Dec 26, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Arts and Letters


Dean
Robert D. Aguirre
 
Associate Dean
Melinda Adams
 
Associate Dean
Siân White
 
Associate Dean
Traci Zimmerman
 
Assistant Dean
Karina Kline-Gabel
 
Location: Harrison Hall, Suite 1103
MSC: 2105
Phone: (540) 568-6472
Website: http://www.jmu.edu/cal/

Academic Units within the College

Lori Britt, Interim Director
 
Rebecca Childs, Head
 
José Ignacio Barrio Olano, Interim Head
 
Maura Hametz, Head
 
Peggy Plass, Head
 
Joe Hinshaw, Interim Director
 
Kenneth Pearce, Head
 
Hak-Seon Lee, Head
 
Liam W. Buckley, Head
 
Michael Smith, Director

Graduate Programs

Students may select from a range of graduate programs in the College of Arts and Letters. The departments and schools fully describe their programs in the Academic Units section. In addition to departmental programs, the college offers a wide array of annual events and supporting services, some of which reach out to the regional community.

  • Communication and Advocacy (M.A.)
  • English (M.A.)
  • History (M.A.)
  • Political Science (M.A.)
  • Public Administration (M.P.A.)
  • Public Administration – Fifth Year Format (M.P.A.)
  • Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication (M.A.)

Mission Statement

The College of Arts and Letters offers high-quality programs of specialized study in the social sciences, humanities and communication, and in several pre-professional and cross disciplinary areas. It provides a challenging array of courses designed to promote lifelong learning by sharpening analytical abilities; improving computational and communications skills; cultivating a facility with written expression; enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; intensifying moral and aesthetic sensitivity; and fostering awareness of the contingent nature of knowledge.