该计划为英语文学和文化研究的所有主要领域提供了研究机会，尤其是在加勒比海文学研究，早期现代文学，女权主义和性别与性理论，跨国研究，爱尔兰文学研究和后殖民研究方面具有优势。我们鼓励学生酌情在现代语言文学与历史学系上课。在美国国家研究委员会（National Research Council）的最新英语博士学位课程排名（2010）中，我们的课程是美国在学生和教职员工多样性方面排名最高的两个课程之一，并且我们尤其鼓励高素质的少数民族和国际学生申请。我们所有的博士学位 研究生获得了全额资助，获得了学费减免和生活费
The program offers opportunities for research in all major areas of literatures and cultural studies in English, with particular strengths in Caribbean literary studies, early modern literature, feminisms and theories of gender and sexuality, transnational studies, Irish literary studies, and postcolonial studies. We encourage students to enroll in classes, where appropriate, in the departments of Modern Languages and Literatures and History. In the most recent rankings of English PhD programs by the National Research Council (2010), our program was one of the two top ranked programs in the United States for student and faculty diversity, and we especially encourage applications from highly qualified underrepresented groups and international students. All of our PhD graduate students are fully funded, receiving tuition remission and a cost-of-living stipend.<br><br>We offer seminars and workshops in all areas of professionalization, including publication, academic job preparation, and alternative academic (alt-ac) support. Within nine months after graduating, over 90% of our graduates have full-time employment--the majority of them securing term and tenure-track academic appointments.