English and Literature

Supports American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.

Promotes and supports digital research and teaching across all arts and humanities disciplines, acting as a community-based advisory force, and supporting excellence in research, publication, collaboration and training.

Promotes interest in rare and antiquarian books and book collecting, and to foster collegial relations.

Provides information on language and language analysis, and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world.

Provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.

Devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

Addresses the composition, mediation, reception, survival, and transformation of written communication in material forms including marks on stone, script on parchment, printed books and periodicals, and new media.