English Alumni
The English Alumni page keeps our graduates informed of exciting developments in the English Department; helps them stay in touch with former classmates and faculty; and fosters networking opportunities between current majors and alumni. Read More.

WCU Poetry Center
The WCU Poetry Center promotes the study and appreciation of poetry, particularly traditional poetic forms. Founded in 2000, the Center offers a diverse slate of activities and programs—including a prestigious annual Poetry Conference—that helps to expand its mission of bringing poetry to an ever-widening audience. Read More.

College Literature: A Journal of Critical Literary Studies
College Literature has long been one of the premier literary-studies journals in North America, publishing original and innovative scholarly research. Founded in 1974, the journal has its editorial offices at WCU. Read More.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Teaching English in the Two-Year College is an NCTE-affiliated journal that publishes theoretical and practical articles on composition, technical and business communication, literature, language, the profession of English, and related topics. It is edited by English professor Jeff Sommers. Read More.

University Writing Center
The University Writing Center offers writing free writing consultation services to all members of the WCU community. The Center is directed by English faculty and regularly employs English majors and graduate students as writing tutors. Read More.

Pennsylvania Writing & Literature Project
The Pennsylvania Writing & Literature Project (PAWLP) is one of the oldest and largest sites of the National Writing Project. Founded in 1980, PAWLP works in multi-dimensional ways to improve the teaching of writing and literature in schools and communities. Read More.

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference
Founded in 2014 by English professor Kim Bridgford, Poetry by the Sea takes place each May in Madison, Connecticut, right on the beach on Long Island Sound.  The conference's aim is to embrace the poetic excellence in a range of constituency groups and voices. Read More.

Frederick Douglass Institute
WCU's Frederick Douglass Institute seeks to advance multicultural studies across the university curriculum and sponsors research, programs, awards, and teaching that honor the legacy of Frederick Douglass. The Institute was founded in 1995 by Emeritus Professor of English C. James Trotman. Read More.

Digital Humanities
English Department faculty are currently in the process of developing a Digital Humanities curriculum that includes new courses, events, and programs designed to introduce students to this important new frontier in humanistic studies. Read More.

N/T/G Research Group
The National/Transnational/Global Cultures Research Group is a forum for faculty and graduate students who share research interests in the global dimensions of literary and cultural studies. Read More.

West Chester Center for Book History
The West Chester Center for Book History, founded by English professor Eleanor Shevlin, sponsors courses, workshops, talks, seminars, book-making, and a graduate certificate in publishing, all as part of an effort to provide a multidimensional, interdisciplinary forum for the history and study of the written word. Read More.

Women's & Gender Studies Program
WCU's Women's & Gender Studies Program shares with the English Department a commitment to empowering students to challenge preconceptions about race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. English professors have served as past WGS program directors, and many teach for the program as affiliated faculty. Read More.

Youth Empowerment & Urban Studies (YES) Program
Created by English professor Hannah Ashley, the interdisciplinary YES Minor offers students across campus the opportunity to work with youth in urban settings in hands-on, community-engaged ways that can help to bring about real social change. Read More.

Aralia Press
Aralia Press teaches students at WCU the art of fine printing, including the use of hand-set type and letterpress. Founded in 1983 by Emeritus Professor of English Mike Peich, the press is housed on the fifth floor of the FHG Library. Read More.