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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences    > Department of English    > English, B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts in English encompasses a variety of academic and career goals (e.g., graduate school in English; secondary certification); therefore, students with specific objectives should choose a concentration and consult with the English advisor as soon as possible to ensure optimal selection of advanced English electives.

List of Concentrations

• Creative Writing
• Applied Linguistics

Concentration in Literature

Students majoring in English with a concentration in Literature must complete all university and college requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree   . Before enrolling in advanced courses in English, students must complete the six-hour University Core requirement in Communication    ( ENGL 1301    and ENGL 1302    or equivalents) and (or be currently enrolled in) MATH 1314    or MATH 1332   . Only six hours of 2000 level courses in English may be applied toward the major. In addition to the university and college requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, majors seeking a concentration in Literature will take thirty-six semester hours in English of which thirty advanced hours (3000- and 4000-level courses), are required for the major to include:

1. Three Hours in Literary Studies

It is strongly suggested that majors take this course within the first nine hours of advanced English.

• ENGL 3301 - Intro To Literary Studies Credit Hours: 3

2. Three Hours of Lower-Division English

• Any 2000-Level Course

3. Six Hours of British Literature

Of which three must be before 1798.

• ENGL 3302 - Medieval Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3304 - Chaucer Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3305 - English Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3306 - Shakespeare-Major Works Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3309 - Renaissance Drama Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3312 - Lit-Restoratn&18Th Cen Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3313 - Restor and 18Th Cen Dra Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3317 - The British Novel Before 1832 Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3327 - Masterpieces of British Literature to the Eighteenth Century Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4376 - Robin Hood in Culture Credit Hours: 3

And Three Hours in any 3000- or 4000-level British Literature from:

• ENGL 3315 - The Romantic Movement Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3316 - Lit of Victorian Age Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3318 - The British Novel Since 1832 Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3321 - Modern British Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3328 - Masterpieces of British Literature from the Eighteenth Century Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3370 - Modern Irish Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 3371 - Contemporary Irish Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• As well as any of the British Literature before 1798 courses.

4. Six Hours in American Literature

Of which three must before 1900.

• ENGL 3348 - Thoreau Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3349 - Native American Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3350 - American Literature to 1865 Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3352 - 19th Century American Fiction Credit Hours: 3

And Three Hours in any 3000- or 4000-level American Literature from:

• ENGL 3351 - Am Lit Since 1865 Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3353 - Modern American Fiction Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3354 - Contemp Amer Fiction Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3360 - Survey of African-American Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3361 - Mexican American Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3363 - African-American Fiction Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3364 - African-Am Poetry and Drama Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3366 - Jewish-American Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3368 - Topics in Asian American Literary Studies Credit Hours: 3
• As well as any of the American Literature before 1900 courses.

5. Three Hours in Global Literature Selected from Among the Following Courses:

• ENGL 3322 - Contemporary Novel Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3345 - Nobel Prize Winners in Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3358 - Hong Kong Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3365 - Postcolonial Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3369 - Caribbean Literatures Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3379 - African Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3380 - Modern Indian Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4394 - Topics in the Historical Novel Credit Hours: 3

6. Three Hours Theory, Methods, and Cultural Production

• ENGL 3323 - Developmnt of Literary Criticism and Theory Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3324 - The Development of the Novel Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3325 - Structures of Poetry Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3340 - Advanced Composition Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3341 - Bus & Prof Writing Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3343 - Advanced Composition: Style Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4300 - Intro-Study of Language Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4303 - Teaching English as a Second Language Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4304 - Varieties of English Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4310 - His of English Language Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4311 - Language Socialization Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4315 - Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4322 - Grammar & Usage Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4340 - Feminist Criticism and Theory Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4341 - Queer Theory Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4342 - Gender and Writing Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4366 - Intro To Folklore Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4367 - Documenting Community Culture Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4371 - Literature and Medicine Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4372 - Literature and the Environment Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4373 - Film, Text, and Politics Credit Hours: 3

7. Three Hours of Senior Experience

(To be taken within the final three semesters at the senior rank). The following courses allow for the meeting of this 3-hour research-intensive seminar requirement:

• ENGL 4319 - English in the Secondary Schools Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4390 - Professional Internship Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4391 - Senior Seminar: Advanced Community Engagement Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4392 - Practicum: Teaching English as an Additional Language Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4396 - Senior Experience Seminar Topics Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4398 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0 (See note below.)
• 3 hours advanced community engagement or service-learning course
• 3 hours advanced Study Abroad course

8. Nine Hours of Electives in English

• No more than three credits can be in lower-division courses (2000-level)
• No more than six credits may come from the following Creative Writing courses:
• ENGL 3330 - Beginning Creative Writing: Fiction Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3331 - Beginning Creative Writing: Poetry Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 3332 - Beginning Creative Writing: Nonfiction Credit Hours: 3.0

ENGL 3399    cannot count toward this requirement.

Total Hours: 36.0

Students in the Literature Concentration may be permitted to write a senior honors thesis. In order to pursue a senior honors thesis, a student must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the major in addition to the thesis requirements set by the Honors College. In the spring of a student’s junior year, she/he must identify a thesis advisor and submit a “Senior Honors Thesis Verification of Eligibility Form” to the English Director of Upper Division Studies. During a student’s senior year, she/he will enroll in ENGL 3399    and ENGL 4399   . Both courses must be completed in order for credit to be earned. The thesis committee ultimately determines appropriate and sufficient length and quality.

Students must complete at least 15 hours in all courses in the major in residence at the University of Houston. 12 hours of the advanced courses in the English major must be in residence at the University of Houston. Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of advanced courses in the English major.

Concentration in Creative Writing

Students majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing must complete all university and college requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree. Students seeking to concentrate in Creative Writing must apply for admission into the Concentration. Application to the Concentration in Creative Writing requires the submission of a portfolio. Blind review of portfolios occurs once each semester. Students who are not admitted into the Concentration may reapply the following semester. Before enrolling in advanced courses in English, students must complete the six-hour university Core requirement in Communication ( ENGL 1301    and ENGL 1302    or equivalents) and (or be concurrently enrolled in) MATH 1314    or MATH 1332   . Only six hours of 2000 level courses in English may be applied toward the major. After completing those six hours, students should complete ENGL 3331   , then advance to either ENGL 3330    or ENGL 3332    to complete the required 3000-level Creative Writing courses. 4000-level creative writing courses are open only to students who have been admitted to the Concentration in Creative Writing. In addition to the university and college requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, majors seeking a concentration in creative writing will take forty-two hours in English of which 36 advanced hours (3000- and 4000-level courses) are to be completed for the major to include:

1. Three hours of Lower-Division English

• Any 2000-level course

2. Six Hours in British Literature

3. six hours in american literature, of which three must before 1900, and three hours in any 3000- or 4000-level american literature from:, 4. three hours in global literature selected from among the following courses:, 5. three hours in literature since 1950 selected from among the following courses:.

• ENGL 3367 - Gay and Lesbian Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4364 - Minorities in Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4375 - Literature & Popular Culture Credit Hours: 3

6. Three Hours in Lower-Division or Advanced English

• 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-level courses excluding creative writing courses.

Note: ENGL 3399    cannot count toward this requirement.

7. Eighteen Hours in Creative Writing Courses, to Include:

A. three hours in:, b. three hours in:.

• ENGL 3330 - Beginning Creative Writing: Fiction Credit Hours: 3 OR

c. Six Hours Selected from Among the Following Courses:

• ENGL 4385 - Fiction Forms Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4383 - Poetic Forms Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4357 - Nonfiction Forms Credit Hours: 3.0

d. Three Additional Hours of Advanced Creative Writing Elective from:

• ENGL 4352 - Nonfiction Writing Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4382 - Poetry Writing Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4386 - Short Story Writing Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4395 - Advanced Topics in Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3

e. Three Hours Selected from Among the Following Courses:

• ENGL 4387 - Senior Writing Projects in Creative Writing: Fiction Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4384 - Senior Writing Projects in Creative Writing: Poetry Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4358 - Senior Writing Projects in Creative Writing: Nonfiction Credit Hours: 3.0

(Senior Experience course to be completed within the final three semesters at the senior rank. Prerequisites for these courses will be the forms courses, ENGL 4385    or ENGL 4383    or ENGL 4357   .)

Total Hours: 42.0

In order to graduate with a major in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing, the student must have a minimum overall average of B (3.00) in creative writing courses.

Students in the Creative Writing Concentration may be permitted to write a senior honors thesis. Students who affiliate with the Honors College and complete a senior honors thesis receive the honors designation with Honors College and complete a senior honors thesis receive the honors designation with Honors in English in addition to their Honors College designation ( University Honors, Collegiate Honors, or Membership in the Honors College ). In order to pursue a senior honors thesis in creative writing, the student must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in in the major in addition to the thesis requirements set by the Honors College. He or she must submit a preliminary manuscript of 10 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose to a creative writing faculty member for review. If the manuscript is accepted, that faculty member will serve as the student’s thesis advisor, and the student will register for ENGL 3399    and ENGL 4399   . Both courses must be completed in order for credit to be earned. The student must complete, with a grade of B+ or better, the creative writing thesis, a manuscript of approximately 40 pages of poetry or 80 pages of prose. The thesis committee ultimately determines appropriate and sufficient length and quality.

Students must complete at least 15 hours in all courses in the major in residence at the University of Houston. 12 hours of the advanced courses in the English major must be in residence at the University of Houston. Students must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours of advanced courses in the English major.

Concentration in Applied Linguistics

Students majoring in English with a concentration in Applied Linguistics must complete all university and college requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree   . Before enrolling in advanced courses in English, students must complete the six-hour University Core requirement in Communication    ( ENGL 1301    and ENGL 1302    or equivalents) and (or be currently enrolled in) MATH 1314    or MATH 1332   . Only six hours of 2000 level courses in English may be applied toward the major. In addition to the university and college requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, majors seeking a concentration in Applied Linguistics will take thirty-three semester hours in English of which twenty-seven advanced (3000- and 4000-level courses) are required for the major, to include:

1. Six Hours of Lower-Division English (2000-level)

Lower-division courses (2000-level) related to the study of language in other departments, including the study of foreign languages, may be used if approved by the department.

2. Three Hours in Global Literature Selected from Among the Following Courses:

Three hours in Global Literature:

3. Three Hours in Study of Language

4. three hours in sociolinguistics, 5. nine hours (3000-or 4000-level) in applied linguistics selected from among the following courses:, 6. three hours in theory, methods, and cultural production, 7. three hours (3000-or 4000-level) in approved elective with linguistics content:.

Any 3000-4000 linguistics course. Courses from other departments with linguistics content may be used if approved by department.

• AAS 3340 - African Amer Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3
• ASLI 4368 - Comparative study of ASL and English Linguistics Credit Hours: 3.0
• PHIL 3332 - Philosophy of Language Credit Hours: 3.0
• PHIL 3395 - Selected Topics in Phil Credit Hours: 3
• Philosophy of Cognitive Science
• PSYC 3350 - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 4397 - Selected Topics in Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• The Bilingual Brain
• SPAN 3305 - Spanish Grammar Review Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 3306 - Introduction to the Study of the Spanish Language Credit Hours: 3.0
• SPAN 4357 - Spanish Phonetics Credit Hours: 3.0
• SPAN 4365 - Spanish-English Contrastive Structures Credit Hours: 3.0
• SPAN 4366 - History of the Spanish Language Credit Hours: 3.0
• SPAN 4367 - U.S. Hispanics and Language Credit Hours: 3.0
• SPAN 4374 - Teaching Spanish to Heritage Learners Credit Hours: 3.0

8. Three Hours of Senior Experience

(To be taken within the final three semesters at the senior rank). The following courses allow for the meeting of this 3 hour research-intensive seminar requirement:

• ENGL 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0 (See below note.)
• 3 hours advanced community engagement or service learning course

Total Hours: 33.0

Students in the Applied Linguistics Concentration may be permitted to satisfy the “Senior Experience” requirement by writing a senior honors thesis. Choosing this option will bring the total concentration to 36 total credit hours. In order to pursue a senior honors thesis, a student must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the major in addition to the thesis requirements set by the Honors College. In the spring of a student’s junior year, she/he must identify a thesis advisor and submit a “Senior Honors Thesis Verification of Eligibility Form” to the English Director of Upper Division Studies. During a student’s senior year, she/he will enroll in ENGL 3399    and ENGL 4399   . Both courses must be completed in order for credit to be earned. The thesis committee ultimately determines appropriate and sufficient length and quality.

• Certain course offerings in other departments may be petitioned to replace similar categories/courses above: SPAN 3306 (for Category 2), SEDE 4314 (for ENGL 4303), Category 6 can be chosen from: AAS 3340, COMD 2338, COMD 2339, CUIN 4303; various courses in MCL and Spanish: SPAN 3305, SPAN 4355, SPAN 4356, SPAN 4357, SPAN 4365, SPAN 4367, and courses on the following list: http://www.uh.edu/class/linguistics/courses/ ; courses outside of CLASS may also be considered.
• Students must complete at least 15 hours in all courses in the major in residence at the University of Houston. 12 hours of the advanced courses in the English major must be in residence at the University of Houston. Students must complete a minimum of 27 credit hours of advanced courses in the English major.

Inspiring Readers & Writers

Support for houston writers.

Inprint supports Houston's next generation of creative writers with fellowships and juried prizes totaling more than $230,000 per year.

Core to the organization’s mission, Inprint proudly supports Houston’s next generation of creative writers. Through fellowships and juried prizes for graduate students at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program and an annual prize for an undergraduate student at Rice University, Inprint is able to enhance the writing lives of the nation’s top emerging writers.

During the 2022 – 2023 academic year, Inprint awarded $239,000 in prizes and fellowships for students. Since 1983, Inprint’s support of emerging writers has totaled more than $4.5 million, serving 600+ students from all walks of life. Recipients of these fellowships and prizes play an integral role in shaping the international literary landscape, and have gone on to publish books, win literary awards, teach at universities, and enrich the cultural life of their communities. To see a list of new releases by University of Houston Creative Writing students, alumni, and faculty, click here.

We offer our deepest thanks to the donors and underwriters of these fellowships and prizes, after whom these awards are named.

2023-20234   |  2022-2023   |  2021 – 2022   |  2020-2021   |  2019-2020   |  2018-2019   |    2017-2018 2016-2017   |  2015-2016   |  2014-2015   |  2013-2014   |  2012-2013   |   2011 – 2012

2024 Inprint Prize Winners

Nick Almeida, Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Nonfiction Nick Almeida’s stories and essays have appeared in  Kenyon Review ,  Pleiades ,  Southeast Review,  and elsewhere. Almeida, a PhD candidate at the University of Houston, holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers, where he edited  Bat City Review.  His chapbook,  Masterplans , was selected by Steve Almond as grand prize winner of the inaugural Masters Review Chapbook Open in fiction, and is available now.

2023-2024 Inprint Fellows

INPRINT BROWN FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS Anna Story

INPRINT C. GLENN CAMBOR FELLOWSHIPS John Ahern Brady Louisa Peter Connelly Miles Farrell Julia Guez Abigail Mengesha

INPRINT JESSE H. AND MARY GIBBS JONES FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS Nicholas Templeton

INPRINT ISABEL M. ELKINS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP Jacob Weil

INPRINT FONDREN FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP Catherine Niu

INPRINT MD ANDERSON FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP Alexander Wolff

INPRINT NINA AND MICHAEL ZILKHA FELLOWSHIP Elbert Williams

INPRINT INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS Maha Abdelwahab John Ahern Miles Farrell Abigail Mengesha

INPRINT GBC INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS Salomé Benalcázar Weijia Pan Aishwarya Sahi

INPRINT UH CWP FELLOW Fall 2023 – Iris Cronin Spring 2024 – Will Lowder

2023 Inprint Prize Winners

Weijia Pan, Inprint Paul Verlaine Prize in Poetry Weijia Pan is a poet and translator from Shanghai, China. A winner of the 2023 Inprint Verlaine Prize in Poetry, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UCLA and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Houston. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming from AGNI , The Georgia Review , Copper Nickel , Tupelo Quarterly , and elsewhere. Weijia also translates contemporary Chinese poetry and is editing an anthology of poems about COVID-19.

2022-2023 Inprint Fellows

INPRINT BROWN FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS Jacob Harris, MFA, Poetry Will Lowder, MFA, Fiction Stacy Nigliazzo, MFA, Poetry Matthew Weitman, PhD, Poetry

INPRINT C. GLENN CAMBOR FELLOWSHIPS Charlotte Bellomy, MFA, Fiction Brittany Bronson, PhD, Fiction Kimberly Cervantes, MFA, Poetry Ariel Katz, PhD, Fiction Reese Lopez, MFA, Fiction Kelen Nee, PhD, Poetry Adrian Pachuca, MFA, Poetry Elizabeth “Biz” Rasich, MFA, Fiction Anthony-Paul Sutton, PhD, Poetry Marshall Woodward, MFA, Poetry

INPRINT JESSE H. AND MARY GIBBS JONES FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS Anna Barr, MFA, Fiction Katerina Ivanov, PhD, Fiction Catherine Lu, MFA, Poetry Aishwarya Sahi, MFA, Poetry

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INPRINT NINA AND MICHAEL ZILKHA FELLOWSHIP Bevin O’Connor, PhD, Poetry

INPRINT INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS Maha Abdelwahab Rohan Chhetri, Inprint GBC International Student Fellowship Olufeyikewa (Fey) Kamba Madeleine Maillet, Inprint GBC International Student Fellowship Elías David Navarro, Inprint GBC International Student Fellowship Weijia Pan Aishwarya Sahi

INPRINT UH CWP FELLOW Iris Cronin, MFA, Fiction

2022 Inprint Prize Winners

2021-2022 Inprint Fellows

INPRINT BROWN FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS Madeleine Gaudin Vanessa Golenia

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Inprint 2021 Prize Winners

INPRINT JOAN AND STANFORD ALEXANDER PRIZE IN FICTION Blaine Prescott

INPRINT MARION BARTHELME PRIZE IN CREATIVE WRITING AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Brendan Stephens

INPRINT MARION BARTHELME PRIZE IN CREATIVE WRITING AT RICE UNIVERSITY Jenny Li-Wang

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INPRINT PAUL VERLAINE PRIZE IN POETRY Paige Quiñones

INPRINT MARION BARTHELME GULF COAST PRIZE Nick Rattner

2020-2021 Inprint Fellows

INPRINT BROWN FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP Stephanie Pushaw , PhD Candidate, Fiction

INPRINT C. GLENN CAMBOR FELLOWSHIPS Nicholas Almeida, PhD Candidate, Fiction Pritha Bhattarcharyya , PhD Candidate, Fiction Ryan Bollenbach, PhD Candidate, Poetry Addie Eliades, MFA Candidate, Poetry Tayyba Kanwal, MFA Candidate, Fiction Hannah Kelly, MFA Candidate, Fiction Erin McCoy , PhD Candidate, Poetry Olufeyikewa (Fey) Kamba, MFA Candidate, Poetry

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Inprint 2020 Prize Winners

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INPRINT MARION BARTHELME PRIZE IN CREATIVE WRITING AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Theodora Ziolkowski

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INPRINT DONALD BARTHELME PRIZE IN NONFICTION Sonia Hamer

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INPRINT PAUL VERLAINE PRIZE IN POETRY Justin Jannise

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2019-2020 Inprint Fellows

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Inprint 2019 Prize Winners

INPRINT JOAN AND STANFORD ALEXANDER PRIZE IN FICTION Rachel Ballenger

INPRINT MARION BARTHELME PRIZE IN CREATIVE WRITING AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Alex McElroy

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INPRINT DONALD BARTHELME PRIZES IN FICTION Onyinye Ihezukwu Kaj Tanaka

INPRINT DONALD BARTHELME PRIZE IN NONFICTION Brendan Stephens

INPRINT DONALD BARTHELME PRIZES IN POETRY Erika Jo Brown Paige Quiñones

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6 Best colleges for Creative Writing in Houston, TX

Updated: February 29, 2024

• Art & Design
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Environmental Science
• Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
• Mathematics

Below is a list of best universities in Houston ranked based on their research performance in Creative Writing. A graph of 13.4K citations received by 967 academic papers made by 6 universities in Houston was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Houston

For Creative Writing

2. Rice University

3. Baylor College of Medicine

4. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

5. University of Houston - Clear Lake

6. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Universities for Creative Writing near Houston

Art & Design subfields in Houston

University of Houston Professor Dedicates Life to Preserving Latino Works

By JJ Adams

Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura, professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston and director of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, sits at her desk looking at archival material for Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage.

When it comes to Latino and Hispanic culture, Gabriela Baeza Ventura can find meaning in the seemingly mundane.

Baeza is professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston, but she also serves as director of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, which aims to preserve literary works from Latino authors that were published from colonial times up until 1980.

As well, she preserves artifacts such as patches and aprons in this role, and she said it’s objects like these that tell their own story of Latino history.

“We were entrusted with a Bible from State Representative Christina Morales. It was the Bible her grandmother kept at her bedside,” Baeza said. “In it, her grandmother put important documents and things from different events she attended, so we found invitations, photographs, death cards and newspaper clippings.”

In addition to recovering artifacts like this, Baeza publishes modern works from Latino authors in her role as deputy director of Arte Público Press, a UH-affiliated publisher of literary works by Latino and Hispanic authors.

And by this time next year, her role at Arte Público Press will change when she takes over as director from Dr. Nicolas Kanellos, who founded the organization in 1979. 

When she officially takes on the new role, her goal will be to continue the recovery work Kanellos started by implementing a digitization strategy that will bring recovered works – as well as 3D scans of the objects she’s taken in – to everyone’s fingertips.

“People often refer to Arte Público as Houston’s best-kept secret, and that’s really hurtful,” she said. “The last thing you want tied to a book is for it to be a secret. It needs to be read by as many people as possible so we can break down some stereotypes about who Latinos are and begin to see how complex our communities are.”

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Latino artifacts recovered by Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura and her team at Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage.

Patches recovered by Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura and her team at Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage.

“People often refer to Arte Público as Houston’s best-kept secret, and that’s really hurtful. The last thing you want tied to a book is for it to be a secret.” Gabriela Baeza-Ventura

What is Arte Público Press?

It’s the premier publishing house of Latinos.

It started out as a magazine called Revista Chicano-Requeña, and we aim to create a space where Latinos can publish their work in the U.S. We publish fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.

Latinos can publish in English, Spanish and Spanglish about their history, their culture, or anything they want to write about.

Why is it important to have English, Spanish and Spanglish?

We want to develop a sense of belonging. When Kanellos created the Revista Chicano-Requeña, it came at a time when there were very few spaces where Latino creative writers could have a place where they could publish and come together to meet each other.

The goal was to respect the skills and language that our communities show up with. If we are not outspoken about including Spanglish, our community will feel if their characters are not using fluent English or fluent Spanish, then they will not be published.

We want to make sure the books are as authentic as possible.

Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura is professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston and director of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage.

“For a long time, Latinos didn’t have a space in museums or special collections. We want to make sure there’s a place for them.” Gabriela Baeza-Ventura

A big part of Arte Público is preserving literature and other Latino artifacts. Can you talk about that process?

The recovery work we do isn’t just about recovering literature; it’s also about recovering artifacts from Latino communities around the United States.

Oftentimes, those artifacts come to us after we do presentations. People will say, “I heard you present, and I have these newspapers,” or books, or patches that are tied to stories we presented.

We want those artifacts. We’ll have them brought to Arte Público and digitize it. We’re in the process of working with the University of Houston so we can make 3D scans of artifacts, then we transfer them to special collections.

The importance of having those artifacts at Arte Público is it allows us to share them and make them available to the public. They’re not behind a closed door with locks and all that. When students and teachers – anyone who is interested in seeing them – want to see them, we can bring them out and let them see them under the watchful eye of the archivist.

For a long time, Latinos didn’t have a space in museums or special collections. We wantto make sure there’s a place for them.

What is the struggle of finding these artifacts?

The greatest struggle would be helping our community understand these items are valuable. We have many cases where some families have thrown stuff away because they didn’t think those items were of value. We’re constantly told Latinos are being erased from historical, literary and social records. We need people to feel like they belong.

That’s why developing this sense of belonging is so important to me. If we don’t remind people that their materials matter, then that’s when it makes it hard to find things and history gets erased.

If an elder has been holding onto something for a long time and leaves it to their children or their grandchildren, and they don’t have the space to hold it anymore – or they lost the connection or don’t understand the story … then the item loses its value.

That’s when we come in and explain why something is important.

Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura looks over a newspaper recovered by Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage.

Arte Público Press hosts an annual recovery conference, which invites archivists, librarians, linguists, historians and others to share the legacy they are preserving. The conference also features a theme that highlights Latino culture. 

The date and location for next year’s conference has not been decided; however, those interested in keeping track may sign up for Arte Público’s newsletter .

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