Department of English and Modern Languages

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www.umes.edu/English/

Dr. Dean R. Cooledge, Chair

Mission

The mission of the Department of English & Modern Languages is to prepare individuals for graduate schools, professional schools, and career opportunities; to prepare teachers of English for middle and secondary schools; to provide service courses for the various departments; and to provide outreach services for surrounding schools and communities.

Objectives

The objectives of the Department of English & Modern Languages are as follows:

1. to provide opportunities for students to develop facility in communicative skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening;
2. to provide opportunities for students to speak and write a foreign language effectively;
3. to provide opportunities for students to understand, interpret, and analyze literary material;
4. to prepare students for graduate study and professional careers;
5. to prepare students for teaching middle and secondary school English.

Minor Programs

The Department of English and Modern Languages offers minors in English, Spanish, and Digital Media Studies. For a student to earn a minor in a subject, a minimum of eighteen semester hours, according to department specifications, must be met.

Directory of Faculty

Buerkle, Marilyn, Lecturer, Visual Information Specialist

B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; M.A., American University

Champagne, Carole A., Professor

B.S., Wake Forest University; M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Cooledge, Dean R., Associate Professor and Chair

B.A., Trinity University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona

Cravens, Cynthia, Associate Professor

B.A., Emerson College; M.F.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Davis, Joseph, Lecturer

B.M.E., Music, Henderson State University; M.M., Music History, Memphis State University; M.M., Piano Performance, Memphis State University; M.F.A., Towson University

Galloway, Kimberly, Lecturer

B.A., East Tennessee State University; M.A., College of Charleston and The Citadel

Gupta, Archana, Lecturer

B.A., University of Udaipur; M.A., M.Phil., Mohanlal Sukhadia University; Ph.D. Barkatullah University

Hagenrater, Amy, Associate Professor

B.A., Concord University, M.A., Radford University; Ph.D, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Johnston, Sandra, Lecturer

B.A., M.Ed., Shippensburg University; M.A., Salisbury University, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Keane-Dawes, Jennifer, Professor

B.A., University of West Indies; M.A., Ph.D., Howard University

Kundell, Terry, Professor and Writing Center Director

B.A., M.A., Salisbury University; Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Lane, Michael, Associate Professor and Director, Richard A. Henson Honors Program

B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A. Binghamton University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Larrea, Edgar, Assistant Professor

B.A., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; M.A., Universidad Antonio de Nebrija; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Moore, Melissa, Lecturer

B.A., St Mary’s College; M.A., Salisbury University;

Vlahovici-Jones, Gabriela, Lecturer

B.A., M.A., Al. I. Cuza University; M.A., Salisbury University, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Programs

• Digital Media Studies, B.A.
• English - English Education Concentration, B.A.
• English, B.A.

• Digital Media Studies
• English Minor
• Foreign Language Minor
• Spanish Minor

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