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English
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature
Kuykendall 402
1733 Donaghho Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7619
Fax: (808) 956-3083
E-mail: See list of contacts on webpage
Web: www.english.hawaii.edu
Faculty
*Graduate Faculty
*F. R. Ardolino, PhD—Renaissance literature, drama
*C. Bacchilega, PhD—folklore and literature, gender and fairy tales,
narrative, folkloristics and colonialism, feminist criticism, translation
studies
*D. Baker, PhD—early modern literature and history
*M. Blair, MA—creative writing
*S. Canham, PhD—Victorian and juvenile literature, the novel
*J. Caron, PhD—19th-century American literature, Mark Twain, comic
art and literature, popular culture
*J. Carroll, PhD—rhetoric and composition, American novel, fiction
*E. Clayton, PhD—composition and rhetoric
*S. Curry, PhD—American literature, children’s literature,
comparative literature, critical theory, creative non-fiction and autobiographical
writing
*L. Despain, PhD—theory and practice of teaching composition, American
literature, 20th-century fiction
*D. Desser, PhD—20th-century rhetorics, writing and difference,
composition studies
R. Fand, PhD—identity and culture theory, feminist-dialogic criticism,
women writers
*C. Franklin, PhD—contemporary women’s literature, ethnic
American literatures, feminist theory
*M. Fuchs, PhD—modern American literature, autobiography, women
writers
*C. Fujikane, PhD—literatures of Hawai‘i, Asian American literatures,
feminist/nationalist critical theory and practice
*S. Goldsberry, PhD—creative writing
M. Hara, MA—creative writing, composition, and literature instruction
*M. Heberle, PhD—Renaissance literature, American Vietnam literature
*J. Henry, PhD—composition studies, technical writing, professional
writing, auto-ethnography
*T. Hilgers, PhD—composition, psychology and literature
K. Ho‘omanawanui, PhD—Hawaiian literature
*C. Howes, PhD—life writing, literary theory, research methods,
19th-century literature
*R. Hsu, PhD—modernism, ethnic literature, Asian American literature,
feminist criticism
*R. Hughes, PhD—late 19th- and 20th-century American literature,
fiction
*J. Kellogg, PhD—medieval English and French literature, comparative
literature, medieval women writers
A. Kennedy, MA—creative writing
S. Kosanke, MA—composition and literature instruction
*J. Lew, PhD—late 18th-century literature, English and European
romanticism, Gothic
*L. Lyons, PhD—post-colonial literatures and theory, Irish literature,
cultural studies
*P. Lyons, PhD—19th and 20th Century U.S. literatures, settler and
Pacific region literatures, literary and cultural theory
*G. Man, PhD—film, narrative, 19th-century British literature
K. McAndrews, PhD—American literatures, folklore and oral narrative,
cultural studies
*R. W. McHenry Jr., PhD—Restoration and 18th-century literature,
Shakespeare, literature and art
*B. Menikoff, PhD—19th- and 20th-century literature, textual criticism
L. Middleton, PhD—19th-century literature by women, feminist theory,
psychology and literature
*R. Morales, MA—creative writing, Pacific literature, American ethnic
literature
*J. Morse, PhD—American literature, literary history
R. Nettell, PhD—composition and literature instruction
*P. Nicholson, PhD—Old English, Chaucer, medieval literature, English
language
*J. H. O’Mealy, PhD—Victorian literature, literature and society,
modern drama
*R. Onopa, PhD—creative writing, science fiction
*G. Pak, PhD—creative writing, literature of Hawai‘i and the
Pacific, Asian American literature, American ethnic literature
*D. Payne, PhD—composition and rhetoric, computer-mediated writing,
collaborative learning
*J. Peters, PhD—modern British and American literature, narratology,
the British novel (1700-1945)
*K. Phillips, PhD—gender studies, literature of war, postcolonial
literature
*A. Rayson, PhD—African American literature, American ethnic literatures,
professional editing, autobiography
*J. Rieder, PhD—literary and cultural theory, science fiction, British
Romanticism
*T. Sammons, PhD—Renaissance and 17th-century literature, Milton,
science fiction, rhetoric
*S. Schultz, PhD—20th-century poetry in English, American literature,
creative writing
*S. Shankar, PhD—postcolonial literature and theory, South Asian
literatures, translation and translation studies
*G. Sibley, PhD—British and American novel, Victorian literature,
satire
*C. Sinavaiana-Gabbard, PhD—Pacific literature and drama, ethnic
literatures, folklore, feminist criticism
*F. Stewart, MA—creative writing, modern and contemporary poetry
and poetics, American nature writing
*R. Sullivan, MA, Dip.Libr.—creative writing, folklore, Pacific
literature, modern and contemporary poetry and poetics
E. Suyama, MA—composition and literature instruction
*C. Ward, PhD—critical theory, post-colonial literature, popular
culture, oral and performance theory, the novel
*V. Wayne, PhD—Shakespeare, feminist criticism, Renaissance literature,
textual editing
*J. Zuern, PhD—literary theory, electronic literature, comparative
literature
Degrees Offered: Undergraduate Certificate in Professional
Writing, BA (including minor) in English, MA in English, PhD in English
The Academic Program
The Department of English encourages students to develop their critical
reading, writing, and creative skills through study of a variety of literatures
in English, composition and rhetoric, and creative writing. The department
recognizes the unique diversity of cultures in Hawai‘i and employs
a variety of approaches, including multicultural and Asia Pacific perspectives,
to address this uniqueness. Students work directly with faculty in relatively
small classes to allow personal attention. The department participates
actively in UH Manoa’s Honors Program and its Study Abroad Semester
and offers professional internships for interested students in the senior
year.
The goals of the undergraduate English program are (a) to offer a comprehensive
range of courses which recognizes Hawai‘i’s geographic and
cultural location in the Pacific as part of a challenging program in literary
and cultural studies, composition and rhetoric, and creative writing;
(b) to develop students’ critical thinking and reading skills; (c)
to develop students’ interests and abilities in rhetoric and writing
across a variety of genres.
The graduate program enriches students’ knowledge of literature,
composition, and cultural studies. MA students are asked to take approximately
half of their course work in a specific concentration so that they begin
to develop an area of expertise while broadening their understanding of
other areas of study. The MA thesis or final project at the end of the
program gives them the opportunity to do extended research and writing
on a topic of their own choosing.
The doctoral program prepares students to become professionals in the
field. Required courses are not its focus; rather, it offers students
considerable latitude in course selection and requires disciplined, independent
work on examinations and the dissertation. Candidates completing the program
should have the skills and experience to function as critics, scholars,
and writers in an area associated with the profession of English.
Undergraduate Study
Bachelor’s Degree
The Department of English offers the BA degree with informal emphases
in American, British, and Pacific literatures; composition and rhetoric;
and creative writing.
Requirements
Students must complete 33 credit hours of upper-division courses, including:
Level Requirements
- at the 300 level
A. ENG 320, Introduction to English Studies; this course is foundational
and should be taken in the student’s first or second semester
of upper-division English work; 3 credits
B. 5 courses in addition to ENG 320; 15 credits. Several of these
courses should be in areas prerequisite to/preparatory for specific
courses at the 400 level
- at the 400 level (ENG 320 and one 300-level course are prerequisite
to “Studies” courses)
C. Single Author (440 Alpha Single Author; 442 Chaucer; 445 Shakespeare;
or 447 Milton); 3 credits
D. 2 additional elective courses; 6 credits. At least one 400-level
course must be a designated “Studies” course
- at the 300 or 400 level:
E. 2 courses; 6 credits
- No more than two upper-division English large enrollment courses may
be counted toward the major
Total: 33 credits
Breadth Requirements
Breadth of Field: the five 300-level courses in addition to Introduction
to English Studies must come from at least three different categories:
- Composition/Language/Rhetoric (300-311)
- Creative Writing (313)
- Literary History (321-56)
- Genre (360-65)
- Literature and Culture (370-85)
Historical Breadth: of the nine courses in addition to Introduction to
English Studies and Single Author, one must be pre-1700, one 1700-1900,
and one after 1900.
Non-English Department Course
With the consent of the student’s advisor or the director of the
undergraduate program, one appropriate three-credit upper-division course
from outside English may be counted as a major elective.
Minor
English offers a fifteen-credit minor for students who wish to emphasize
a specific aspect of English studies without completing the actual major.
Beyond the two required courses, the minor may focus on literary studies,
creative writing, or rhetoric and composition. The student may also take
electives from all three of these areas.
ENG 100 and two DL courses are prerequisite for Arts and Sciences students;
the second DL may be taken concurrently with 300-level ENG courses. Students
enrolled in colleges other than Arts and Sciences may elect ENG DL courses
(as per current policy). All UH Manoa courses applied to the English
minor will come from the Department of English or cross-listed courses.
Appropriate upper-division transfer credits may apply toward the minor.
The minor consists of:
- ENG 320, Introduction to English Studies. This course is foundational
and should be taken in the student’s first or second semester
of upper-division English work.
- Single author course (440 Alpha Single Author; 442 Chaucer; 445 Shakespeare;
or 447 Milton)
- 300-level ENG elective
- 400-level ENG elective
- 300 or 400-level ENG elective
Advising is mandatory; new majors will be assigned an advisor when they
meet with the director of undergraduate programs (Kuykendall 429; (808)
956-3048 for appointments) for their initial intake/informational meeting.
Certificate in Professional Writing
The English Department’s Certificate in Professional Writing offers
students professional marketability by formally recognizing the technical,
rhetorical and collaborative abilities they have developed through completing
key courses. 15 credits, total. Please see the undergraduate director
in Kuykendall 429 for further information.
Requirements (9 credits)
- ENG 308 Technical Writing
- Either ENG 307 Rhetoric, Composition, and Computers or ENG 407 Writing
for Electronic Media
- ENG 408 Professional Editing
Electives (6 credits)
- ENG 300 The Rhetorical Tradition
- ENG 306 Argumentative Writing I
- ENG 307 Rhetoric, Composition, and Computers if not chosen as a required
course
- ENG 364 Non-fiction Prose
- ENG 406 Argumentative Writing II
- ENG 407 Writing for Electronic Media if not chosen as a required
course
- ENG 495 Internship
Graduate Study
The department offers the MA in English with four concentrations: literary
studies in English, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, and cultural
studies in Asia/Pacific. It offers the PhD in these and other areas, for
the doctoral program is sufficiently flexible to allow students to develop
individualized courses of study. Students applying for the MA are expected
to have acquired between 24 and 30 upper division undergraduate credit
hours in English or closely related subjects. PhD applicants normally
will have completed the MA in English, although exceptionally well-qualified
students may petition to transfer into the PhD program after completing
18 credit hours in the MA program in English. In addition to the application
and transcripts required by the Graduate Division, all applicants must
submit directly to the department three letters of recommendation and
the GRE General Test scores. PhD applicants must also submit a comprehensive
statement of professional goals and objectives and a representative sample
of their writing (scholarly paper or MA thesis); those interested in a
dissertation with a creative emphasis must also submit examples of their
creative work. Residents of O‘ahu applying to the PhD program may
arrange for an interview with the graduate director. The completed application
should be sent to the Graduate Division by January 1
for the PhD program and February 1 for the MA program,
but the GPC may consider, during the fall semester, unusually strong applications
to the PhD program from students currently enrolled in other UH Manoa
graduate programs at the PhD level. Complete information on the graduate
program is provided in a graduate student manual, available on request
from the department.
Courses for the MA and PhD are to be selected from the list of English
(ENG) courses, although advanced courses in other disciplines may be substituted
with the prior approval of the graduate director. The consent of the instructor
is required for ENG 691, 699, 700, and 800; the consent of the graduate
director is required for all graduate courses. The following courses may
be repeated for credit, since content differs from semester to semester:
ENG 613, 625, 691, 699, 702, 705, 709, 727, 730, 735, 740, 760, 780 and
790.
Master’s Degree
Graduates of the MA program in English have taught in secondary schools,
junior and community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. Some
have pursued doctoral work; others have combined their work in English
with another professional field (e.g., business, law, library studies).
Still others have found employment in writing, editing, or research-related
fields.
MA candidates are required to select a concentration by the end of their
first semester in the program. Plan A (thesis) applies only to those admitted
into the concentration in creative writing. Plan B (non-thesis) applies
to those who have selected the concentrations in literary studies in English,
composition and rhetoric, or cultural studies in Asia/Pacific.
Plan A (Thesis) Requirements
- Applicable only to those students admitted to the concentration in
creative writing. Students should submit a writing sample during the
admission process or apply to the chair of creative writing for admission
to the concentration during their first semester in the program
- 27 credit hours of course work, including 21 credit hours of courses
numbered 600 and above
- 6 additional credit hours of work on the MA thesis
- ENG 620—taken during the first semester if possible
- ENG 625D—taken during the second semester if possible
- Final oral examination on the thesis
- A minimum of 12 credit hours of course work in creative writing and
12 credit hours of course work outside of that concentration. Courses
listed in different concentrations may be applied to either area.
- One graduate course in a subject area before 1900. In exceptional
cases, the graduate director may approve the use of a 400-level course
to meet this requirement.
- One course in the English language (ENG 402, 403, 404, 601, or equivalent)—taken
prior to entering the program. Students may meet this requirement within
the program by taking an undergraduate course in the English language
in addition to the total of 33 credit hours required for the MA degree
or by taking an appropriate graduate course, such as 601, which will
count towards the MA degree but may not also be used to fulfill the
pre-1900 course requirement.
- One course with substantial content in Asia/Pacific at the 400-,
600- or 700-level, in or out of the English department while in residence
at UH Manoa.
- Reading knowledge of one foreign language
Plan B (Non-thesis) Requirements
- 33 credit hours of course work, including 27 credit hours in courses
numbered 600 and above. Applies to all students except those in creative
writing
- ENG 620—taken during the first semester if possible
- ENG 625B, C or E—a course in theories and methods associated
with the concentration selected by the student, taken during the second
semester if possible
- ENG 691—a minimum of 3 credit hours and a maximum of 6 credit
hours required for work on the MA final project
- Final oral examination on the MA project
- One course in the English language (ENG 402, 403, 404, 601 or equivalent)—taken
prior to entering the program. Students may meet this requirement within
the program by taking an undergraduate course in the English language
in addition to the total of 33 credit hours required for the MA degree
or by taking an appropriate graduate course, such as 601, which will
count towards the MA degree but may not also be used to fulfill the
pre-1700 or pre-1900 course requirement.
- One course with substantial content in Asia/Pacific, at the 400-,
600-, or 700-level, in or out of the English department, while in residence
at UH Manoa.
- Reading knowledge of one foreign language
- Requirements for those in literary studies: between 12 and 24 credit
hours of course work in the student’s concentration, including
ENG 625B; one graduate course in a subject area before 1700.
- Requirements for those in composition and rhetoric: ENG 605, 625C,
705 and 709; a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work outside the
concentration; one graduate course in a subject area before 1900. Courses
listed in different concentrations may be applied to either area.
- Requirements for those in cultural studies in Asia/Pacific: a minimum
of 12 credit hours of course work in the concentration, including ENG
625E and 3 credit hours in Hawai‘i’s local literature, Asian
American literature, or Pacific literature; a minimum of 12 credit hours
of course work outside the concentration; one graduate course in a subject
area before 1900. Courses listed in different concentrations may be
applied to either area. Students in cultural studies will be allowed
to meet 3 credit hours of work in their concentration with a course
outside of the English department with permission of their concentration
advisor.
Doctoral Degree
Since the PhD program offers diverse courses and the opportunity to specialize
in a range of different areas, graduates may pursue careers from among
several professions, including teaching, research, and writing.
Requirements
PhD candidates must fulfill the residency requirement and are required
to take seven graduate-level courses in the Department of English; two
courses, normally at the 400 level or above, in a field outside of English
but related to the student’s research interests; one course with
substantial content in Asia/Pacific at the 400-, 600-, or 700-level, in
or out of the English department, while in residence at UH Manoa.
They must pass three area examinations and a comprehensive examination
and demonstrate competence in two languages other than English (one of
which, if appropriate to the candidate’s research, may be a computer
language) or in one language at an advanced level of proficiency. Candidates
will be required to complete an original scholarly or creative dissertation
representing a substantial contribution to the discipline of English,
suitable for publication, and a final oral examination on the dissertation.
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