Read the World, Write the Future

At the Department of English at UNL, we’re conscious of our important role in a 21st-century Humanities discipline—we embrace the great responsibility of ensuring that the humanities includes all of its "voices," including those of ethnicity, gender and sexuality.

Our devotion to providing an intellectual climate of respect for, even affirmation of, difference is embodied in a faculty and curriculum that fosters these values on a daily basis. One of our faculty's great strengths, indeed, is the wide range of our teaching and scholarly talents and interests: We take pride in our course offerings including not only early and late British and American literature and courses in writing, but also courses in Women's literature and rhetoric, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender literature, African and African American literature, Latina/Latino literature, Native American literature and Cultural Studies in general.

In close coordination with the Institute for Ethnic Studies and the Women's and Gender Studies Program, the Department of English will continue exploring human experience in all of its complexity. And as part of this ongoing commitment, we’ll encourage our students and staff every day to ‘Read the World, Write the Future.’