The page of the University of Central Oklahoma English Department The DSS Office is located in the Nigh University Center, Room 309.
The mission of the Department of English is to provide transformative learning experiences in the multiple fields that comprise English Studies. To fulfill this mission, faculty teach students to read and think critically about texts, to write effectively and creatively for multiple audiences and in multiple contexts, and to apply best practices when teaching English in secondary and post-secondar
02/11/2026
Dr. Shun Kiang, an English Professor and valued member of the UCO community, passed away on January 25, 2026. We will celebrate the life of Dr. Kiang on Friday, Feb. 20th at 1pm in the Liberal Arts Lecture Hall (LAS L01). Directly after the service, please join us in the Thatcher Hall Lobby for community and an opportunity to share memories of Dr. Kiang.
12/15/2025
Congratulations to our Fall 2025 graduates! Pictured are the English Education majors, followed by our MA graduates!! We are so incredibly proud of you all 🥳
10/26/2025
If you are interested in an internship for Spring or Fall 2026, please attend one of the below information sessions. We will share the internship opportunities, current interns will share their experiences, and then there will be a Q&A.
10/01/2025
Course offering for next semester!
ENG 2633 — Literature and the Environment is a spring semester Block 1 online class with Dr. Kate Huber.
The course examines our relationship with the non-human world through literature and popular culture. Texts range from William Wordsworth and Jack London to Naked and Afraid and Nope.
For more information, contact Dr. Huber ([email protected]).
09/03/2025
Welcome back students! We will be hosting our welcome back event next week featuring the societies and organizations involved in our department on 9/9 from 3–5pm.
Looking forward to seeing you at the English Dept suite!! 😆
05/20/2025
Heads up students!!
If you’re looking to earn some credits over the summer, why not take take Dr. Twenter’s online intersession class: ENG 4463/5463 Indigenous Literatures? In this class, you will be able to expand your worldview and theoretical background.
Contact Dr. Twenter ([email protected]) for more info.
05/02/2025
ENG 3083 — Introduction to Rhetoric with Dr. Leslie Similly is a fall semester hybrid class.
Students will be introduced to foundational ancient and modern rhetorical concepts, and apply then to real-world situations and popular culture texts.
For further information, contact Dr. Similly ([email protected]).
04/30/2025
ENG 4823/5823 — Ethnic American Literature is on offer this fall with Dr. Brian Twenter.
Choose your own literary adventure in this course!
For further information, contact Dr. Twenter ([email protected]).
04/29/2025
It’s been a busy semester for our English majors! We are so incredibly proud of our students who took their research off-campus:
1) OK Research Day at NSU
2) PCA in New Orleans
3) Southern Plains at OSU
We look forward to this trend continuing!
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04/28/2025
ENG 4213/5493 — Document Design with Dr. Laura Dumin is on offer this fall!
Document design offers students the opportunity to learn about design standards, page layout, instructional design, desktop publishing, typography, reading theory, and current research in document design!
For further information, contact Dr. Dumin ([email protected]).
04/26/2025
ENG 4373/5910 — Sociolinguistics is on offer this fall with Dr. John Hitz!
Want to know how Race, Class, and Gender affect language in our daily lives? Find out in Sociolinguistics!
For further information, contact Dr. Hitz ([email protected]).