Program Overview
The English Creative Writing PhD program at UNT prepares students for careers in creative writing, education, and academics. Students work closely with renowned faculty who guide them in conducting original research or composing literature while benefiting from the program's emphasis on diversity and its recognition for supporting minority doctoral candidates.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The English Creative Writing Ph.D. program at the University of North Texas is designed for students who aspire to build a professional career as creative writers, educators, or academics. The program aims to provide a broad, solid foundation in the academic profession while preparing students to conduct original, in-depth research or compose original works of literature. The program emphasizes the guidance of nationally recognized faculty with a strong record of publication in prestigious journals like PMLA, Philological Quarterly, The Paris Review, and Granta. The program fosters graduate student success and helps them achieve their educational and career goals.
Teaching:
The program features a nationally and internationally recognized faculty whose books have been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Harper Collins; and Oxford University Press, among others. Their work also appears in publications such as The Paris Review, The Yale Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, The New York Times, Image, Ploughshares, Denver Quarterly, TriQuarterly, The Threepenny Review, Best American Poetry, and Best American Spiritual Writing. Students work closely with award-winning faculty members whose works have been published in flagship journals in their fields and subfields (PMLA, College English, and Speculum), while also leading literary journals, including The Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and Best American Spiritual Writing.
Other:
The UNT English Department ranked No. 10 out of all R1 institutions in doctoral degrees earned by minority students and No. 19 in the number of Latinx Ph.D. graduates in a 2020 report by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. UNT is among a select group of universities — and the only in the North Texas region — offering a creative writing concentration at the doctoral level.
