The PhD in English at UT combines breadth of study throughout the field of English with advanced work in various specialties. Students choose to pursue a PhD in one of three concentrations: Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies; Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics; or Creative Dissertation.
We have a world-class research library with special collections in British and American literary and cultural history, excellent financial support, and a nationally and internationally recognized faculty. Our students have many opportunities for collaboration with faculty through research and editorial assistantships, as well as informally through reading groups, poetry and fiction readings, and seminars with the Departments' many visiting speakers.
We provide generous travel funds for research and for presenting at scholarly and creative work at conferences. The Graduate Students in English organization draws students together as an intellectual and social community with shared passions and aspirations. Many of our PhD graduates have gone on to tenure-track positions at research universities, comprehensive universities, and liberal arts colleges, as well as to postdoctoral fellowships and visiting appointments.