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Welcome to the Department of English at Dartmouth College.

We take pride in the excellence of our classroom teaching, our commitment to improving student writing and thinking, and our readiness to work one-on-one with English majors in planning their course of study and in undertaking special research projects.

  • About Us - Getting Started, Student Information, Events, Prizes, Contact Us
  • The English Major - Advisors, Requirements, Details, Honors
  • Programs - Foreign Study Program, Creative Writing
  • Descriptions - Course listings, special topics and seminars
  • Faculty - Overview, New Faculty, Alphabetical List
  • Related Sites - Writing Support Services, First-Year Writing

Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor in Biography 
Chair, Department of English  

Patricia McKee
Edward Hyde Cox Professor in the Humanities
Acting Chair 2009--2010 

Melissa Zeiger
Associate Professor of English
Vice-Chair, Department of English

Ernest Hebert
Professor of English
Director of Creative Writing 

Darsie Riccio
Department Administrator
(603) 646-3993

Marcia Welsh
Administrative Assistant
(603) 646-2316 

Last Updated: 10/12/09