The English Department's main office is in Muenzinger D110.
Career Support and Alumni Success
Career Support and Alumni Success
Graduate students benefit from robust professional development opportunities and career services at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. On-campus resources for graduate students include:
The Department of English also elects a faculty member to serve annually as the Graduate Placement Officer. The Graduate Placement Officer advises and assists students who are preparing to enter the job market. They also hold workshops, host guest speakers, and conduct mock job interviews.
Our PhD graduates obtain jobs around the world in a variety of academic and non-academic roles. Below is a selection of our PhD’s who are currently working inside and outside of academia. While we make every effort to keep this list current, some information may have changed.
2022
- Tarren Andrews
Tenure track position at Yale University
2021
- Josette Lorig
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Grace Rexroth
Learning Assistant Pedagogy Instructor at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
2020
- Jim Miranda
Assistant Professor at Bentley University, Massachusetts
2019
- Nodin DeSaillan
Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning, UC Santa Cruz, California - Christie-Anne Leopold
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Deven Parker
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London - Rebecca Schneider
Visiting Assistant Professor at Fort Lewis College, Colorado - Allison Shelton
Writer and Curriculum Developer at Wix.com
2018
- Alaina Bupp
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Jarad Krywicki
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Melanie Lo
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
2017
- Alexander Corey
Lecturer at Harvard University, Massachusetts - Cynthia Drake
Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Naropa College Core Faculty, Colorado - Darin Graber
Visiting Assistant Professor at Sewanee, Tennessee - Christopher Haynes
Director of Learning Experience Design at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Kurtis Hessel
Instructor at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Judith Strathearn
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
Lecturer at Metropolitan State University, Colorado
2016
- Aaron Angello
Assistant Professor at Hood College, Maryland - Jenny Cookson
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Andrew Daigle
Lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Randall Fullington
Director of Program Development at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Sarah Hernandez
Assistant Professor at University of New Mexico - Daniel Larson
Assistant Professor at Fresno Pacific University, California
2015
- Ann Emmons
Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Montana - Quentin McAndrew
Executive Director, Digital Initiatives and Assistant Vice Provost at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
2014
- Erin M. Kingsley
Assistant Professor at King University, Tennessee - Thomas LeCarner
Teacher at Prospect Ridge Academy, Colorado
2013
- John C. Leffel
Assistant Professor at State University of New York at Cortland
2012
- Dawn Colley
Instructor at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Peter Remien
Associate Professor at Lewis and Clark State College, Idaho - Michelle Speitz
Associate Professor, Director of Furman Humanities Center at Furman University, South Carolina - Shu-Ching Wu
Assistant Professor at Keinan University, Taiwan
2011
- Patrick Pritchett
Visiting Lecturer at Westfield State University, Massachusetts
2010
- Geoffrey Bateman
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Student Support and Experiential Learning at Regis University, Colorado - David Broom
Award-winning author and Contributing Editor of Whisky Magazine - Abayomi Victor Okunowo
Assistant Professor at Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria - Terry Robinson
Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, Canada - Jesse Stommel
Executive Director, Digital Learning Fellow, and Senior Lecturer at University of Mary Washington, Virginia - Dana Van Kooy
Assistant Professor at Michigan Technical University
2009
- Katarzyna Lecky
Assistant Professor at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania
2008
- Ruben Espinosa
Associate Professor at University of Texas at El Paso - Maria O’Malley
Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska at Kearney
2007
- Kathleen Dunley
Faculty at University of Phoenix - Sarah Massey-Warren
Instructor at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Stephen Mexal
Professor at California State University Fullerton
2006
- Elizabeth Anderman
Instructor, Associate Director at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Renee Dickinson
Associate Professor at Radford University, Virginia - Patrick Hamilton
Associate Professor and Chair at Misericordia University, Pennsylvania - Lorna Raven
Wheeler Associate Dean at Ashford University, Iowa
2005
- Andrew Dorsey
Assistant Professor at California State University Stanislaus - Trish Manwaring
Teacher at Mill Valley Middle School, California - Michael Stoneham
Professor at US Military Academy West Point, New York
Division Chair at University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Erika Wurth
Professor at Western Illinois University
2004
- Robin Calland
Assistant Professor at Colorado Mesa University, Colorado - Teresa Nugent
​Instructor at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
2003
- Bryan Bott
Assistant Professor at Adrian College, Michigan - Frank McGill
Assistant Professor at Regis University, Colorado - Russell Samolsky
Associate Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara
2002
- Mohammed Alquwaizani
Professor at Al-Imam University ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia - Sara Morrison
Associate Professor at William Jewell College, Missouri - Sarah Peterson Pittock
​Lecturer, Associate Director of the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking at Stanford University, California
2001 & Earlier
- Jordan Landry
Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Stuart Rabinowitz
Instructor at University of Northern Colorado - Christine Macdonald
Senior Instructor at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Deborah Uman
Professor and Chair at St. John Fisher College, New York - Joel F. Daehnke
Assistant Professor of English at University of Northern Colorado - Gloria Schultz Eastman
Professor at Metropolitan State University, Colorado - Rhonda L. Sanford
Professor at Fairmont State University, West Virginia - Cynthia MacKenzie
Associate Professor at University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - Trace Reddell
Associate Professor at University of Denver, Colorado - Martha Stoddard
Holmes Professor at California State University San Marcos - Pamela Thoma
Associate Professor, Graduate Director at Washington State University - David Dowling
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies at University of Iowa - Henry Krusiewicz
Professor at Midland University, Nebraska - John Holmes
Associate Professor at Virginia State University - Jason G. Horn
Professor at Gordon College, Georgia - Mary Coogan
Adjunct Professor at Kean University, New Jersey - Bruce R. Stevenson
Associate Professor at California Lutheran University - Michele Lise Tarter
Professor at The College of New Jersey - Apryl Denny
Professor at Viterbo University, Wisconsin - Carol S. Loranger
Associate Professor, Chair at Wright State University, Ohio - Linda Macdonald
Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada - Joan Gabriel
Director, Special Undergraduate Enrichment Programs at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ - Marni Gauthier
Owner, Professional Trainer, and Coach of Four Site Leadership, Colorado
Our Master of Arts in Literature graduates go on to successful careers inside and outside of academia. Since 2009, our MA graduates have been accepted into the following PhD programs:
- Baylor University
- Brown University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- SUNY-Buffalo
- Syracuse University
- University at Buffalo
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of Chicago
- ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
- University of Delaware
- University of Maryland
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota
- University of Montana
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oregon
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Toronto, Canada
- University of Virginia
- University of Western Ontario, Canada
Many of our Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing graduates go on to successful careers as writers. To view a list of published work by Creative Writing alumni, go here.
Some choose to continue on to a PhD and have been accepted into the following programs since 2009:
- Duke University
- Florida State University
- Ohio State University
- SUNY-Buffalo
- University of California Santa Cruz
- ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ
- University of Georgia
- University of Kansas
- University of Utah