Michelle LaFrance (Ph.D., University of Washington, 2009) is a feminist critical ethnographer, who teaches courses on community writing, feminist methodologies, writing studies, and critical pedagogy. Michelle has published on institutional ethnography, the materialities of academic labor, e-portfoli...
Mason’s English degree is not a conventional one. As an English major, you can study the poetry of Milton and learn to write digital poetry. You can specialize in Renaissance literature or modern world literature. You can take courses on the folklore of Mexico or the films of Bollywood. You can learn...
The Writing and Rhetoric concentration is designed for students who want to write publishable nonfiction books and articles, study writing and technology, or who are interested in professional writing or editing and publishing. Students may choose from several courses that provide instruction and gui...
The Folklore and Mythology concentration offers students the opportunity to study oral literature and traditional artifacts in their historical, cultural and performance contexts. Study in folklore addresses secular tales, songs, proverbs, jokes and material culture items as they are performed within...
The Screen Cultures concentration provides formal, historical and theoretical frameworks for the understanding and appreciation of visual cultures. The introductory course to film studies focuses on formal characteristics and vocabulary of film, with attention to its historical and ideological dimens...
The Literature concentration provides a rigorous course of study in literatures and cultures from the medieval period through the present day. Students may organize their concentration around a specific genre, historical period, theme, or national literature.