DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF AT LEAST ONE (1) DISTINGUISHED DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AND AT LEAST FOUR (4) DOCTORAL ACADEMY FELLOWSHIPS FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING DOCTORAL STUDIES IN THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2008.
DISTINGUISHED DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Distinguished Doctoral Fellows receive a teaching assistantship that pays a stipend of $10,000 annually, in addition to a tuition waiver. They also receive an additional fellowship stipend of $20,000, making the total stipend $30,000 annually. Fellowships are renewable for a total of up to four years. Applicants for the fellowship should expect to receive a Master's degree in English (or a related field) by August of 2005. They should have a grade point average of at least 3.85 on their M.A. work, a score of 650 or greater on the GRE verbal exam, and a minimum of 5.5 on the GRE writing exam.
All students who wish to be considered for the distinguished doctoral fellowship for Fall 2008 must have all application materials in by January 31, 2008.
DOCTORAL ACADEMY FELLOWSHIPS
Doctoral Academy Fellows receive a teaching assistantship that pays a stipend of $9,800 annually, in addition to a tuition waiver. They also receive an additional fellowship stipend of $10,000 annually. Fellowships are renewable for a total of up to four years. Applicants for the fellowship should expect to receive a Master's degree in English (or a related field) by August of 2006. They should have a grade point average of at least 3.65 on their M.A. work, a score of 600 or greater on the GRE verbal, and a minimum of 5.0 on the GRE writing exam.
Exceptional students holding or expecting to hold a B.A. may apply for these doctoral fellowships as incoming students in our M.A. program in English if they indicate an intention of staying in the program through the PhD. However, in these cases, the fellowship will still be renewable for a maximum total of four years.
Send all inquiries to:
Professor M. Keith Booker
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
333 Kimpel Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
kbooker@uark.edu