Welcome to the Graduate Program in English at the University of New Mexico. The University of New Mexico’s Department of English trains scholars, teachers, and writers who share a common commitment to language and literary studies. In addition to our long-established degrees in British and American literatures, Medieval Studies, Rhetoric and Writing, and Creative Writing, we offer graduate study in Southwest, Chicano/a, Native American, and in Professional Writing.

Of our approximately 120 students more than half hold teaching or graduate assistantships. Graduate students in the English department frequently present at national, international, and local conferences; publish in scholarly, creative writing, and professional writing journals; and have received prestigious awards, such as the Association of American University Women Dissertation Fellowship, the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, and the Popejoy Dissertation Prize. Our graduates go on to diverse careers and enrich their lives and work through advanced study in the arts, uses, and powers of language.

We invite you to browse our website and learn more about the range of activities and many accomplishments of the students and faculty in our graduate program.

Anita Obermeier
Associate Chair of Graduate Studies