Literature, Writing & Publishing | St. Francis College
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Department
Literature, Writing & Publishing
9
Programs available
Literature, Writing & Publishing, B.A.
Literature, Writing & Publishing, Minor
Drama, Minor
Writing, Minor
Creative Writing (Fiction), MFA
Creative Writing (Poetry), MFA
Creative Writing (Graphic Writing), MFA
Creative Writing (Non-Fiction Writing), MFA
Creative Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting), MFA
Next deadline
Rolling admissions
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Embark on a literary journey—and land your dream career
Graduates of St. Francis’ Literature, Writing & Publishing program gain the tools to become active readers, responsive writers, critical thinkers, and literary professionals, all from one of the world’s greatest arts and publishing hubs, New York City. Here, you’ll build your writing repertoire and learn everything from classical texts to contemporary literature, gaining hands-on experience that takes you well beyond the classroom. Hand-selected notable faculty-practitioners and literary prizes bring top authors to campus every semester, including Junot Díaz, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Marlon James, and Maud Casey. Whether you want to become an author, editor, or educator, or more, you will be joining a community of breakthrough writers on the cutting edge of the publishing industry.
About the Department
Mission
The Literature, Writing and Publishing department recruits, supports, and retains faculty members who are active scholars and accomplished instructors to pursue a study and a discussion of humane ideas as they are found in the literature and culture of societies where English is the dominant or colonizing language. By association and membership in professional organizations, LWP faculty regularly participate in and contribute to the wider community of scholarship, research, and pedagogical theory in the disciplines of literature, writing, and cultural studies. We seek to serve the larger academic community and the local Brooklyn community through event programming and collaborative projects.
We provide our students with an education of the highest quality in American, British, and world literature and cultural studies. In writing, we integrate breadth with depth, recognizing tradition’s place in contemporary expression. We look to have our students become independent, self-motivated learners, confident in their research and synthesizing skills; we attract students from diverse geographical, professional, racial, and ethical backgrounds; and we encourage minority and foreign applicants as well as returning and adult learners.
To achieve these general goals, the Department of Literature, Writing and Publishing operates three groups of programs: The Writing Program, The General Education Program Courses and Electives in English Language and Literature, The Major and Minor Programs.
The Writing Program
Students will improve upon inadequate writing preparation and poor written expression by enrolling in courses designed to remediate writing problems while allowing students to demonstrate competence in written expression..
Students will develop skills, confidence and competence in written expression.
In their writing, students will develop sound organization of thought, clarity in the structure of sentences and paragraphs, forceful, energetic prose and critical thinking.
Students with second language and dialect interference problems will be able to move into the mainstream of standard written edited English.
The General Education Program Courses and Electives
Students will increase their understanding of traditional genres by study in courses in major authors and in special topics courses on contemporary authors and trends.
Students will refine their interpretive skills by being introduced to a variety of critical methods in courses on critical topics and the nature of literary analysis.
Students will be able to discuss literary and cultural theories, enriching their understanding of a work.
Students will be able to explain the richness and diversity of the social and ethical values in literature and their response to those values.
Students will be able to demonstrate sine if their sensitivity to language and to literary structure in their own writing through the cognitive and affective aims of the required writing component of each course.
The Major and Minor Programs
Students will be able to discuss and explain a variety of critical methods in courses on critical topics and the nature of literary analysis.
Students will strengthen their response to literature upon completion of courses that focus on British, American, and international literary and cultural motifs.
Through practice in careful, critical reading, students will develop a sense of literary and cultural theories, enriching their understanding of the texts they are examining.
Students will develop skills, confidence, and competence in written expression through the required writing component of each course, by courses offered in advanced writing and research, and through courses in creative writing.
Students will participate in internship opportunities and career counseling for both majors and minors to prepare them for graduate studies in English, as well as a wide range of careers.
Literature, Writing & Publishing Faculty
Assistant Professor
Jason Dubow
[email protected]
Chair of Literature, Writing, and Publishing
Theo Gangi
Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Writing & MFA Creative Nonfiction Coordinator
Caroline Hagood
[email protected]
Lecturer
Mitchell Levenberg
[email protected]
Office: 718.489.5274
Literature, Writing & Publishing Programs
Literature, Writing & Publishing, B.A.
Undergraduate Major
Literature, Writing & Publishing, Minor
Undergraduate Minor
Drama, Minor
Undergraduate Minor
Writing, Minor
Undergraduate Minor
Creative Writing (Fiction), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Poetry), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Graphic Writing), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Non-Fiction Writing), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting), MFA
Graduate
Student Stories
OUTCOMES DRIVEN EDUCATION
Our graduates come from all walks of life, with one thing in common: the desire and drive to serve their communities.
Christopher Garcia
The Bronx Defenders
Zoe Felix
BA Psychology, Comm. Arts Minor
Christina Perricone
BA Education, McGuire Scholar
Arielle Nicole Jurado
BA/MA Applied Behavioral Psychology
Xan Black
BA Communication Arts
“The class I took with Jason Dubow [Lecturer of English] was digital humanities. The role he played in coaching me was greater than that class.”
Read Christopher's Story
“Being so busy, it was really hard to keep my grades up. I was able to do it with help from the tutoring services.”
Read Zoe's Story
“I wanted to go somewhere where I had the opportunity to build relationships with my professors and just to be able to have that support system when you need one. And that was something that I got.”
Read Christina's Story
“She [ Dr. Biolsi ] had studied animal behavior and runs CSPEC [The Center for the Study of Pinniped Ecology and Cognition] which made her a dream come true as a mentor.”
Read Arielle's Story
“There is a small intimate [filmmaking] community here that drove me creatively [...] We are on the same playing field with our interest in film.”
Read Xan's Story
Literature, Writing & Publishing News and Events
Faculty
November 9, 2022
Memoir by SFC Professor Published
Faculty
May 10, 2022
SFC Professor’s Book on Veganism Set to Be Published
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Skip to main content
Department
Literature, Writing & Publishing
9
Programs available
Literature, Writing & Publishing, B.A.
Literature, Writing & Publishing, Minor
Drama, Minor
Writing, Minor
Creative Writing (Fiction), MFA
Creative Writing (Poetry), MFA
Creative Writing (Graphic Writing), MFA
Creative Writing (Non-Fiction Writing), MFA
Creative Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting), MFA
Next deadline
Rolling admissions
Request information
Apply Online
Embark on a literary journey—and land your dream career
Graduates of St. Francis’ Literature, Writing & Publishing program gain the tools to become active readers, responsive writers, critical thinkers, and literary professionals, all from one of the world’s greatest arts and publishing hubs, New York City. Here, you’ll build your writing repertoire and learn everything from classical texts to contemporary literature, gaining hands-on experience that takes you well beyond the classroom. Hand-selected notable faculty-practitioners and literary prizes bring top authors to campus every semester, including Junot Díaz, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Marlon James, and Maud Casey. Whether you want to become an author, editor, or educator, or more, you will be joining a community of breakthrough writers on the cutting edge of the publishing industry.
About the Department
Mission
The Literature, Writing and Publishing department recruits, supports, and retains faculty members who are active scholars and accomplished instructors to pursue a study and a discussion of humane ideas as they are found in the literature and culture of societies where English is the dominant or colonizing language. By association and membership in professional organizations, LWP faculty regularly participate in and contribute to the wider community of scholarship, research, and pedagogical theory in the disciplines of literature, writing, and cultural studies. We seek to serve the larger academic community and the local Brooklyn community through event programming and collaborative projects.
We provide our students with an education of the highest quality in American, British, and world literature and cultural studies. In writing, we integrate breadth with depth, recognizing tradition’s place in contemporary expression. We look to have our students become independent, self-motivated learners, confident in their research and synthesizing skills; we attract students from diverse geographical, professional, racial, and ethical backgrounds; and we encourage minority and foreign applicants as well as returning and adult learners.
To achieve these general goals, the Department of Literature, Writing and Publishing operates three groups of programs: The Writing Program, The General Education Program Courses and Electives in English Language and Literature, The Major and Minor Programs.
The Writing Program
Students will improve upon inadequate writing preparation and poor written expression by enrolling in courses designed to remediate writing problems while allowing students to demonstrate competence in written expression..
Students will develop skills, confidence and competence in written expression.
In their writing, students will develop sound organization of thought, clarity in the structure of sentences and paragraphs, forceful, energetic prose and critical thinking.
Students with second language and dialect interference problems will be able to move into the mainstream of standard written edited English.
The General Education Program Courses and Electives
Students will increase their understanding of traditional genres by study in courses in major authors and in special topics courses on contemporary authors and trends.
Students will refine their interpretive skills by being introduced to a variety of critical methods in courses on critical topics and the nature of literary analysis.
Students will be able to discuss literary and cultural theories, enriching their understanding of a work.
Students will be able to explain the richness and diversity of the social and ethical values in literature and their response to those values.
Students will be able to demonstrate sine if their sensitivity to language and to literary structure in their own writing through the cognitive and affective aims of the required writing component of each course.
The Major and Minor Programs
Students will be able to discuss and explain a variety of critical methods in courses on critical topics and the nature of literary analysis.
Students will strengthen their response to literature upon completion of courses that focus on British, American, and international literary and cultural motifs.
Through practice in careful, critical reading, students will develop a sense of literary and cultural theories, enriching their understanding of the texts they are examining.
Students will develop skills, confidence, and competence in written expression through the required writing component of each course, by courses offered in advanced writing and research, and through courses in creative writing.
Students will participate in internship opportunities and career counseling for both majors and minors to prepare them for graduate studies in English, as well as a wide range of careers.
Literature, Writing & Publishing Faculty
Assistant Professor
Jason Dubow
[email protected]
Chair of Literature, Writing, and Publishing
Theo Gangi
Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Writing & MFA Creative Nonfiction Coordinator
Caroline Hagood
[email protected]
Lecturer
Mitchell Levenberg
[email protected]
Office: 718.489.5274
Literature, Writing & Publishing Programs
Literature, Writing & Publishing, B.A.
Undergraduate Major
Literature, Writing & Publishing, Minor
Undergraduate Minor
Drama, Minor
Undergraduate Minor
Writing, Minor
Undergraduate Minor
Creative Writing (Fiction), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Poetry), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Graphic Writing), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Non-Fiction Writing), MFA
Graduate
Creative Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting), MFA
Graduate
Student Stories
OUTCOMES DRIVEN EDUCATION
Our graduates come from all walks of life, with one thing in common: the desire and drive to serve their communities.
Christopher Garcia
The Bronx Defenders
Zoe Felix
BA Psychology, Comm. Arts Minor
Christina Perricone
BA Education, McGuire Scholar
Arielle Nicole Jurado
BA/MA Applied Behavioral Psychology
Xan Black
BA Communication Arts
“The class I took with Jason Dubow [Lecturer of English] was digital humanities. The role he played in coaching me was greater than that class.”
Read Christopher's Story
“Being so busy, it was really hard to keep my grades up. I was able to do it with help from the tutoring services.”
Read Zoe's Story
“I wanted to go somewhere where I had the opportunity to build relationships with my professors and just to be able to have that support system when you need one. And that was something that I got.”
Read Christina's Story
“She [ Dr. Biolsi ] had studied animal behavior and runs CSPEC [The Center for the Study of Pinniped Ecology and Cognition] which made her a dream come true as a mentor.”
Read Arielle's Story
“There is a small intimate [filmmaking] community here that drove me creatively [...] We are on the same playing field with our interest in film.”
Read Xan's Story
Literature, Writing & Publishing News and Events
Faculty
November 9, 2022
Memoir by SFC Professor Published
Faculty
May 10, 2022
SFC Professor’s Book on Veganism Set to Be Published
Request More Information
We can help! Tell us who you are and what you need, and an admissions counselor will give you a call.
back to top
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