Graduate Applications
Applications for admission to the English Department’s graduate programs are submitted through the UNLV Graduate College. Official GRE results should be sent to the English department (institution code: 4861; departmental code 2503).
- Online Application to the UNLV Graduate College
- MA, MFA, and PhD programs in English at UNLV
Events: March 2010
- March 12–14: Far West Popular Culture and American Cultural Associations annual conference. Palace Station Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. See the conference website for details.
- March 17, 2010:
I Could Read the Sky
with Timothy O'Grady, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, and Aine Meenaghan. 7:00pm at the UNLV Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall. A multimedia performance of the lyrical story of a musical Irishman's migration to England in search of fieldwork—and finding the love of his life only to lose her. Based on I Could Read the Sky, a collaborative novel by BMI Fellow Timothy O'Grady and New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke. Sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute. - March 29–April 3: Spring Break. University is closed.
English Department News
Check here for upcoming visiting speakers, details on semester deadlines, and other news of interest to our department.
UNLV English Department Announces 2010 Outstanding Teacher Award Nominations
The UNLV English Department is pleased to announce the following nominations for 2010 Outstanding Teacher awards:
- William Morris Award: P. Jane Hafen
- Rita Deanin Abbey Award: Megan Becker-Leckrone
Congratulations to Dr. Hafen and Dr. Becker-Leckrone!
Rebel Yell covers English Department Majors Mixer
The Rebel Yell editorial staff writes, Wednesday’s English department mixer was a perfect example of how campus leaders are working to make connections between UNLV’s academic strengths and its social and cultural traditions ... Not only was the event a huge success in terms of numbers, with dozens of undergraduate English majors and graduate students appearing throughout the afternoon to mix, mingle and learn, it made an important step toward building the public community of mutual learning and benefit that UNLV and the department strive for.
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- UNLV Rebel Yell article, by Pashtana Usufzy, 2.Nov.2009
- UNLV Rebel Yell op-ed, 2.Nov.2009
Vu Tran wins coveted Whiting Writers’ Award
On October 28, the Giles Whiting Foundation announced that UNLV English Department alumnus and instructor Vu Tran would receive the prestigious 2009 Whiting Writers’ Award, a national prize for writers of exceptional talent and promise in early career
. Vu Tran was awarded a Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship by the UNLV English Department in 2003, and graduated with a Ph.D. in English in 2006. He is currently an instructor for the UNLV English Department, teaching creative writing, world literature, and composition. He is the author of multiple short stories and a forthcoming literary crime novel, titled This Or Any Other Desert. [Read more...]
