Terri Coleman, college instructor, freelance writer, and self-described "Humanities Hustler":
What EIU's MA program gave me was an education that provided the academic rigor of a traditional English MA without the rigidity; the program gave me the freedom to explore how the rich world of literary studies could allow me to engage with wider worlds of scholarship and discourse. Perhaps most importantly, EIU's MA program connected me with a group of active, talented professors so invested in their students' success that even now, two years since graduation, I know I can call them for candid, expert advice as I make choices about my own career.
