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Undergraduate Programs
Our Undergraduates are Active
To study English or Philosophy is to get out, interact with the world, participate in the progress of the discipline. Our undergraduates organize. They read their essays, fiction and poetry in public, and come to our reading series to listen to respected and well-known authors read their work. They study in Rome, London, Ireland and Chile. They win awards and fellowships. They go on to graduate school.
With the Department of English and Philosophy, you get the dedication of faculty members who share their passion for their work. You can participate in student organizations. You can study abroad. Most importantly, you get to experience all the ways the written word can come alive.
For a glimpse of what our department has to offer beyond the classroom, see Student Resources.
Undergraduate Student Accomplishments
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Brenton Bailey (junior, creative writing), from Murray, won second place in the Murray State Reading Experience Essay Contest in Spring 2012.
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Katelyn Brooks (senior, philosophy) presented “Give Her Wildflowers” at the Midsouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference in Memphis, Tenn., in Spring 2011.
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Sean Curd (senior, English literature) published “Sine Qua Non: Feminine Sublimation and Deconstruction in Emma” in theValley Humanities Review in Spring 2011. -
Ford Ebling (senior, B.F.A., creative writing) presented “The Parallel of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Ovid's Tale of the Nightingale” at Murray State’s 2012 Scholars Week. In December 2011, he read from his original creative work at his B.F.A. reading in the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery.
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Tia Johnston (senior, creative writing) presented “Rochester's Character in Jane Eyre: Revealing Negative Traits Through Shakespearean Allusions” at Murray State’s 2012 Scholars Week.
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Hannah Leskosky (senior, English literature), from Paducah, Ky., presented “Resistance for Happiness: Conflicts of Gender Expectations in Victorian England and Jane Eyre” at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference in Ogden, Utah, in April 2012. She also presented a version of the paper at Murray State’s 2012 Scholars Week.
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Elizabeth Myer (senior, English education), from Dover, Tenn., co-authored "Utilizing Strategic Assessment to Support FYC Curricular Revision at Murray State University” with Paul Walker; the article appeared in Composition Forum 24 (Fall 2011). She also presented her teaching portfolio at Murray State’s 2012 Scholars Week. -
John (J.C.) Stewart (senior, creative writing) presented “Love’s Bond and Autonomy” at the Midsouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference in Memphis, Tenn., in Spring 2011.
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Nicole Tuberty (sophomore, creative writing), from St. Louis, Mo., presented “Girl in the Mirror: Jane Eyre as a Surrogate Mother” at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference in Ogden, Utah, in April 2012. She also presented a version of the paper at Murray State’s 2012 Scholars Week. She also performed The York Crucifixion at the Undergraduate Medieval Conference in Farmville, Va., in March 2012.