Explore the history of the English Department by clicking the following links.
Highlights:
2003 - Dr. John North receives the Distinguished Teacher Award.
2005 - Language and Professional Writing program renamed Rhetoric and Communication Design.
2006 - First offering of the Literature and Rhetoric program and Dr. Veronica Austen receives the Certificate in University Teaching award.
2009 - A new Master's program in Experimental Digital Media (XDM) and two specializations for the undergraduate program are developed.
2000
- Number of faculty: 30
- Number of faculty on main campus: 22
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's University: 6
- Number of faculty at Renison University College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel University College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 6
- Number of professors emeritus: 1 (holds adjunct appointment)
- Number of distinguished professors emeriti: 3 (2 hold adjunct appointments)
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 112
- Number of graduates: 140
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 121
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 14
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 5
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2001
- Number of graduates: 135
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 120
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 14
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 1
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2002
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Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Rob McLennan, Marty Chan, David Macfarlane, Helen Tsiriotakis
- Number of graduates: 140
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 120
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 73
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 47
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 19
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 8
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 11
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 1
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2003
- Dr. John North receives the Distinguished Teacher Award
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Gail Bowen, Joan Crate, Stan Dragland, Welwyn Wilton Katz, Marianne Brandis, Russell Smith, Hal Niedzviecki, Elizabeth Hay
- Number of graduates: 164
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 146
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 103
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 43
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 13
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 7
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 6
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 5
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2004
- Number of faculty: 30
- Number of faculty on main campus: 21
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's University: 7
- Number of faculty at Renison University College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel University College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 9
- Number of retired lecturers: 1
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 6
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's University: 2
- Number of professors emeritus: 4 (hold adjunct appointments)
- Number of distinguished professors emeriti: 2 (1 holds adjunct appointment)
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 131
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2005
- Chair of the Department: K.W. McGuirk
- Language and Professional Writing program renamed Rhetoric and Communication Design
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Lewis DeSoto, Goran Simic, Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
- Number of faculty: 32
- Number of faculty on main campus: 22
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's University: 8
- Number of faculty at Renison University College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel University College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 5
- Number of retired lecturers: 1
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 3
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's University: 1
- Number of professors emeritus: 2 (hold adjunct appointments)
- Number of distinguished professors emeriti: 2 (1 holds adjunct appointment)
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 140
- Number of graduates: 161
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 137
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 21
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 3
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2006
- First offering of the Literature and Rhetoric program
- Dr. Veronica Austen receives the Certificate in University Teaching award
- Professor John North wins the 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing.
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: George Elliott Clarke, Michael Winter, Michael Helm, Margaret Sweatman, Jean McKay
- Number of graduates: 175
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 150
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 23
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 2
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2007
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: David Gilmour, Lorna Crozier, John Terpstra, Sonnett L’abbe, Trevor Cole, Robert Moore, Sharon Thesen
- Number of graduates: 186
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 169
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 120
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 49
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 15
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 5
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Communication Design: 10
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 2
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2008
- Professor Andrew McMurry is an invited speaker at an international conference on "Poetic Ecologies" to be held at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Professor Aimée Morrison taught the "Multimedia: Design for Visual, Auditory, and Interactive Electronic Environments" course at the Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria
- Professor Acheson created a website for improving research skills for English majors (http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rses/RSEShome.html)
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Tamas Dobozy, Alayna Munce, Michael Crummey, Katia Grubisic, Nathaniel G. Moore, Emma Donoghue
- Number of graduates: 119
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 106
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 84
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 22
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 11
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 2
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Communication Design: 9
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 2
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2009
- Chair of the Department: F. Easton
- A new Master's program in Experimental Digital Media (XDM) is developed
- Two specializations for the undergraduate program are developed
- Digital Media
- English Literature in a Global Context
- The Department’s Advisory Council is formed
- Professor Marcel O'Gorman interviewed by The Record on Dairy Diary
- Professor Aimée Morrison interviewed by the Guelph Mercury on Twitter and new media
- First year PhD Student Lamees Al Ethari wins Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award
- Professor Marcel O'Gorman interviewed by CTV on technology and children's health
- Professor Ken Hirschkop awarded SSHRC Grant
- Professor Marcel O’Gorman awarded CFI Grant
- Professor Randy Harris interviewed on CBC Radio's The Current - Lies, Rhetoric and Truthiness
- Speakers who visited the Department: Rei Terada, Michael Schoenfeldt, Paul Stevens, Lynne Magnusson, Sarah Beckwith, Ray Siemens (See the Department’s “In The News” archive for more information http://english.uwaterloo.ca/archives.html)
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Lawrence Hill, David McFadden, K.V. Johansen, Camilla Gibb, Helen Humphreys, Jeffery Donaldson, Gerry Shiktani, Shani Mootoo
- Number of faculty members: 27
- Number of sessional faculty members: 17
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 148
- Number of graduates: 119
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 106
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 84
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 22
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 11
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 2
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Communication Design: 9
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 2
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