Contact English

English Main Office

Email: eng@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-3521
Location: Fariborz Maseeh Hall, Room 310

For general department inquiries, email eng@pdx.edu.

For undergraduate advising questions, email eng-advising@pdx.edu (for English majors and all minors, including English, Writing, and Film Studies) or cw-advising@pdx.edu (for Creative Writing majors).

For questions about graduate programs, email grdstudy@pdx.edu.

Office Hours

Monday – Friday: 9am to 5pm

If you're unable to contact the English Department and need immediate assistance, Zoom into the CLAS Dean's Office Virtual Front Desk Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Mailing Address

Department of English
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751

Street Address

1855 SW Broadway, Room 310
Portland, OR 97201

Adjunct Office

Phone: 503-725-3559

Graduate Assistant (GA) Office

Phone: 503-725-3583

Department Chair

Elisabeth Ceppi
eceppi@pdx.edu
503-725-3521
FMH 310D

Associate Department Chair

Josh Epstein
jepstein@pdx.edu
503-725-3521
FMH M315

Staff

Multi-Unit Manager (Departments of English, Mathematics and Statistics, World Languages and Literatures)
Darrow Omar
komar@pdx.edu
503-725-3521

Academic and Program Coordinator
Chloe Bobar
cbobar@pdx.edu
503-725-3623

Program Directors

MA in English
Anoop Mirpuri
eng-director@pdx.edu
503-725-3560
FMH M313

Creative Writing
Gabriel Urza
cw-director@pdx.edu
503-725-3557
FMH M407

Book Publishing
Rachel Noorda
pub-director@pdx.edu
503-725-9662
FMH 402D

Professional and Technical Writing
Sarah Read
tech-director@pdx.edu
503-725-9802
FMH M409

Composition
Kate Comer
comp-director@pdx.edu
503-725-3568
FMH 310K

Comics Studies
Susan Kirtley
skirtley@pdx.edu
503-725-2248
FMH M307

Faculty

See our directory.