My Princeton pathway through the Department of English Literature started in the HUM Sequence. I had always delighted in devouring books, and as a freshman in HUM 216-219 I began to close read and connected with my first English faculty mentor, Professor Nigel Smith. Since then, my close conversations with texts and professors alike have set…
Like many students I came to Princeton thinking I was going to major in something STEM-related. But after taking Maria DiBattista's course on European Modernism and Eduardo Cadava's seminar on Photography and Literature, I knew I could find a home in the English Department.
My intellectual passions lean towards literature, history, and…
Being an English concentrator helped broaden my literary horizons and hone my reading and writing abilities. More than offering valuable professional skills, English is the one place that allowed me to explore all my many interests in a coherent and challenging program of study. In addition to my concentration in English, I will soon be…
I have always loved reading. Ever since I was a little girl I have devoured any reading material set in front of me, from historical fiction to the front page of the newspaper. Being an English major has of course allowed me to continue to explore my love of literature and language, carrying me to new worlds. Sometimes this has taken me in…
I am a rising senior in the English Department pursuing certificates in Theater, African Studies, and African American Studies. As an English Major, I have had the privilege to interact closely with faculty who encourage students to use English as a tool to explore and unify their other interests. Many of the English classes I have taken,…
I entered Princeton, no doubt like many students interested in the humanities, torn between history and literature. Though I managed to study both in the Humanities Sequence during the fall of my freshman year, I noticed in the spring that courses in history—the department in which I first considered concentrating—weren’t as literary as I’d…