Graduate

Master's advisor (MFA, LIT, & RC)

Jessica Cook, PhD
813-974-9576
jlcook4@usf.edu 

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PhD advisor (LIT)

John Lennon, PhD
813-974-9467
jflennon@usf.edu

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PhD advisor (RC)

S. Morgan Gresham, PhD
727-873-4784
gresham@usf.edu 

• MA/MFA directed study contract: directed study, portfolio, & thesis hours
• PhD directed study contract: directed study, dissertation, & doctoral seminar hours

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• Thesis/dissertation committee form
• Thesis/dissertation change of committee form

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• MA thesis proposal title page form
• MA thesis defense request form
• MA thesis successful defense form

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• MA portfolio committee form
• MA portfolio development title page
• MA portfolio defense request form
• MA portfolio completion form

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• PhD check in form: pre-candidacy
• PhD check in form: candidacy
• PhD exam application, rhet/comp
• PhD portfolio completion form
• Dissertation prospectus approval form
• Dissertation defense request form
• Dissertation defense assessment form

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• Outside course approval form
• Research assistantship form
• ABD literature teaching form

For additional forms, please visit the Graduate Studies forms page or the Registrar's Office forms page.

MA, MFA, and PhD handbooks are located in the graduate student Canvas course. They are also available upon request. Contact the graduate program coordinator for information or to place a request.

For a program checklist, see the graduate student Canvas page resources or contact the graduate program coordinator for more information.

• First-year composition (FYC) @ USF
• USF: use of copyrighted materials
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
• Annotated bibliography for teaching literature: This bibliography references many articles, books, websites and other teaching tools that address the teaching of literature. It has been written by members of the Teaching Literature Practicum over the past several years. It is divided into four sections: 1) pedagogical articles and books, 2) websites, 3) textbooks and 4) a brief list of journals related to the practice of teaching literature.