What We Do

The Department of English contributes to the total education of cadets by accomplishing four objectives:

- Teaching  cadets to organize their ideas effectively and to express them clearly.

- Providing cadets rewarding ways of reading literature and nurturing their imaginations.

- Making cadets sensitive to the value of leading an examined life by developing in them an understanding of basic philosophical concepts, especially the language, arguments, and methods of moral discourse .

- Bringing cadets to an appreciation of the diverse cultures that constitute America and the world by studying texts that define those cultures.

Where We Are

Telephone

845-938-3967
 

FAX 

845-938-2562
 

DSN

          688-XXXX  
 

Postal address

Department of English

          United States Military Academy

Room 323

          West Point, New York 10996

General

The faculty consists of both active duty officers and civilian professors.  Active duty officers come from all branches, and the Department seeks variety in both branches and commissioning sources.  Officers selected attend graduate school for two years to obtain the MA degree and subsequently teach for three years at the Academy.

To be eligible to compete for a position on the faculty, officers must have completed the career course and company-level command.  Their records must be such that their branches are willing to nominate them for the USMA faculty.  To evaluate applicants, the Department must have recent GRE scores and a copy of an officer’s undergraduate transcript.  Careful consideration of potential military faculty starts about two years before the beginning of Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS). Officers interested in competing for a teaching assignment in the Department of English should complete the initial Interest Application directly from:

https://ams-ext.usma.edu/apps/dean/inbound/interest/interest.cfm 

For further information, contact Ms. Kris Fox at 845-938-3967 or email kristina.fox@usma.edu