OVERVIEW
The English curriculum is designed to reinforce and develop a student’s ability to think, read, write, and speak. Students explore connections between literature and the human experience, learning to consider increasingly complex questions through the analysis of a great variety of texts that range from the canonical to the contemporary.
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english department highlights
The Art of Public Speaking
Learn more about how MSA students become confident and comfortable orators.
All the World is a Stage
Find out how Shakespeare helps students understand politics, love, and the human condition.
Be a Writing Maverick
Take the fear and anxiety out of writing using MSA’s in-house manual and tutoring program.
meet the department
Jay Kauffmann
English Department Chair
✉︎ jkauffmann@millerschool.org
☏ 434-823-4805, ext. 209
Peter Hufnagel
Dean, Director of Innovation & Marketing
✉︎ phufnagel@millerschool.org
☏ 434-823-4805, ext. 299
Devin Barczewski
English 11 & AP Language & Composition
✉︎ dbarczewski@millerschool.org
☏ 434-823-4805
Dana Ainsworth
English
✉︎ dainsworth@millerschool.org
☏ 434-823-4805, ext. 216