Hi, folks—
We wanted to announce that our graduate programs are accepting applications for the Fall 2023 cycle. Please help us spread the word!
We have an on-campus MA in English Studies program with the ability to build your own pathway focusing on technical and professional communication, rhetoric, and/or writing studies. We also offer a fully online MA in Technical and Professional Communication. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Assistantship funding is available. Admissions for the MA programs are on a rolling basis so please apply at any time!
The PhD in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication program offers the opportunity to combine theory and practice in the study of rhetoric, writing, and professional communication. Focusing on public and community rhetoric across genres and media, we provide future scholar-teachers with diverse, well-supported research and pedagogical experiences and foster professional development within intellectual and professional communities. The priority deadline for application is January 15. (We strongly encourage meeting this deadline if applying for assistantship support.) The application remains open until May 15.
- All PhD and MA applicants to all programs are encouraged to apply for a Graduate Assistantship.
- For PhD students, the graduate assistantship pays an annual salary of 24,000 annually at 20 hours per week or $30,000 annually at 25 hours per week (when funds allow) in exchange for teaching a 2/2 load (two courses each semester) and/or additional research assistantship duties (including the University Writing Center, work on national journals in the field house at ECU, Writing Foundations, and other opportunities) and includes tuition remission and insurance. (Please contact us for more information on graduate assistantships for MA students).
- Internship and professionalization workshops and opportunities to prepare students for both academic and industry careers.
- Structured and varied teaching experience and training including the opportunity to teach advanced undergraduate courses.
Recent PhD graduates have secured tenure track positions at Syracuse University, University of Minnesota, University of Maryland, Bowie State University, Missouri University of Science & Technology, University of Rhode Island, and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
East Carolina University is a DRU (doctoral research university) of more than 28,000 students, located in Greenville, North Carolina. We’re located in North Carolina’s “Inner Banks” region between the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Research Triangle and the Outer Banks and Atlantic Coast. Greenville is a thriving small city of about 100,000 with a growing regional healthcare presence and pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies. Greenville has an active and growing greenway system and parks and outdoor recreation scene with four seasons and a mild winter.
Please contact us with questions and inquiries about any aspect of our programs, faculty, or ECU.
- Erin Clark Frost, PhD Program Coordinator, Associate Professor, Technical and Professional Communication (froste)
- Matt Cox, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Technical and Professional Communication (coxmat)
- Timothy Putnam, Administrative Assistant to Graduate Studies in English (englishgrad)