Our department has perennially possessed a unique atmosphere that students and visitors can sense. We value close reading and big ideas, the minute particulars of the text and the deep, complex connection between literature and the worlds of contemplation and action, in history and now. Our dedication to traditional canonical literature, from medieval to contemporary, also involves enthusiastically exploring its relation to the innovative and the experimental. We participate in the University of Waterloo's English’s distinctive combination of literary and rhetorical studies, and we contribute to communications studies for students in other disciplines.
In our classes we foster inspiring discussion and individualized learning, and we welcome conversation beyond the classroom. We pride ourselves on being approachable and present to our students. To study English at St. Jerome's University is to exercise scholarly rigour and creativity; to develop practical skills in writing and critical thinking while cultivating intellectual adventurousness; to encounter beauty; and to glimpse truth.
English undergraduate studies
St. Jerome's University's Department of English features excellent teaching in a range of undergraduate English courses in literature, rhetoric, and writing. Our academically registered students are co-registered in the Faculty of Arts and obtain their degree from the University of Waterloo.
The courses offered by the St. Jerome's University English department are listed below.
For information on academic plans please visit English Language and Literature on the Programs and Plans section of the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar.
Find out more about our award-winning professors:
- Tristanne Connolly received the Distinguished Teacher Award in 2010.
- Norm Klassen received the Feds Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2018.
- Chad Wriglesworth received the Arts Award - Excellence in Teaching in 2024, and the Feds Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2018 and 2014.
English graduate studies
St. Jerome’s English faculty participate in graduate teaching, supervision, and examination as part of UW English’s graduate program. For areas of graduate supervision please see our faculty's profile pages.
Instructors
Carol Acton, Professor
Veronica Austen, Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Tristanne Connolly, Associate Professor
Andrew Deman, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Jesse Hutchison, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream (Definite Term)
Norm Klassen, Professor
Alysia Kolentsis, Associate Professor
Diana Lobb, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream (Definite Term)
Mark Spielmacher, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Sylvia Terzian, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Chad Wriglesworth, Associate Professor
Contract academic staff
Courses
The following courses are offered at St. Jerome's University in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall 2024
| Course | Course title | Campus | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL 100B | Poetry | STJ | Williams |
| ENGL 101A | Introduction to Literary Studies | STJ | Deman |
| ENGL 108E/GSJ 108 | Gender and Representation | STJ | Acton |
| ENGL 108X | Literature and Medicine | STJ | Acton |
| ENGL 200A | English Literatures 1 | STJ | Klassen |
| ENGL 200B | English Literatures 2 | STJ | Connolly |
| ENGL 208A | Forms of Fantasy | STJ | Spielmacher |
| ENGL 210H | Arts Writing | STJ | Challen |
| ENGL 210I/LS 291 | Legal Writing | STJ | Devitt |
| ENGL 210I/LS 291 | Legal Writing | STJ | Devitt |
| ENGL 251 | Literary Theory and Criticism | STJ | Wriglesworth |
| ENGL 309A | Rhetoric, Classical to Enlightenment | STJ | Klassen |
| ENGL 325 | Austen | STJ | Connolly |
| ENGL 335 | Creative Writing 1 | STJ | Dehghani |
| ENGL 347 | American Literature Since 1945 | STJ | Wriglesworth |
| ENGL 348 | American Poetry Since 1850 | STJ | Wriglesworth |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Deman |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Lobb |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Lobb |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Spielmacher |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Spielmacher |
| ENGL 460B | Literature of the Modernist Period in the UK and Ireland | STJ | Acton |
Winter 2025
| Course | Course title | Campus | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL 100A | Fiction | STJ | Hutchison |
| ENGL 108A | The Superhero | STJ | Hutchison |
| ENGL 213/LS 292 | Literature and the Law | STJ | Devitt |
| ENGL 242 | Literature, Rhetoric, and the Visual Arts | STJ | Austen |
| ENGL 251 | Literary Theory and Criticism | STJ | Williams |
| ENGL 306A | Introduction to Linguistics | STJ | Afros |
| ENGL 310A | Middle English Literature | STJ | Klassen |
| ENGL 324 | Modern and Contemporary American Drama | STJ | Wriglesworth |
| ENGL 335 | Creative Writing 1 | STJ | Tacon |
| ENGL 336 | Creative Writing 2 | STJ | Debling |
| ENGL 372/HHUM 372 | Women and Medicine in Literature | STJ | Acton |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communication in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Deman |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communication in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Lobb |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communication in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Lobb |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communication in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Spielmacher |
| ENGL 378 | Professional Communication in Statistics and Actuarial Science | STJ | Spielmacher |
| ENGL 432 | Topics in Creative Writing: Writers on Creative Writing | STJ | Wriglesworth |
| ENGL 486 | Topics in Literature and Rhetoric: War and Conflict in Literature | STJ | Acton |
View the complete listing of ENGL courses in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar