YSU Department of English and World Languages

Still figuring out what you're doing postgrad? Consider an M.A. in English! Get your master's degree debt-free with a graduate assistantship at YSU.

We accept students from a variety of backgrounds, not only those with an English B.A!

It is the perfect time to get outside and read! ☀📖

Join the English and World Languages Department in soaking up the sun with some fun reading challenges and let us know what you're reading! 🌻

Look at this Student Spotlight article about EWL’s own Maggie Byers, professional writing student and recent recipient of the 2026 Delta Zeta Sorority Florence Hood Miner Award. Read more about Maggie’s journey toward English and professional writing here! Link in comments.

“‘Learn to code.’ was once common career advice. Now it might be: ‘Learn to read.’

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei… doesn't regret her literature degree — and says AI will make the humanities more important.

‘In a world where AI is very smart and capable of doing so many things, the things that make us human will become much more important,’ she said on ABC News.” (Link to full article in comments.)

Want to gain expertise in the humanities with an English degree at YSU? Contact [email protected] for information about our undergraduate English degree or [email protected] to learn about our master’s program and assistantships to fund your graduate degree! Come read and write with us!📚

Jules Michael Julius walked the stage last Saturday and received his English M.A.! 👨‍🎓🎉

Here's what he said about the program: "As an English major, I learned fictional literature is educational because it reflects issues society is dealing with today, such as race, gender, and social class. As an English major, I learned if you’re struggling in class, it is always important to ask for help. As an English major, a lesson I learned is there is no such thing as writing the perfect paper; you just have to try your best."

Congratulations to all our EWL graduates of 2026! Pictured here are five of our graduating Master of Arts in English students with Dr. Awad: Justin Gonatas, Anissa Al-Ka’rain, Emmy Vero, Aedan Ginty, and Nathaniel Stokes. 🎓

This week, three professional writing seniors presented their final capstone projects to the PW faculty as they completed the last requirement of their degree. They reflected on what they learned by working on a semester-long writing project for a community partner with a real need:

Katelyn Obermiyer (pictured here, far left) worked with the English and World Languages Department to create a blog-writing guide for faculty and students writing for the new department blog.

Maria Schwartz (pictured here, middle) worked on updating and expanding an employee manual for The Jambar, our campus newspaper.

Maggie Byers (pictured here, far right) collaborated with the Youngstown Business Incubator on an intern onboarding document.

Congrats!