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English Department
Mission Statement
Fall 2008 Classes
English Major Requirements
English Secondary Education Requirements
Fall 2007 New English Secondary Education Major Requirements
English Minors (Requirements)
   Creative Writing Minor
   Literature Minor
   Professional Writing Minor
General Ed English Classes
The Creative Writing Program
English Graduate Program
Faculty
Who's My Advisor?
THOMAS PALAKEEL

THOMAS PALAKEEL

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Dr. Thomas Palakeel joined the English Department in 1993 after receiving his Ph. D. in British Literature at the University of North Dakota. A native of India, Dr. Palakeel studied British and American Literatures at the University of Kerala, creative writing at Eastern Washington University. Here at Bradley, he teaches courses in creative writing, advanced expository writing, Literatures of Asia as well as courses in British Literature up to 1800.
Dr. Palakeel is a bilingual writer in English and Malayalam. His work has appeared in Manoa, Journal of Modern Literature, Asiaweek, Short Story International, North Dakota Quarterly, Yatra, and the Christian Science Monitor. His current research interests include postcolonial literatures and theory, regional literatures in the era of global popular culture, Malayalam language and Kerala history,  autobiographical writings, and the future of narrative in the age of cyberspace. Dr. Palakeel is the coordinator of Ballowe Personal Essay Competition, and he regularly serves as a judge in the various contests sponsored by the department. His website
The Department is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Kevin Stein to the position of Illinois Poet Laureate.
English majors are encouraged to take the American or English Studies Abroad Program for one or two semesters.
Broadside, the Student Liteary Arts Journal
Honor Society
Creative Writing Contests
   James Ballowe Prize
   Academy of American Poets Prize
   Chester Sipple Poetry Award
Writing Center

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