Department of English and Language Arts

Chairperson: Professor Adele S. Newson-Horst (Interim)

Associate Chairperson: Associate Professor L. Adam Meckler (Interim)

Director of Graduate Studies: Associate Professor Julie Cary Conger

Coordinators fo First Year Writing Programs: Professor Milford Jeremiah and Associate Professor L. Adam Mekler

Director of the Writing Center: Associate Professor Tristan Abbott

Professors: Milford Jeremiah, Adele Newson-Horst, Anita Pandey

Associate Professors: Tristan Abbott, M.K. Asante, Jr., Julie Cary Conger, Keith Mehlinger, L. Adam Mekler, Joy Myree-Mainor, J.A. White, David Warfield

Assistant Professors: Inte’A DeShields, Denise Jarrett,

Lecturers: Leiza Brown, Betty Davis, Johnie Fields, Anita Heath, Abigail Higgs, Linda Marie Johnson, Jonathan Luftig, Melanie Marotta, Robert Matunda, Abdoulaye Mbaye, Paul Mukundi

Affiliate Faculty: Abdul Ali, Ida Jones, Patricia Williams Dockery

Staff: Ms. Natasha Holder-Cumberbatch, Jacqueline Cozart

The Departmental Major

At the undergraduate level, the Department of English and Language Arts offers the Bachelor of Arts Degree in English. Students may follow tracks in Creative Writing or Literature and Language. Students interested in pursuing a career in elementary or secondary school teaching may follow the Language and Literature track, supplementing their studies with appropriate courses in the School of Education and Urban Studies. Future lawyers are encouraged to follow the Literature and Language track and pursue the minor in Legal Studies.

Students may also pursue a major in Screenwriting and Animation, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree; contact the department’s head of Screenwriting and Animation, Prof. Keith Mehlinger, for further details.

Freshman English

Freshman English Requirement: The Freshman English Program consists of two consecutive semesters of study of composition and research: ENGL 101 -ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 -ENGL 112 . In order to pass courses in the Freshman English Program, students must earn grades of “C” or higher.

The Reading Program

The Department of English and Language Arts offers a course in Developmental Reading. The course ALCR 101 is required of students enrolled in the Pre-College Studies Program and students who test low on the university’s placement test in reading.

The Major in Screenwriting and Animation (SWAN)

Coordinator of SWAN: Keith Mehlinger

Associate Professor: M.K. Asante Jr.

Assistant Professor: David W. Warfield

Adjunct Faculty: Dale Beran, Willie Moore, Brittany Parker, David Roberts, Kobina Yankah,

Affiliate Professor: MBARE NGOM (Dept. of World Languages and International Studies)

Programs

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts

Screenwriting and Animation (SWAN), B.A. or B.F.A.

Bachelor of Arts

Minor