Reading is power, and each book I give away could change somebody’s life. I truly believe words are power. I have always loved words and books and, personally, I go home and feel like I am helping people.
Community Literacy Specialist
One of the biggest misconceptions is that many people automatically assume English majors are going to be teachers. While it is a common and noble path, and it is the one I ended up taking, teaching is not for everyone. If your passion lies elsewhere, that is okay. Somewhere out there is a job that fits you.
Dual Credit English Teacher
Personally, it is so rewarding to help our students. If I am able to help just one student on any given day, I go home feeling like I accomplished something important that day.
Library Director
Ever since my first experience of traveling abroad, I have always wanted a career that puts me in contact with people from a variety of backgrounds. This mindset led me to Peace Corps and ultimately to the position that I’m in now.
International Student Advisor
One of the biggest misconceptions I run into (seemingly constantly), is the assumption that in order to become a mental health professional one needs an undergraduate degree in the field of psychology or something comparable.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Sharing historical, one-of-a-kind materials with others is one of my greatest joys. To see the excitement in a student or researcher’s eyes when they find materials related to their research interests never gets old!
Assistant Professor and Curator of Material Culture
I’ve always wanted to write for a living, and now, I get exposure to a professional writing setting with a built-in career path. Instead of just being a writer, I can learn more about multiple aspects of communication and public affairs. I can learn about publication and project management. The possibilities are vast now.
Communications Specialist
The feelings when Finding Jackie: A Life Reinvented—which is my first book and came out of my doctoral work at King’s—was published in early 2023 aren’t possible to explain, but I can say truthfully that being in the English department at Mississippi State was a significant part of the long journey towards that moment.
Lecturer, First Year Writing Program
Writers have power over people even if they don't want it. It is a lot of responsibility to make sure you do publish honest and interesting news and information.
Office Manager and Writer
The skill I gained as an English major that I have used most consistently is critical thinking. As an English major, I was trained to read carefully and to formulate my own ideas and responses both in writing and orally in class. Through class discussion and writing papers, I learned not just how to remember what I had read but to build upon it in a meaningful way, and it is this ability that I credit most when I have had opportunities for promotion and career advancement.
Proposal Writer/Production Specialist
I currently write fiction full-time, so my workday consists of writing, reading, and editing. House Gone Quiet, my debut short story collection, will publish in October 2023 and I am currently at work on a novel.
Author
"I am currently a Content Production Manager at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, where I manage the production of scholarly articles for its 5 journals. My work begins when articles are accepted for publication, when the copyediting and proofreading processes start. I work with a vendor that provides composition services and I conduct quality control of their work. One of my favorite aspects of the job, however, is working with the authors."
Content Production Manager
