Noun
the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature
Source: WordNetThe reform of a college English department cuts no ice down at the corner garage. Camille Paglia
It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! Thom Gunn
According to Sritama Chatterjee — a graduate student in the English department and an organizer of Pittsburgh Against Fascism in India — about 200 people attended the event, which was split into three one-hour sessions. Source: Internet
“Eavan ran the creative writing program for decades, and she built it into probably the greatest creative writing program in the world,” said English Department Chair Blakey Vermeule. Source: Internet
Ken Salzer, a lecturer in the English department, has been teaching Sexuality and Representation, a class where students explore representation of LGBTQ+ people in media, for eight years. Source: Internet