UC Merced English

We have our next Pizza with Professors coming up next month in March. Come join us for some pizza, relax, and get to talk with English professors!

Several UC Merced Lit in English students, graduates, and faculty gathered at Applegate park today to see ‘ wonderful production of “Much Ado About Nothing” and attend Merced’s Juneteenth celebration!

We are proud of English major alumna Sofia Andom, class of 2022 ( ), for finishing her masters degree in education, and Cat Flores, also class of 2022 ( ) for passing her qualifying exams on her way to earn a PhD in English at UC Davis! Go Bobcats!

Check out these awesome summer English classes!

Make your calendars for this talk on November 18th with environmental activist and author of Boys and Oil, Taylor Brorby.

This talk about fracking, book censorship, and q***r issues will cover a lot of ground and will galvanize you to be involved, or to write your story, or both!

As you prepare to register for courses in Fall 2024, check out our recommended list.☝️🤓

This Earth Day we are collaborating with Shakespeare in Yosemite to bring you this event with Royal Shakespeare Company director Elizabeth Freestone and eco-designer Adam Washiyama Shulman. They will discuss how to use the arts to imagine better environmental futures. Lunch will be provided!! We hope to see you this Earth Day!! 🌎

Sponsored by

Taking summer classes? How about taking an English class over the summer. Do any on these classes peek your interest? 🫣If so consider enrolling in one over the summer.

Congratulations to the English majors and English major alums who were casted in the play! 🥳🥳🧚‍♀️April 25th, UC Merced.
✨April 26-28th Curry Village Amphitheater, Yosemite National Park.

Happy belated National Ranger Day to UC Merced English graduate Xochitl Garibay Interiano, who is a park ranger at Golden Gate National Park in San Francisco.

She writes: “Back in April, I officially hit my 3 year mark as a park ranger. The day seemed to pass unceremoniously as I have always felt that I am not doing this job to be recognized, I do it because I care so deeply about the mission I am serving. Seeing the impacts of climate change on a smaller scale and how it has affected my sites on further my drive to help with interpretation and education of our precious natural spaces. I have immersed myself in trying to foster cultural connections so that under-served communities who feel out of place in these spaces can find solace and peace.”

Congratulations, Xochitl, and we love seeing how you are using your English degree to tell important stories about the planet and the communities you serve.