The Department of English promotes an understanding of literary traditions, teaches students to think analytically and to write with power, and fosters human awareness through course offerings in composition and literature. READ MORE

Faculty

• John T. Netland

• Professor of English and Department Chair
• Education: B.A., Biola University
  M.A., California State Polytechnic University
  Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles
  
• Office: PAC A-34, Box 3025, 731-661-5312 (voice)
• E-mail: jnetland@uu.edu
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• Janna Chance

• Assistant Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Texas A&M University
  M.A., Rice University
  Ph.D, Rice University
  
• Office: PAC A-46, Box 1919, 731-661-5469 (voice)
• E-mail: jchance@uu.edu
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• Jason Crawford

• Assistant Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Louisiana Sate University
  A.M., Harvard University
  Ph.D, Harvard University
  
• Office: PAC, 731-661-5901 (voice)
• E-mail: jmcrawford@uu.edu
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• Gene Fant

• Professor of English
• Executive Vice President for Academic Administration, Office of Academic Administration
• Education: B.S., James Madison University
  M.A., Old Dominion University
  M.Ed., University of Southern Mississippi
  M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  Ph.D, University of Southern Mississippi
  Additional Study, Christopher Newport University
  
• Office: PAC F-5, Box 1810, 731-661-5520 (voice)
• E-mail: gfant@uu.edu
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• Patricia Hamilton

• Associate Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Biola University
  M.A., California State University, Fullerton
  Ph.D, University of Georgia
  
• Office: PAC A-44, Box 3151, 731-661-5313 (voice)
• E-mail: phamilto@uu.edu
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• Scott Huelin

• Associate Professor of English
• Director of the Honors Community, Honors Community
• Education: B.A., University of North Carolina
  M.A., University of North Carolina
  Ph.D, University of Chicago
  
• Office: PAC J-7E, Box 3010, 731-661-5390 (voice)
• E-mail: shuelin@uu.edu
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• David Malone

• Associate Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Wheaton College
  M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton
  Ph.D, Northern Illinois University
  
• Office: PAC A-45, Box 1863, 731-661-5104 (voice)
• E-mail: dmalone@uu.edu
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• Gavin Richardson

• Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Vanderbilt University
  M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  Ph.D, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  
• Office: PAC A-43, Box 1924, 731-661-5317 (voice)
• E-mail: grichard@uu.edu
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• Website: http://www.uu.edu/personal/grichard/


• Bobby C. Rogers

• Professor of English and Writer in Residence
• Education: B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  M.F.A., University of Virginia
  
• Office: PAC A-39, Box 3136, 731-661-5107 (voice)
• E-mail: brogers@uu.edu
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• Roger S. Stanley

• Assistant Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Appalachian State University
  M.A., East Tennessee State University
  M.F.A., Murray State University
  Additional Study, University of Mississippi
  
• Office: PAC A-42, Box 1852, 731-661-5318 (voice)
• E-mail: rstanley@uu.edu
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• Pam Sutton

• Professor of English
• Education: B.A., Southern Arkansas University
  M.A., Arkansas State University
  Ed.S., Arkansas State University
  Ed.D., Texas A&M University–Commerce
  
• Office: PAC A-47, Box 1922, 731-661-5319 (voice)
• E-mail: psutton@uu.edu
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Instructional Staff

• Christine Bailey

• Director of Composition Support
• Education: B.S., Tennessee Tech University
  M.A., Belmont University
  M.F.A., Murray State University
  Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  
• Office: PAC A-35, Box 1895, 731-661-5900 (voice)
• E-mail: cbailey@uu.edu
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Programs of Study

• English
• Literature
• Writing

Please see the Academic Catalogue description for more detail. Some minors do not appear here.

Student Organizations

The department presents an annual award to the student selected as the most outstanding in English. A special award for creative writing, the Helen Blythe Award, is also presented annually. Local, regional and national writing contests are open to students in the department. Recent visiting writers and guest judges at the department’s Annual Creative Writing Workshop include Charles Wright, Kate Daniels and Mark Jarman.

Many students contribute work to the campus publications - The Cardinal and Cream and The Torch. Recent editions of The Torch, the student edited campus literary magazine, have been honored with national awards from Columbia University.

The department sponsors an international studies opportunity every other year. Recent trips have focused on British travel literature and on French and English modern fiction. Students travel with professors during the Winter Term, earning credit toward an English major, minor, or the general core.

• ink.

Advisor: Dr. David Malone


The purpose of ink. is to create a community and a forum of like-minded writers who will practice the skills needed to become better writers, improve their craft, share ideas, critique new work, lead in their discipline, and learn further how the Christian faith may be practiced through writing.

• Sigma Tau Delta

Advisor: Roger Stanley
Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/english/


This national English honor society recognizes students who have realized accomplishments in either the English language or literature. The motto is “Sincerity, Truth, Design.” Union University’s chapter Theta Omicron was organized in 1979. Declared English majors and minors who have completed at least three semesters of university study and two university courses in literature with a B average are eligible for membership.

• The Torch

Advisor: Bobby Rogers
Website: http://www.uu.edu/org/torch/


The Torch is a student literary magazine published annually under the direction of an appointed student staff. Its contents are taken from the best student writing and artwork of the year, which may be selected from among presentations in the normal course of class work and from those submitted directly to the Torch staff. Poems, short stories, essays, and art work are welcomed.

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Recent Photos

Large | X-Large 2/7/13 - 21367 Lindsay Olford (right), senior English major, shares her thoughts with Ben Sáenz after the poetry reading presented by the department of language. - Matt McDaniel	Large | X-Large 11/6/12 - 21177 Becca Farrell, junior English major, volunteers at the East Chester site of Mission Jackson, an outreach program of Englewood Baptist Church, as a part of the tenth annual Campus and Community Day. - Anne Richoux	Large | X-Large 9/11/12 - 21317 Scott Huelin, associate professor of English and director of the honors community, stops outside to chat with a couple of students. - Kristi McMurry	Large | X-Large 9/11/12 - 21316 Scott Huelin, associate professor of English and director of the honors community, walks across campus with students. - Kristi McMurry

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