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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES
MAJOR CONCENTRATIONS DEGREE OFFERED
ENGLISH Africana Literature BA

Creative Writing BA

Language and Literature BA

Secondary Education BS

Chair: David Basena

Professors: Gerri Bates, Brenda DoHarris, M o n i c a G r o s s ,
D a v i d K a l o u s t i a n , Richard Sterling

Associate Professors: David Basena, Mary A. Harris,
Gibreel Kamara, Monifa Love, C. Jenise Williamson

Assistant Professors: Hoke Glover, Horacio Sierra, Sidney Kwaku Walker

Lecturers: Angela Burrus, Vivian Jackson, Shelagh Johnson Tanya
McInnis, Christopher Murray, Kala Richardson, Rion A. Scott, Ada
Vilageliu-Diaz, Nicole Wilson

MISSION
The Department of English and Modern Languages supports the university’s goals and priorities by
creating an environment of academic excellence that will enable our students to develop critical
thinking skills and comprehensive knowledge bases. Completing a degree in English at Bowie State
University will enable them to become engaged, productive citizens in academic or other
professional settings. Moreover, the department is committed to developing curricula, utilizing
technology and enhancing library resources to assist students to become proficient in
communicating, teaching English and modern languages, researching and analyzing literature and
modern languages, and performing successfully on local and national exit examinations.

GOALS
1. To facilitate access by offering transitional courses in reading and English.
2. To use technology, as appropriate, to enhance learning in all disciplines within the
department.
3. To ensure that the curriculum addresses diversity in its broadest sense.
4. To enhance the majors’ and minors’ literary and cultural exposure beyond the classroom.
5. To maintain a creative learning environment by encouraging faculty development.
6. To offer innovative programs in literature, world languages, and writing.
7. To produce majors who are fully prepared for the job market and/or to pursue graduate
study.
8. To forge connections between the departmental faculty, other academic departments,
and the community.

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