MA in English - Race and Ethnicity Studies in University Park United States | Pennsylvania State University

For over forty years, the English Department faculty at Penn State have championed critical race studies in both theory and application. Our professors have pioneered efforts to question established norms and systemic perspectives in literary and cultural studies. We foster academic progress through multiple avenues: developing groundbreaking teaching materials like the Heath Anthology of American Literature in the 1990s; launching acclaimed publications including Verge: Studies in Global Asias and Studies in American Jewish Literature; and creating forward-thinking research centers and programs that support diverse scholarship and underrepresented students. These initiatives include the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS), the Center for Black Digital Research (#DigBlk), the Global Asias Initiative (GAI), and the Cooper-Du Bois Mentoring Program.