Welcome to Florida State's Department of English.
Internationally recognized for their cutting-edge research and publications, our faculty offer a wide range of courses in literary fields, genres, and media. We equip our ambitious, multi-talented undergraduate and graduate students to venture out into the new creative economies: from academia to publishing, from artistic entrepreneurialism to social media marketing.
We are located in the Williams Building, which houses classrooms and the Augusta Conradi Theatre. We invite you to explore our program offerings and to meet our dedicated faculty, students, and staff.
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Department News
Professor Barry Faulk featured guest on Nole Edge
Nole Edge is the official podcast of FSU's College of Arts and Sciences. In the latest episode, Faulk discusses his work on literature, music, pop culture, and their intersections.
Caroline Laganas earns 2025-26 Outstanding Teaching Award
FSU's Graduate School and Congress of Graduate Students honored Laganas, a doctoral student in Creative Writing-Poetry, and five other graduate students at the Celebration of Graduate Student Excellence.
Christell Victoria Roach NAMED A fellow of YoungArts
The National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists selected Roach, a Creative Writing doctoral student, for a fellowship that will support her digital humanities project to preserve legacies of historical communities.
Milina Tuladhar Is a 2026 Global Citizen Award recipient
The Center for Global Engagement presented the award to Tuladhar, who is a Rhetoric and Composition doctoral student and president of the Nepalese Student Association.
CAMILLE PEPPER: Undergraduate Humanitarian of the Year
Pepper is a Literature, Media, and Culture student, and her award celebrates FSU students who have made an impact through leadership and service within and beyond the campus community.
2026 Digital Symposium highlights student online projects
Rhetoric and Composition doctoral student Sophia Ziemer coordinated this year’s symposium with the theme of “Illuminations,” which now acts as a “living” museum and archive.
Programs
Creative Writing
Consistently ranked among the top writing programs in the country, the Creative Writing Program offers a thriving community to writers who are looking to strengthen their craft while building life-long relationships in writing.
Literature, Media, and Culture
The Literature, Media, and Culture Program exposes students to provocative questions that spark scholarly engagement and creativity, helping them discuss the social and political impact of literature.
Rhetoric and Composition
The graduate Rhetoric and Composition Program focuses on rhetorical and social practices and theories of composition, particularly emphasizing the relationships between texts, technologies, language, and literacies.
Editing, Writing, and Media
The undergraduate Editing, Writing, and Media track emphasizes the production, analysis, and interpretation of historic, contemporary, academic, and everyday texts.