We aspire to offer an assistantship to many individuals admitted to the Ph.D. or Master's Program. While a large majority of these assistantships are for teaching we also offer assistantships in publishing. Applying for a graduate assistantship is a separate process from applying for admissions. Students who wish to apply for a Graduate Assistantship must complete both the Admissions Applicaion and the Graduate Assistantship Application.

The English Department Graduate assistantship job postings for Fall 2008 are now available: Master's Application , PhD Application.

Ph.D. Assistantships:

Our department aspires to offer a full teaching assistantship to most individuals admitted to the Ph.D. Most teaching assistantships are in the writing program, with a few in the English Language Institute. Doctoral students teach composition and occasionally teach Literary and Cultural Studies, creative writing, technical writing, or linguistics, especially as an internship. All writing courses are taught in one of the department's eleven computer networked classrooms.

All teaching assistants have an office equipped with a computer and have network access. Doctoral students teach two courses each semester, Assistantships for doctoral students currently carry a stipend of $1,432 per month for 9 months and a full tuition waiver. Summer teaching is sometimes available. Many doctoral students who want a teaching assistantship are granted one upon admission.

You must have a University Identification number to apply for an assistantship. The admissions office sends you this number 1-2 weeks after you have applied for admission. Alternatively, you can check your admission status and find your University Identification number by logging on to this website and checking "check application status": www.ilstu.edu/welcome2isu

Master's Assistantships:

Most teaching assistantships are in the writing program, with some available in the English Language Institute. Master's students teach one course each semester and carry a stipend of $716 per month for 9 months and a full tuition waiver. Summer teaching and summer research are occasionally available. All students with a teaching assistantship have an office equipped with a computer and network access.

Publications Unit

Sutherland Fellowships in Creative Writing - Sutherland fellowships are awarded to a small number of creative writing master's students who work a year in the Department's Pulbications Unit and spend a second year teaching creative writing.