Sean X. Goudie, Director

153 Burrowes Building

Penn State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814.865.3945

Email: sxgoudie@psu.edu

Penn State's English department is the historic home of American literary studies. In the early twentieth century, Fred Lewis Pattee became the first English professor in the country to teach classes exclusively devoted to American works. The Penn State Center for American Literary Studies aims to be similarly ground-breaking. Founded in 2006, CALS seeks to advance the study, teaching, and reading of American literature, making Penn State an internationally-recognized source of pioneering work in American literary and cultural studies.