News Listing
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April 21, 2025Friday April 11 marked the final event in the 6 for 60 celebration, a series of six events held to commemorate the 60th anni…
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March 25, 2025Happy Spring Break! We hope that our students and faculty are enjoying the warm weather we've been seeing this week! While o…
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December 06, 2024Join the SFSU MA TESOL Program for 6 for 60 Celebrating MA TESOL: Composition for Multilingual Students (CMS)! We want to br…
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November 06, 2024On this surreal Wednesday morning, I'm trying to get myself to a place of reflective calm — and I'm not succeeding. As Engl…
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October 14, 2024The Colombian Association of Teachers of English, which joined forces with LAALTA, Latin American Language Testing Associati…
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August 01, 2024The newest issue of Sutro Review is Live! The theme of this year's issue is "The Interruption Issue: Stories of Disruption a…
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August 01, 2024We're proud to see our Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 students off at this year's graduation ceremony! Every student committed to t…
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August 01, 2024Every year, our Department releases a newsletter that highlights the achievements our faculty, staff and students in and out…
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July 24, 2024Hello and happy summer break to everyone reading! Hope you've enjoyed all the sun we've been getting this past month! Today,…
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February 09, 2024Welcome to the new semester! As we head into Spring, we wanted to highlight the accomplishments of the students who made the…
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November 16, 2023Each semester, the Amy Love Memorial Scholarship provides an award up to $500 in memory of Amy Love, longtime educator and s…
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September 06, 2023Several of our English faculty contributed to the recently published book Good Writing in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. We…
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September 05, 2023The Spring 2023 LCA Dean's List has been published and we are thrilled to see so many English students featured! Congratulat…
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June 09, 2023The annual English Department Newsletter is now available to view! Celebrating the accomplishments of Faculty, Staff and Stu…
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June 07, 2023The Writing Program and English Department are delighted to announce the seventh annual volume of Sutro Review: SF State Jou…
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May 01, 2023Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Robert Kohls discussed the benefits of ChatGPT. Read the entire story…
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April 17, 2023Alumna Alana May Johnson was interviewed about starting a book club during the pandemic. View the story.
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March 02, 2023The College of Liberal & Creative Arts at San Francisco State University presents a panel discussion on ChatGPT, the new…
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February 22, 2023Alumna Sparky Harlan was interviewed about retiring as the CEO of the Bill Wilson Center. Read the article.
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February 22, 2023Professor Emeritus of English Michael Krasny was interviewed about his new podcast “Grey Matter with Michael Krasny.” Read t…
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February 16, 2023Congratulations to our 2022-2023 English Department Scholarship Awardees!
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February 15, 2023Hello English Majors! Our friends in the Career Leadership and Development Office have several opportunities this semester t…
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February 14, 2023In 1966, SF State English professors led a public event on campus to read from a banned book of erotic poetry. Read the arti…
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February 07, 2023After retiring from KQED and SF State, Professor Emeritus Michael Krasny is launching a book club and podcast. Read the arti…
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January 25, 2023The final projects of English 640 students are now live online. The full list can be found here, with a summary of the Uncon…
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January 24, 2023Recently, the topic of ChatGPT and the role it will play in the future of writing has been on the minds of many faculty in o…
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January 19, 2023Each semester, the University recognizes the undergraduate students who achieved a high scholastic achievement. The English…
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January 12, 2023Lecturer of English Language and Literature Brian Strang wrote an op-ed about his experience with the artificial intelligenc…
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December 09, 2022Poet, teacher and alumna Allie Rigby interviewed about teaching American literature in Romania Read the article…
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October 22, 2022Professor Emeritus of English Michael Krasny was mentioned in an article about the closing of New Lehrhaus, a Bay Area Jewis…
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October 19, 2022Professor Emeritus of English Michael Krasny was interviewed about his next chapter, a podcast called Grey Matter. Read the…
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September 21, 2022Alumnus Todd Forrest published his debut novel, “Into the Realm.” Read the full article.
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August 26, 2022Do all Californians sound like valley girls and surfer bros? Linguistics assistant professor Teresa Pratt says there’s a ker…
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July 19, 2022Are you looking for an Linguistics course in the Fall Semester? Our Linguistics Programs is offering three exciting courses…
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June 29, 2022We're happy to announce that the food pantry is open for students to access at the ARC. Students can stop by Monday-Friday,…
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June 10, 2022Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature Teresa Christine Pratt was interviewed about whether or not Californi…
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May 05, 2022Here to defend you and to celebrate graduation is SF State's very own Spiderman! Commencement is on the rise, and our hero E…
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October 26, 2021“We’re in a hyper-accelerated period of word creation. Even our spelling is changing,” Associate Professor of Linguistics Je…
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October 25, 2021Jimi Hendrix single-handedly transformed the sound of the electric guitar with his virtuoso playing inspired by rock, blues,…
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October 21, 2021Sarita Cannon focuses on Jimi Hendrix, Radmilla Cody, other notable biracial Black Native Americans. Activist Bvshpo Lawa…
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September 17, 2021In blog post for The Rambling, English faculty member explores how Black Lives Matter movement, calls to remove Confederate…
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September 05, 2021Balkan Investigative Reporting Network cites assistant professor of English’s research, which found that women “erase” thems…
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April 29, 2021Professor of English, Dr, Julie Paulson, works to extend SF State’s social justice mission to students with intellectual dis…
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June 05, 2020Dear Students, You have heard from many entities across campus expressing outrage about the brutal murder of George Floyd at…