The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures is pleased to congratulate several of our colleagues on their promotions, effective July 1. Stephanie Kirk as Professor of Spanish, Elizabeth Allen as Teaching Professor of French and Amanda Carey as Teaching Professor of Spanish. We are lucky to count all three as our colleagues and we congratulate them on their well-earned promotions.
Overview of Programs
RLL offers vibrant programs in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Our language classes have long been popular with undergraduates, including those interested in international travel and those who anticipate a global dimension to their future careers. All of our classes focus on culture writ large: we study great texts, and we do so with an eye to gender roles, traditions, communities, individual freedom, social obligations, and many other topics of critical importance today. We offer concentrations in French, Italian, and Spanish, as well as a composite major in Romance Languages, and courses in introductory Portuguese. Our Ph.D. programs in French and Spanish are comprehensive and designed to prepare careers in academia, with a focus on research and teaching. ...read more