教师导师很乐意协助学生准备书面作业, 对批改论文的错误提供帮助, and provide additional training in grammar, punctuation and usage.

Learn more about the Writing Center.

Virtual Writing Center

虚拟写作中心提供与面对面写作中心相同的高质量辅导体验, voice-interactive online environment.  它对所有注册的AACC学生开放,可以使用Canvas和Blackboard协作访问.

Learn more about the Virtual Writing Center.

Honors program

荣誉课程是为希望在多元化和跨学科的学习环境中脱颖而出的优秀学生提供的. The focus is on collaboration in learning, critical thinking, effective communication and ethical leadership. 荣誉课程在保持学术严谨性的同时,为所有专业的合格学生提供灵活性,以获得对其成就的认可. 课程是由不同的教学方法定义的.

Learn more about the Honors program.

Questions?

We’re here to help.

School of Liberal Arts
English

Wayne Kobylinski, Ph.D.

410-777-2299

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Kerry Taylor, Ed.D.
Assistant dean