Undergraduate Advising
English majors and minors are not assigned individual advisors. Instead, the faculty members serving each year on the department’s Committee for Undergraduate Education (CUE) are designated as undergraduate departmental advisors. Upon declaring a Major or Minor in English, students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) or one of the designated advisors with any questions about the program and its requirements.
Moreover, students are encouraged to regard the entire faculty as available for academic advising. At this site’s faculty pages, students will find a list of faculty detailing their various areas of interest, and they should feel free to consult any faculty member whose interests accord with their own.
Professor Sharon Marcus, Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Professor James Adams
Professor Denise Cruz
Professor Edward Mendelson
Professor Molly Murray
Professor Ethan Plaue
Professor Aaron Ritzenberg
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor Sharon Marcus
- Office Hours
- Wednesdays 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Fridays 3:00pm – 5:00pm
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 604 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor James Adams
- Office Hours
- By appointment.
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 404 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor Denise Cruz
- Office Hours
- TBA
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 606A Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor Edward Mendelson
- Office Hours
- Tuesdays 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Thursdays 1:00pm – 2:00pm
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 614 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor Molly Murray
- Office Hours
- TBA
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 406 Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor Ethan Plaue
- Office Hours
- Mondays & Tuesdays 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 602A Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor Aaron Ritzenberg
- Office Hours
- TBA
- E-mail address
- [email protected]
- Office location
- 310D Philosophy Hall
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Office Hours
- E-mail address
- Office location
Students should make use of the English Major/Concentration Worksheet to keep track of the courses they have taken and the requirements the courses fulfill. (For students who declared the major in 2024 or prior, please use this version of the worksheet instead.)
Early in the semester in which a student is planning to graduate, the completed worksheet should be submitted to [email protected].
The English and Comparative Literature Department is committed to helping majors and concentrators plan for their future careers, using the skills developed in their coursework. In addition to regularly emailing students with opportunities for internships and scholarships, the CUE will offer advice for seniors eager to pursue graduate study in English, or curious about other professional avenues.
The department also works closely with the Center for Career Education (CCE) to provide counseling for English majors as they pursue careers after graduation. Resources available at the CCE include the following:
- Individual career counseling, workshops, speaker events, and online resources to help with career planning and internship/job applications, interviewing, networking, negotiations, and graduate school preparation
- Industry-specific resources covering career paths, employers, professional associations, internship/job sites, and research opportunities
- LionSHARE internship/jobs database, which allows students to set up a job agent for daily notifications of internship and full-time opportunities
- CCE Internship Programs
- Career Events– including Fall, Spring and Start-up Career Fairs, Industry Showcases, employer site visits, and the Professionals in Residence program
- Alumni Connections – including alumni dinner and discussion series, Columbia Career Connections on LinkedIn and networking events
For more information about career services and events, please contact CCE at 212.854.5609 or [email protected]