The following areas are administered by this department: American Sign Language, Arabic, Asian Studies, Chinese, Classics, ESL, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Linguistics, Literature in Translation, Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, and World Literature. Each language or area is listed alphabetically.

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson

Arabic (ARAB)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser

Asian Studies (ASST)

Professor Welch, Director of Asian Studies

Chinese (CHIN)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser

Classics

Professor Marchesi, Director of the Classics Program

Comparative Literature (CLLL)

Professors Donahue, Krapp, Lekatsas, Marchesi, Smith, Welch

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Adjunct Assistant Professor Wahba, Program Director

German (GERM)

Professor Donahue, Director of the German Program​

Greek (Ancient) (GRK)

Professor Smith, Adviser

Hebrew, Modern (HEBR)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Advise
[The Hebrew minor is not accepting new students in the 2024-2025 academic year.]

Japanese (JPAN)

Professor Welch, Director of the Japanese Program

Latin (LAT)

Professor Marchesi, Advisor

Linguistics (LING)

Professor Leonard, Director of Linguistics Programs

Literature in Translation (LIT)

Literature in Translation courses are available under the prefix LIT, as well as in French (FRLT), Italian (ITLT), Romance Languages and Literatures (RLLT), and Spanish (SPLT). See Course Descriptions  for more information.

Russian and Post-Soviet Studies (RUS)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser

World Literature

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser