I've had the pleasure of taking several classes in WashU's English department from a wide variety of professors including: Joe Loewenstein, Julia Walker, Gerald Early, Vincent Sherry, Chris Eng, Mary Jo Bang, Elisabeth Windle, William Maxwell, Melanie Micir, Rafia Zafar, and Jessica Rosenfeld.
Like the undergrads, all graduate students are also provided a free metropass which can be used to travel on the buses and trains in St. Louis. While I'm not a student anymore, it is my understanding that the department is continuing to better support its students, increase their stipends annually, and have taken steps to further improve their placement rates. https://english.wustl.edu/phd-careers
Some of my cohort were involved with the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies department, the performing arts department, film and media studies, American culture, digital humanities, and early modern studies.