Additionally, the department participates in the interdepartmental programs in Linguistics and Comparative Literature, both of which offer the M.A. and Ph.D. Exchange programs are maintained with two universities in France, and the department also participates in an exchange program sponsored by the French government. There are 24 faculty members in the department, of whom sixteen are graduate faculty. Two faculty members hold joint appointments in the Department of English, and one holds a joint appointment in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. Several faculty members participate in the interdepartmental programs in Comparative Literature, Women's and Gender Studies, and Linguistics. Faculty are engaged in research and publication in the areas of literary and cultural studies, linguistics, and foreign language teaching.
Predominant languages are English and French.
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