In ASU’s English literature program, students examine texts from the classics to contemporary, from speculative to satirical, from popular to poetic. The program offers myriad ways to approach literatures and the cultures that produce and circulate them, with specialties in borderland studies, environmental humanities, health humanities, Indigeneity, medieval and Renaissance studies (especially explorations of race in the Early Modern period), translation, and more.
The Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | TESOL program area at Arizona State University advances the study and practice of language, language learning, and language teaching as forces for inclusion, connection, and social transformation. We prepare students to thrive as teachers, researchers, and professionals who work with language in a variety of ways, engaging locally in Arizona and around the world to promote educational and social well-being.
The Department of English’s Film and Media Event series brings artists, industry executives, and scholars to ASU for presentations or short residencies throughout the academic year.
For more information about FMS events, please contact Jessica Lee, Program Manager.
Coming Up
ASU Film and Media Studies Career Panel (Mar. 27, 2026)
ASU’s program in film and media studies provides a comprehensive look at film, television, and digital media, including screenwriting, videogames, and social media. Offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees, the program provides students with skills that can be applied to careers within and outside of the film and media industries.
Upcoming
2023-24 Fletcher Lecture: John Plotz
Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities, Brandeis University
'We Have Always Been Posthuman: Speculative Satire before Science Fiction'
ASU Creative Writing has been an ascendant, exciting, evolving program since its inception in 1985.
Ours has been a faculty that has received national and international attention, generating Guggenheim fellowships, NEA fellowships, several Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. Our students, too, have gone on to win multiple prizes, Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships, publish books, and secure university teaching positions.
Día De Los Niños, Día De Los Libros
►Día De Los Niños, Día De Los Libros 2026 will take place in person on the ASU Tempe campus on Tuesday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Arizona time. It will be recorded for later viewing by our friends around the world! For information about how to attend, contact James Blasingame.
2026 guests:
When you enroll in the Department of English’s English education program, you are joining a dynamic program with students and faculty who shape the teaching of English language arts in metro Phoenix and beyond. Our programs prepare students at each level with engaging and transformational pedagogies and theories.
The Simon Ortiz RED INK Indigenous Speaker Series
Sponsored by the Labriola Center
ASU sponsors
- ASU Library
- Department of English
- Humanities division, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Labriola National American Indian Data Center
- RED INK Indigenous Initiative
- Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
External sponsors