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Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

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Purposes

  • To equip students with the skills to develop expository and creative writing;
  • To develop interpretive, analytical, and critical skills through the close study and analysis of literary works;
  • To develop competency in a foreign language as well as insight into other peoples and cultures;
  • To educate students in the history and structure of the English language;
  • To broaden students’ awareness and appreciation of our cultural heritage by examining masterpieces of western and world civilizations.

Tradition of Excellence

The Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages invites students to enter into the "republic of letters," to become students of the basic component of human interaction: language. The department is committed to helping students learn how to communicate themselves and their ideas effectively through the analysis and study of the written word as used in a breadth of literature—classical and modern, English and French, British and American Ethnic, etc. The faculty offer different approaches to the subject matter due to their different educational backgrounds. Professors of the department have distinguished themselves by having work published in Great Lives, Great Events -- The Seventeenth Century, Great Lives -- The Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Brontë Studies, The Ben Jonson Journal, The Literary Encyclopedia, English Today: The International Review of the English Language, Religion and Literature, Literature and Belief, Christianity and Literature, Profession, Journal on African Literature: Tydskrif vir leterkunde, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Nineteenth Century French Studies, La Corónica, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, The New York Times, Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, Sojourners, The Journal of Mass Media Ethics,and the Encyclopedia of Christian Literature. Faculty membes have also published books and poetry collections. They have given lectures and submitted papers at such places as the University of London, the University of Hull, UCLA, Princeton University, and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese in Madrid, Spain. Department faculty have also received major national grants including several from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Fellowship Grant, and the Del Amo Foundation.

Career Opportunities

Students who have graduated from the Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages have been accepted into some of the finest graduate schools in the country. In addition to careers in law, education, journalism and public relations, graduates from our department are now active in a variety of business fields, ranging from investment banking to clothing retail management, tour agency management, and personnel management. Internship programs with local newspapers and magazines are also established to create contacts and experience for our students to gain employment in technical writing, business writing, and newspaper reporting.
 

Majors

Broadcast Journalism
Journalism
Literature
        Concentrations
         Literature
         English Education 
Romance Languages
Spanish
Writing

Minors

American Literature
British Literature
French
Public Relations
Spanish
World Literatures
Writing

Courses

Journalism and Writing Courses
Linguistics Courses
Literature Courses
Modern Languages Courses

Faculty

Sue Crider Atkins, Ph.D.
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Keith R. Bell, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma

Scott M. Bennett, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara

Carol A. Blessing, Ph.D., Chair
University of California, Riverside

Philip D. Bowles, Ph.D.
Claremont Graduate School and San Diego State University

Kara S. deFreitas, M.A., Visiting
California State University, Chico 

Richard A. Hill, Ph.D.
University of Southwestern Louisiana

Alain M. Lescart, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut

Karl E. Martin, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota

Kathryn G. McConnell, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

David Michael McKinney, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

Jacqueline Mitchell, M.A.
University of California, Los Angeles

Dean E. Nelson, Ph.D.
Ohio University

Charlene K. Pate, M.A.
San Diego State University and California State
University, San Marcos

Bettina Tate Pedersen, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

James A. Wicks, M.A.
Oregon State University

Carl A. Winderl, Ph.D.
New York University

Hadley Wood, Ph.D.
Harvard University

Galen B. Yorba-Gray, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University