Preparation and Placement
To prepare our graduate students for diverse career opportunities, the English department and Job Placement and Professionalization Officer (JPPO) provide many resources. Throughout the year, we offer workshops and advice on professionalization, succeeding in graduate school, publishing articles, preparation of fellowship applications, and preparation of job dossier materials for diverse academic and non-academic career. Students also take advantage of opportunities at the Hall Center for the Humanities Applied Humanities Boot Camp and Applied Humanities Summer Fellows to acquire skills in the public humanities sector to prepare for positions in archives, museums, libraries, non-profit humanities programming, podcasting, and more.
Recent alumni have launched careers in research universities, teaching universities, small liberal arts colleges, university writing and area studies centers, non-profit organizations, museums, private high schools, editing and publishing, and the research offices of the Kansas Legislature. Please contact the JPPO to be added to the job search Canvas website and get involved in preparation and professionalization activities.
Staff
2023
Gibette Encarnacion, Assistant Professor of English in Latino, Latina, Latinx Literature, Idaho State University
L Favicchia (Creative Writing), Policy Coordinator for the KU Office of Graduate Studies
Brynn Fitzsimmons (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor of English, in Composition, Rhetoric, and English Studies, University of Alabama
Sandra Jacobo (Literature), Pre-doctoral fellow, Middle Tennessee State University
Past Years
Jason Baltazar (Creative Writing), Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, James Madison University
Arnab Chakraborty (Literature), Lecturer of English, Birmingham-Southern College
Charlesia McKinney (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor in the English Department and Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Christopher Peace (Rhet/Comp), Brittain Fellowship in the Writing and Communication Center, Georgia Tech
Kyle Teller (Creative Writing), Learning Experience Designer Children’s Alliance of Kansas in Topeka
Alex Burdge (Literature), Rhetoric Teacher, Academy of Classical Christian Studies, Oklahoma City
Dana Comi (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor, Auburn University-Montgomery
Chris Hall (Literature), Assistant Professor, University of the Ozarks
Emma Kostopolus (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor, Valdosta State University
Aaron Long (Literature), Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute
Simone Savannah (Creative Writing), Postdoc Fellow, University of Cincinnati
Jessica Weatherford (Literature), Visiting Clinical Instructor, Purdue University
Wen Xin (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse University
Jacob Herrmann (Literature), Assistant Director, Center for Academic and Professional Communication, Rice University
Casey Keel (Rhet/Comp), Writer and Editor, US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, KCMO
Alisa Russell (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Leighann Thone (Rhet/Comp), Research Analyst for the Kansas Legislative Research Department
Rachel Linnea Brown (Literature), Assistant Professor, Marian University
Daryl Lynn Dance (Rhet/Comp), Asst Professor, Hampton University
Adam Mills (Creative Writing), Visiting Assistant Professor, Brevard College
Kate Nygren (Literature), Assistant Director for Academic Programs, KU Office of First-Year Experience
Sarah Polo (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor, Cottey College
Candice Wuehle (Creative Writing), Lecturer of English, Western Colorado University
Alyse Bensel (Creative Writing, Poetry), Asst Professor, Brevard College
Renee Harris (Literature), Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark St. College
Kate Nygren (Literature), Assistant Director for Academic Programs, KU Office of First-Year Experience
Brittney Tyler-Millholland (Rhet/Comp), Graduate Academic Advisor, COGA, KU
Shane Wood (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi
Kris Coffey (Creative Writing), Assistant Professor, Evergreen State College
Will Cunningham (Literature), grantwriter & research analyst, Defy Ventures
Hui Meng (Literature), Assistant Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies Univ.
Angela Murphy (Rhet/Comp), manager of Engagement & Global Education, People to People International
Julie Perino (Rhet/Comp), Assistant Professor, North Carolina Wesleyan
Matthew Smalley (Literature), Assistant Professor, Fort Hays State