DePaul Undergraduate English Programs

DePaul Undergraduate English Programs We invite you to visit us.

Come and sharpen and polish your skills as a major, a minor, or a graduate student; attend our readings and other events; and socialize with faculty, staff, students and alumni. The study and practice of reading and writing are central to a liberal arts education and critical to success in virtually all professional and personal contexts. The English department at DePaul boasts an innovative and e

ngaging curriculum, a faculty of vibrant and highly accomplished teacher-scholars, friendly and efficient staff, outstanding students, and exciting opportunities for co-curricular involvement. Check out our undergraduate website, The Underground:
http://depaulunderground.wordpress.com

Check out our Twitter:
http://twitter.com/DePaul_English

Tomorrow (April 22), join us for "The Dead Zoo: Natural History and Poetry in a Time of Crisis" with Profs. Chris Solís ...
04/21/2025

Tomorrow (April 22), join us for "The Dead Zoo: Natural History and Poetry in a Time of Crisis" with Profs. Chris Solís Green and Liam Heneghan! This Earth Day event will include a film and discussion in McGowan South (2325 N. Clifton Ave.), Rm. 103, and will start at 6:30 PM. Read the poster for full details!

For our next visiting author, we’re excited to welcome Eric Puchner to our Lincoln Park campus! His book Dream State was...
04/08/2025

For our next visiting author, we’re excited to welcome Eric Puchner to our Lincoln Park campus! His book Dream State was recently chosen as Oprah’s Book Club’s Book of the Month and was selected as Book of the Week by People and The New York Times, among many other accolades.

The reading will be held this Thursday, April 10 at 6:00 PM in Rm. 100 of the Levan Center (2322 N Kenmore Ave). Check out the flyer for more details!

Calling freshmen and sophomores: submit to DePaul’s Library Research Prize! Submissions are due April 14.In partnership ...
04/01/2025

Calling freshmen and sophomores: submit to DePaul’s Library Research Prize! Submissions are due April 14.

In partnership with the First-Year Program Writing Showcase, the library offers its Library Research Prize to honor First-Year Program authors whose research essays best exemplify the application of library research skills.

Current DePaul students may enter any researched essay written in a First-Year Program course taken between SQ2024 and WQ2025.

A $150 prize (the Joanne Roschmann Freshman Writing Scholarship) will be awarded to up to three applicants whose essays and research statements best demonstrate the effective use of library information resources, the application of research skills, and evidence of decision-making, problem-solving, and critical thinking approaches to the research challenges they encountered. Winners will also be invited to display their work as a digital poster at the First-Year Program Writing Showcase on May 20, 2025.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Academic essays from the following courses (from last spring quarter, last summer, and the recent autumn and winter quarters) are eligible for submission:

- FYSW 102

- WRD 102/102X, 103/103x, and 104/104x

- Focal Point Seminars, LSP 112

- Discover and Explore Chicago, LSP 110 & 111

- Honors 100, 110, 111, and 180
Quantitative Reasoning & Technical Literacy, LSP 120

Entrants to the Library Research Prize must submit their researched essay along with a personal “Research Statement”: a 500-1000 word essay reflecting on the author’s use of library research tools, sources, and services at each stage of the research process, emphasizing what was learned. See the Research Statement Guidelines​ section for complete instructions on what to include.

Entrants should select project type > Library Research Prize on the First-Year Program Writing Showcase Entry Form and follow the submission instructions.

Submit your research essay, accompanied by your Research Statement, by April 14, 2025.

To access the submission form, please visit the DePaul library website or the English Department's website for undergraduates, The Underground (link in our bio!).

Has an academic advisor made a difference in your progress toward your educational goals? If an academic advisor has pro...
03/14/2025

Has an academic advisor made a difference in your progress toward your educational goals? If an academic advisor has provided you with outstanding guidance, please nominate her/him/them for the Gerald Paetsch Academic Advising Award! Scan the QR code for more info.

The Gerald Paetsch Academic Advising Award recognizes DePaul academic advisors who demonstrate excellence in advising undergraduate and/or graduate students. Any faculty, staff or administrator involved in the delivery of academic advising services is eligible for this award.

Nominations will be accepted until March 25, 2025.

We’ve just added two more (RES-qualifying) classes, both taught in English (on Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:20–5:50 PM), ...
03/03/2025

We’ve just added two more (RES-qualifying) classes, both taught in English (on Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:20–5:50 PM), to our SQ2025 course list! Kafka and the Kafkaesque (ENG 250) will be taught by Prof. Anna Souchuk. Decolonial French Narratives (ENG 351) will be taught by Prof. Maggie O’Brien. Click to enlarge the photos for more details!

We’re very excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions to the English department’s very own ~Spring Englis...
02/27/2025

We’re very excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions to the English department’s very own ~Spring English Conference~! This year, the Spring Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual MFA reading and the English awards ceremony, combining three of the department’s most important events. It will also feature an alumni panel. Click through the pics for full details on how to submit your work, what events the Conference & Celebration will feature, and why you should participate (and attend)!

We’d like to highlight this opportunity for all our undergraduate students who may be thinking of pursuing an English gr...
02/21/2025

We’d like to highlight this opportunity for all our undergraduate students who may be thinking of pursuing an English graduate degree at DePaul. Our BA + MA Combined Degree options save students time and money, allowing them to graduate with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in as little as five years and saving them nearly 40% on grad school tuition. Click through the pics for details on each of our combined degree options!

“James Baldwin At 100” will be held at DePaul’s Theatre School (2350 North Racine Ave.) from 5:00 to 7:00 PM next Thursd...
02/20/2025

“James Baldwin At 100” will be held at DePaul’s Theatre School (2350 North Racine Ave.) from 5:00 to 7:00 PM next Thursday, February 27. In addition to presentations by Ashli Rene Funches and keynote speaker Dr. Darrell Moore, students from DePaul’s Theatre School will perform excerpts from Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues: A Short Story.”

Tickets are free, though reservations are encouraged. See the flyer for full details on this special celebration of James Baldwin and his work!

We’ve just added another course to our list of Spring Quarter course offerings! Topics in Medieval Literature: Dante’s I...
02/14/2025

We’ve just added another course to our list of Spring Quarter course offerings! Topics in Medieval Literature: Dante’s Inferno (ENG 323, cross-listed with Italian 307E) will be taught next quarter, in English, by Prof. Gary Cestaro, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:20–5:50 PM.

Another new class has been added to the Spring Quarter course list! “Writing and Social Engagement: From Hip Hop to Hash...
02/11/2025

Another new class has been added to the Spring Quarter course list! “Writing and Social Engagement: From Hip Hop to Hashtags” (ENG 376, cross-listed with WRD 377) will be taught next quarter by Prof. Ames Hoffner from 9:00 to 11:30 AM every Friday. In partnership with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, this course will fulfil the “Experiential Learning” requirement as DePaul students examine diverse texts with other students at the Cook County Jail.

If you’d like to take this course, please email [email protected] to schedule an interview and be approved for enrollment.

Read the flyer for full details!

An exciting new addition to our undergraduate Spring Quarter classes: ENG 371, cross-listed with ABD 310, offered by DeP...
02/05/2025

An exciting new addition to our undergraduate Spring Quarter classes: ENG 371, cross-listed with ABD 310, offered by DePaul’s Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies! "Zora Neale Hurston: Fiction, Folklore, Feminism" will be taught next quarter by Dr. Symone Johnson, from 11:20–12:50 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays.

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