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English Program
AU Abroad
This summer, the Department of English formally joined the departments of History/Political Science and Visual Arts/Communication/Design (VACD) in the newly established School of Creative Arts and Humanities. We hope that this new endeavor will create opportunities for growth and collaboration across these distinct disciplines, allowing for new and interesting possibilities for storytelling, writing, and humanities research.
The previous Chair of the Department of English, Dr. Kristin Denslow, will step into the role of Chair of the School of Creative Arts and Humanities. She will serve also as the English Program Director.
What does this mean for English Majors?
Your academic home remains with the English program. You will continue to work with your English academic advisor and take courses in the English major or minor. Your professors’ offices will still be in Nethery Hall. When you graduate, you will still be recognized with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or minor in English.
It may mean that you will have more opportunities to take courses from our sister programs or to participate in more co-curricular activities, such as spiritual and social events, academic assemblies, or field trips. We are seeking ways to help connect students across these disciplines in order to enrich the academic experience for all the majors represented.
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Current Academic Year
2026-2027
What Can You Do?
Some people might say an English degree doesn’t train you for a specific vocation. They’re right. Studying English doesn’t train you for one career—it trains you for many. English will give you a wide range of career opportunities because it provides a long list of skills valuable in many different types of professions.
Communication skills are highly valued in whatever profession you will ultimately choose. The ability to communicate in both written and spoken form will serve you well not only in your career, but also in many areas of life.
All that reading and discussion in your classes will also help hone your ability to analyze complex information with the help of a range of critical approaches. The ability to read, analyze, and respond is valuable in many different kinds of work. You will, for example, also have opportunities to construct and defend an argument, tailor your writing to a specific audience and purpose, and communicate with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures--all valuable job skills, among many others.
Studies in English at Andrews University will also likely expand your: flexibility, creativity, logic, synthesis and debate skills, self-confidence, independence, originality, desire to serve, and ability to turn theory into practical applications.
When it comes to your specific career choice, the sky is the limit! To give you some ideas, English majors have chosen careers in:
- Creative writing
- Journalism
- Technical writing
- Editing, publishing
- Teaching
- Advertising and public relations
- Business administration or management
- Charitable organizations
- Law
- Medicine
- Business, including entrepreneurial ventures
- Screenwriting
- Playwriting
- Poetry
- Broadcasting—radio or television
- Library science
- Politics
- Consulting
Faculty
Dr. Kristin Denslow
Title: Chair, School of Creative Arts & Humanities
Chair, Department of English
Contact: denslow@andrews.edu
Office
Location: Nethery Hall 119
I am a proud alum of Andrews University, where I completed a B.A. in English and minor in music in 2006. Following my time here, I completed a Master’s in English at Western Michigan University (2006) and a PhD in English at the University of Florida (2014).
My research focuses on adaptations of literature in film and media, as well as the intersections of technology and writing. My published work centers on intermedial adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays and the appropriation of twentieth- and twenty-first century representational technologies in performance, film, and television. My current work focuses on representation of the Internet in novels, films, and television, thinking about the pressures—aesthetic, political, and practical—exerted on cross-media adaptation. Beyond my work in adaptation, I’m interested in the impact of technology, including generative AI, on writing, research, and teaching.