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Welcome to the MHC English Department Resource Room! This site is intended to supplement the official MHC English website and catalog, and to provide useful information to current English majors, minors, and any other students interested in our program.
You can contact the English Department by writing to english@mtholyoke.edu or calling x2146.
Want to be included on the department's Creative Writing listserv? All are welcome! Please contact english@mtholyoke.edu to be added. You can also follow our Creative Writing program on Instagram, @cwatmhc.
English Department Faculty
For a full listing of faculty, see:
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/directory/faculty-staff?type=5&department=308
or
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/directory/departments-offices-centers/english
English Department Student Liaisons, 2025–2026
Isabel Dunn '27
Melanie Duronio '26
Juno Forgues-Gilbert '28
Zoe Merritt '26
Tam Nguyen '28
Amelia Potter '26
Gabriella Rodriguez '27
English Department LITS research librarian: Mary Stettner (mstettne@mtholyoke.edu)
English Department Faculty Office Hours
Fall 2025
Professor Email Office Hours
Arnav Adhikari arnavadhikari W 2:30–4:00 p.m. or by appointment
Nigel Alderman nalderma T 2:00–4:00 p.m., W 9:00–10:00 a.m., or by appointment
Iyko Day iday On leave, 2025–2026
Lucas de Lima ldelima By appointment
Anna Maria Hong ahong On leave, 2025–2026
Andrea Lawlor alawlor By appointment
Caitlin Mahaffy cmahaffy W 3:15–5:15 p.m., F 2:00–3:00 p.m., or by appointment
Amy Martin amartin M 2:00–3:00 p.m. (Dwight), T 4:30–5:30 p.m. (Shattuck), or by appointment
Kristen Maye kmaye T 1:30–3:30 p.m. or by appointment
Alex Moskowitz amoskowitz T/Th 3:00–4:00 p.m. or by appointment
Mariah Rigg mrigg W 1:00–3:00 p.m. or by appointment
Suparna Roychoudhury sroychou By appointment through Office of the Provost/Dean of Faculty
Mark Shea markshea On leave, Fall 2025
Kate Singer ksinger W 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Th 1:30–2:30 p.m., or by appointment on Pathways
Elizabeth Young eyoung T/Th 3:00–4:00 p.m., W 1:00–3:00 p.m., or by appointment
Wesley Yu wyu Th 11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. or by appointment
English Department Course Schedule
Spring 2026
ENGL-199-01 Introduction to the Study of Literature Caitlin Mahaffy MW 10:00–11:15 a.m.
ENGL-199-02 Introduction to the Study of Literature Wesley Yu MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-199-03 Introduction to the Study of Literature Kate Singer TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-199-04 Introduction to the Study of Literature Nigel Alderman TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-201-01 Introduction to Creative Writing Mariah Rigg MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-201-02 Introduction to Creative Writing Andrea Lawlor TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-201-03 Introduction to Creative Writing Lucas de Lima Th 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-201-04 Introduction to Creative Writing Lucas de Lima W 7:15–10:05 p.m.
ENGL-205-01 Playwriting (FMT-240PW) Olivia Finch MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-214CT-01 The Canterbury Tales (HP) Wesley Yu MW 10:00–11:15 a.m.
ENGL-217GE-01 Understanding Accent (TM) Mark Shea TTh 10:30–11:45 a.m.
ENGL-217-HA-01 Hitchcock and After (TM; FMT-230HA) Elizabeth Young TTh 3:15–4:30 p.m.; M 7:15–10:05 p.m. (film)
ENGL-217WP-01 Contemporary Women Playwrights (FMT-230WP) Amy Rodgers MW 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
ENGL-219CW-01 Cosmic Writing (RP) Lucas de Lima W 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-219QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing (TM; GNDST-204QT) Andrea Lawlor TTh 10:30–11:45 a.m.
ENGL-240-01 Early American Narratives and Counternarratives (HP, RP) Alex Moskowitz MW 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
ENGL-257-01 Survey of African American Literature (RP, TM) Kristen Maye TTh 10:30–11:45 a.m.
ENGL-279-01 Sherlock Holmes and Interpretation (HP, TM) Nigel Alderman TTh 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-344-01 Revolution and Postcolonialism Arnav Adhikari Th 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-350AB-01 Abolition and Climate Change Alex Moskowitz MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-350AT-01 Race and the Aesthetics of Taste Kristen Maye T 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-361SW-01 Screenwriting (FMT-340SW) Dien Vo W 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-367CM-01 Cinematic Masculinities … (FMT-330CM) Amy Rodgers MW 3:15–4:30 p.m.; M 7:15–10:05 p.m. (film)
ENGL-382AN-01 American Animals Elizabeth Young TTh 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-382QM-01 The Queer Early Modern (GNDST-333QM) Caitlin Mahaffy MW 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
New major requirements, as of 4/1/2023
All MHC students from sophomore through seniors are eligible to complete their major using our previous set of requirements, or adopt these new requirements. First year students entering MHC in 2023 must use these new requirements.
As a current major, you need to choose whether to adopt these new requirements in November 2023, after advising in the fall.
If you have questions about this process, talk to your advisor during advising week.
Please note that requirements for a minor have not changed. The minor requirements are still a minimum of 16 credits:
-- Two courses in English at the 200 level (8 credits)
-- Two courses in English at the 300 level (8 credits)
Disciplinary Perspectives Requirements
In these courses, students will develop a familiarity with particular ways of engaging in the discipline.
● This provides a foundation for 300-level work (note: these 200-level courses are NOT new pre-requisites for 300-level enrollment).
● Individual courses may satisfy multiple disciplinary perspectives, but students must take unique courses to fulfill each requirement.
Literary History and Period
Courses which satisfy this requirement focus on the emergence of a particular expressive form or question, or its transformation over time. The texts for the course may be from a single period in order to focus on the emergence of the form or question, or they may be from a range of periods in order to show transformation and perpetuation over time. In either case, a significant portion of the course will focus on a period prior to 1900.
Race, Power, and Difference
Courses that satisfy this requirement explore how race, power, and difference mediate identity and experience while shaping the emergence and development of expressive cultures, artistic movements, and genres. Students in these courses will consider their own positionality in relation to expressive texts and scholarly work on the course topic.
Theory and Methods
Courses which satisfy this requirement introduce analytical tools or theoretical frameworks which can deepen, expand, and shape the analysis and creation of expressive forms. Course assignments will ask students to apply these tools to expressive forms, and provide students with ways to identify and evaluate additional contexts for application.
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