Application for the Ph.D. in English for Fall 2015
Instructions: Please complete the following information by clicking on and typing in the boxes provided. When you have completed this application, please send it, your personal statement, and your writing sample to the Director of Graduate Studies in English. Please attach these items to an email directed to . Applications and all supporting materials must be received by December15, 2014.
I. For which Ph.D. emphasis are you applying?
British and American LiteratureCreative Writing
American LiteratureFiction
Early British LiteraturePoetry
Later British LiteratureNonfiction
Nineteenth-Century Studies
Literature, Social Justice, and
Environment
Book History
Comparative Literature, Globalization, and Translation
Linguistics
Film and Media Studies
II. Basic Information (items 1-3)
1. Name
LastFirstMiddle
2. EmailTelephone
3. Address
Street and numberCityStateZipCitizenship
III. Academic Information (items 1-4)
1. Academic degrees received or expected
College/UniversityDates AttendedDegree TakenMajor/GPA
(1)
(2)
(3)
2. Honors, awards, or recognitions received.
3. Special skills or training (foreign language fluency, computer ability, etc.).
4. Recent or relevant employment (if any), including teaching experience.
EmployerLocationDatesNature of Work
(1)
(2)
(3)
IV. Application Information (items 1-5)
1. Do you wish to be considered for an assistantship?YesNo
* International students must send an audio recording of their spoken English. The
recording should be approximately 5 minuteslong and include bothreading and
conversational (spontaneous) speech.
2. Do you intend to enroll as a full-time student?YesNo
3. Have you taken the GRE general examination?YesNo
If no, please indicate anticipated exam date:
If yes, please report scores:VerbalQuantWriting
*The GRE General Examination is requested of all applicants for enrollment tracking and for purposes of scholarship/fellowship applications. Official scores must be sent to the Graduate School. The English subject test is not required.
4. Persons who will submit letters of recommendation (email addresses will suffice):
NameContact Information
(1)
(2)
(3).
I waive / do not waivemy right to view the recommendations submitted on my behalf, per the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
V. Additional Materials (items 1-4)
1. Statement of 700-1000 words. Indicate your academic interests, your career objectives, and how these interests and objectives suit you to graduate study at Texas Tech. You may also include other information that would be helpful to those reviewing your application.
2. Writing sample. Applicants in literature should submit a graduate course paper or part of a thesis that shows capacity for analytical writing and scholarly research (20-25 pp.). Applicants in creative writing should submit a prose piece (10-20 pp.)or a collection of poems (10 pp.).
3. Resume, CV, or List of Publications and Awards. This document will be necessary to nominate you for university fellowships and scholarships.
4. Letters of Recommendation. Please have the three recommenders named above send their recommendations as email attachments to . Please inform your recommenders whether or not you have waived your right to see the letters, as indicated above.
VI. Electronic Signature and Verification (if you submit a hard copy, you may hand-sign the document)
By typing my name and date in the following box, I hereby sign this document electronically and attest that all information given in this entire document is true to the best of my knowledge. I also attest that all documents submitted as my own work are in fact my own work, with no plagiarism or other academically dishonest content.
NameDate
Please fill out the demographic information on the last page of the document.
NOTE: The following data is collected for the purpose of statistical tracking of student diversity as required by the University’s accreditation agencies; it will not be used in the admissions decision.
VII. Demographic information
Which of these demographic descriptions do you feel best describes you?
White (not of Latino/a descent)Caribbean
Latino/aNative American/Alaskan
African-AmericanPrefer not to answer
Hawaiian/Pacific IslanderOther (please specify)
Asian
If you are an international student, of what country are you a citizen?
If you are an American citizen, which of these regional descriptions best fits you?
US NortheastUS Midwest
USNorthwestUS South
US SouthwestUS West
Texas*US Territory
*The Bruce Family Fellowship is a competitive scholarship available to students in the Department of English who a) are natives of the State of Texas (required documentation: State of Texas birth certificate) and b) focus their studies on American literature. It may be awarded to current or incoming students. If you checked the “Texas” box above and are eligible for this scholarship, please check this box.
Department of English, TexasTechUniversity
Revised 9/2013