Welcome to the Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages at Texas Woman's University, one of the founding departments when the university began in 1903. The history of the department is long and rich. With a Ph.D. program in Rhetoric, our department is a center for the study of literature, language, and writing. We offer a series of courses on writing, literature, and foreign languages, as well as English language courses for international students. Our activities in classes, in the Write Site, and in our organizations, such as ERGO, reflect our commitment to preparing and empowering students for participation in our society's discourses. In addition, we offer the following programs of study:
Please contact the Administrative Assistant, Laura Bass, about advising, and she will help to find you an appropriate advisor. Faculty assignments change over the summer, and your usual advisor might be unavailable.
Graduate of M.A. Program Takes on New Job
Dr. James Bell has been appointed Professor of English and Chair of the Division of English and Foreign Languages at Northwest Oklahoma State University, effective August 10. Dr. Bell completed the MA in English at TWU. Dr. Dean Bishop was his major advisor. Dr. Bell will return to the area in October for the SCMLA conference in Fort Worth, where he will give a presentation about the work of Cormac McCarthy.
"Doc" Gowdy Publishes Novel
Captain Bonny Morgan: The Cassandra Prophecy is a novel by one of ESFL's own instructors, Dr. Robert "Doc" Gowdy. One Amazon reviewer writes: "I read an average of 75 books per year and this is one of the best i have ever picked up."
