English Program
!["[The wonderful people in Billings] turn out for events and support writers with their enthusiasm and appreciation. This is a great place to be a writer." Danell Jones. Tami Haaland (far right) and fellow writers Cara Chamberlain, Danell Jones and Virginia Tranel maintain a writer's group.](https://www.msubillings.edu/class/_ldp/.private_ldp/a2728/production/master/5717b735-89a2-4ab1-8d11-7abfcf79c6fb.jpg)
Welcome to the English Program
The mission of the undergraduate English Program is to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of the development and aesthetic achievement of literatures in English, including the cultural, linguistic, and historical influences on English, American and world literatures.
Our program has two primary areas of study -- Literature and Creative Writing -- and offers two majors: the B.A. in English and the B.A. in English with the Teaching Licensure Option. We also offer the English Minor, which provides students in other majors the opportunity to pair their primary area of study with the skills in reading, writing, interpretation, and critical analysis that the English Department develops in undergraduates.
Our faculty is dedicated to the teacher-scholar model of higher education, and our faculty members are engaged in research and writing projects that support and extend the work of the classroom.
For more detail, please see the individual plans of study listed to the right, and contact our Department Chair with any questions.
Faculty in English
Jay Gentry
Lecturer in English
Tami Haaland
Professor of English
Dr. Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey
Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Bernard Quetchenbach
Professor of English
Dr. Deborah Schaffer
Professor of English
Dr. Rachel Schaffer
Professor of English