The English Department at the University of Kentucky offers an undergraduate degree in literature; master’s degrees with concentrations in literature, film, and linguistics; and a Ph.D. degree in literature. We administer the Writing Program, the Writing Center, and the Center for English as a Second Language. Our faculty engage in American and British literary studies, non-fiction writing, film history and criticism, linguistics, and imaginative writing. As interdisciplinary scholars and teachers, we contribute to the Committee on Social Theory and to programs including Gender and Women's Studies, Indian Culture, Cognitive Science, American Studies, and Africana Studies. If you are interested in our programs or our research, please contact us and make an appointment to visit.

How to contact the English Department

Department of English
University of Kentucky
1215 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Phone: (859) 257-7008
Fax: (859) 323-1072

Undergraduate / Advising Office
Andy Johnson (jajohn0@uky.edu)

Graduate Studies Office
Jeanette Heinrichs (jheinrk@uky.edu)

Writing Program Office
Daniel Weddington (writingprogram@uky.edu)

Center for English as a Second Language Office
Sally Fouts (sfouts@uky.edu)

Department Chair
Thomas Clayton (tmclay@uky.edu)

Associate Chair
Jonathan Allison (jalliso@uky.edu)

Director of Graduate Studies
Michael Trask (matras2@uky.edu)

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Armando J. Prats (ajprat1@uky.edu)

Director of the Writing Program
Randall Roorda (rroorda@uky.edu)