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 413-538-2146.
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, 2026–2027
Thandiwe-Wanjiru Delgado-Kinyatti '27
Isabel Dunn '27
Juno Forgues-Gilbert '28
Mia Frias '27
Elyse Haslam '29
Rachel Meister '28
Eva Mike '28
Tam Nguyen '28
Honora Quinn '27
Gabriella Rodriguez '27
English Department LITS research librarian: Mary Stettner (mstettne@mtholyoke.edu)
English Department Faculty Office Hours
Fall 2026
Professor Email Office Hours
Gbolahan Adeola gadeola TBD
Arnav Adhikari arnavadhikari TBD
Nigel Alderman nalderma TBD
Iyko Day iday TBD
Michele Hardesty mhardesty TBD
Anna Maria Hong ahong On leave, Fall 2026
Andrea Lawlor alawlor TBD
Caitlin Mahaffy cmahaffy TBD
Amy Martin amartin On leave, 2026–2027
Kristen Maye kmaye TBD
Alex Moskowitz amoskowitz On leave, 2026–2027
Mariah Rigg mrigg TBD
Suparna Roychoudhury sroychou TBD
Mark Shea markshea TBD
Kate Singer ksinger TBD
Elizabeth Young eyoung On leave, 2026–2027
Wesley Yu wyu TBD
English Department Course Schedule
Fall 2026
ENGL-199-01 Introduction to the Study of Literature Caitlin Mahaffy MW 10:30–11:45 a.m.
ENGL-199-02 Introduction to the Study of Literature Arnav Adhikari MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-199-04 Introduction to the Study of Literature Michele Hardesty TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-201-01 Introduction to Creative Writing Andrea Lawlor MW 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-201-02 Introduction to Creative Writing Mariah Rigg MW 10:30–11:45 a.m.
ENGL-201-03 Introduction to Creative Writing Gbolahan Adeola TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-201-04 Introduction to Creative Writing Gbolahan Adeola TTh 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-205-01 Playwriting (FMT-240PW) Olivia Finch MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-205-01 Playwriting (FMT-240PW) Olivia Finch TTh 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-211-01 Shakespeare (HP; FMT-230SK) Caitlin Mahaffy MW 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-211-02 Shakespeare (HP; FMT-230SK) Caitlin Mahaffy MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-213-01 The Literature of the Later Middle Ages (HP) Wesley Yu MW 12:00–1:15 p.m.
ENGL-217TJ-01 Translation Theory & Practice in Jewish Lit (TM; JWST-219) Madeleine Cohen MW 3:15–4:30 p.m.
ENGL-219FR-01 Form as Experiment: Poetry, Prose, Hybrid * Andrea Lawlor MW 12:00–1:15 p.m.
ENGL-219RY-01 Writing the Short Story * Mariah Rigg W 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-240-01 Early American Narratives & Counternarratives (HP, RP) Michele Hardesty TTh 3:15–4:30 p.m.
ENGL-244-01 Reading the Global Anglophone (HP, RP) Arnav Adhikari MW 10:30–11:45 a.m.
ENGL-255-01 Writing the Black Self (RP, TM) Kristen Maye TTh 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-258-01 Biblical Literatures (HP; RELIG-231) * Wesley Yu MW 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-274-01 Introduction to Asian American Literature (RP) Iyko Day TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-278-01 The Sister Arts: Painting, Poetry, … (HP, TM) * Nigel Alderman TTh 9:00–10:15 a.m.
ENGL-321WD-01 William Wordsworth & George Eliot Nigel Alderman TTh 1:45–3:00 p.m.
ENGL-338-01 Aesthetics of Racial Capitalism Iyko Day T 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-361SW-01 Screenwriting (FMT-340SW) Elliot Montague W 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-382AF-01 Afropolitan Fictions * Gbolahan Adeola M 1:30–4:20 p.m.
ENGL-382FW-01 Writing & AI Technology (FMT-330FW) * Kate Singer & Amy Rodgers W 1:30–4:20 p.m.
Notes
* New course
Creative Writing classes are italicized.
A minimum of 36 credits:
Requirement Credits
ENGL-199: Introduction to the Study of Literature 4
Three approved disciplinary perspectives courses in English at the 200 level: 12
• One Literary History and Period course 4
• One Race, Power, and Difference course 4
• One Theory and Methods course 4
Three English courses at the 300 level 12
Two additional English courses at the 200 or 300 level 8
Total 36
Note: At least two 300-level courses must be taken at Mount Holyoke. Independent studies (ENGL-295 and ENGL-395) and First-Year Seminars do not count toward the major.
Disciplinary Perspectives Requirements
In these courses, students will develop a familiarity with particular ways of engaging in the discipline.
Literary History and Period (HP)
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 (RP)
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 (TM)
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.
A minimum of 16 credits:
Requirement Credits
Two English courses at the 200 level 8
Two English courses at the 300 level 8
Total 16
Note: At least one course at each level must be taken at Mount Holyoke. Independent studies (ENGL-295 and ENGL-395) and First-Year Seminars do not count toward the major.