For answers to your questions please contact:
(All phone numbers (304) 696-

Department Chair, David Hatfield | CH 344 | 6638 | hatfield@marshall.edu
Director of Curricula, Katharine Rodier | CH 342 | 3128 | rodier@marshall.edu
Director of Writing Center, Kelli Prejean | CH 341 | 2711 | gradk@marshall.edu
Director of Writing Programs, Roxanne Kirkwood | CH 343 | 6629 | kirkwoor@marshall.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Janet Badia | CH 447| 2357| badia@marshall.edu

The Department of English offers a wide range of courses in literature, language, and writing. These courses are designed to meet the needs and interests of English majors in the various colleges, of English minors, and of students majoring in other fields. Four areas of emphasis are available to the English major:

• Literature English 
• Writing English 
• Pre-professional 
• English Education

Although the emphases of each area differ, the goals are essentially the same: an acquaintance with English and American literature necessary for the liberally educated person; a knowledge of the language necessary for perceptive reading and writing; an ability to write English with competence and grace; and a sense of English studies as a discipline.