The Ph.D. Program in English

Emory’s doctoral program offers intensive training in all areas of literary and cultural studies, diverse research methods, and innovative pedagogy. Faculty work closely with students, mentoring and preparing them for academic and other careers. Our graduate students can draw on extensive archival collections in Woodruff Library and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library in the fields of Irish and African American literature, as well as the renowned Danowski Collection of twentieth-century poetry. We have particular strengths in the early modern period, African-American literature, post / decolonial literature and theory, American literature, disability studies, and digital humanities.

The English Department is committed to interdisciplinary scholarship and training. Working in consultation with faculty mentors, our students can take advantage of Emory's strengths in related disciplines and programs which offer certificate programs, and design interdisciplinary scholarly projects.