University of Tennessee Department of English

University of Tennessee Department of English The English Department at the University of Tennessee. We offer an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. Our diversity shows up in our curriculum.

The Department of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a diverse department with a diverse mission. We teach First-Year Composition to all the students at the University of Tennessee, and we teach literature to a sizable percentage of that total. We have an undergraduate major with four "concentrations": creative writing, literature, rhetoric and writing, and technical communicatio

n. In the PhD, we have concentrations in Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies; in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics; and in English with Creative Dissertation. You can take courses with us in Early or Late Shakespeare, Rhetoric of Legal Discourse, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, Film and American Culture, and Race and Ethnicity in American Literature.

Your UTK English Concentration X Your Coffee Order! Happy Summer Vacation Vols! ☀️🌊🏝️
06/05/2026

Your UTK English Concentration X Your Coffee Order! Happy Summer Vacation Vols! ☀️🌊🏝️

06/03/2026

Big Experience

🍊You lose the game if we say the same thing: UTK ENGLISH EDITION!!How well did you guys do??
05/29/2026

🍊You lose the game if we say the same thing: UTK ENGLISH EDITION!!

How well did you guys do??

05/28/2026
ICEMAN ?? more like UTKENGLISH !!! 🍊 Don’t forget to pick up your pens and write over this Summer Break! 🧡
05/23/2026

ICEMAN ?? more like UTKENGLISH !!! 🍊

Don’t forget to pick up your pens and write over this Summer Break! 🧡

05/21/2026

English intern Peyton Blumenfeld ‘26 celebrated graduation this past weekend! Congratulations to all the graduates🧡🎓🤍

05/19/2026

We’re thrilled to announce that Jake Buller-Young, an English doctoral student, has received University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Trailblazer Award! This new award is the university’s highest honor for doctoral students.

Buller-Young was recognized for his leadership, graduate student community-building efforts, and for exemplifying the Volunteer Spirit.

Congratulations, Jake! We can’t wait to see you continue to grow as a mentor and a scholar!

Read about Buller-Young's post-graduation plans: https://artsci.utk.edu/buller-young-receives-trailblazer-award-for-outstanding-service-and-scholarship/


University of Tennessee Department of English
UT Knoxville Alumni

🧡We had such a wonderful time yesterday afternoon recognizing and celebrating our graduates at the English Department’s ...
05/14/2026

🧡We had such a wonderful time yesterday afternoon recognizing and celebrating our graduates at the English Department’s Honors and Graduation Reception! Congratulations to all of our award and scholarship recipients!🧡

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