Academic Units
Academic Units
Department of American Studies
One of the oldest and best regarded American Studies departments, AMST prides itself on dynamic and innovative teaching, cutting-edge research and close collaborations with Washington, D.C.’s cultural institutions.
Providing its students with the technical and conceptual tools needed to make innovative contributions to a visual culture.
Department of Art History and Archaeology
A community of students and scholars that focuses on visual, material, and textual expressions as a means to understand culture.
A lively learning community, taking pride in bringing the ancient world to life.
Committed to producing innovative and influential scholarship, service to the discipline and community, and leadership in the discipline and profession of communication, all in pursuit of communication for the public good.
Teaching students how to think critically, communicate clearly, and create fearlessly in order to emerge from ENGL classrooms well-prepared to navigate the complex landscape of the current moment.
Embracing the diversity of the human past with a global vision and a variety of methods of inquiry, HIST students benefit from a curriculum enriched by the many questions our faculty pose of the past.
Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
The interdisciplinary nature of Jewish Studies offers students the opportunity to understand the history of experience of the Jewish people – and the complexities of the contemporary Jewish world -- with nuance and sophistication.
A top-ranked department that combines current theoretical research in phonology, syntax, and semantics with state-of-the-art experimental research in language acquisition, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.
Educating students in core areas of the discipline, helping them to theorize creatively and reason rigorously. PHIL has particular strengths in ethics and political philosophy, in logic and philosophy of language, and in philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
SLLC seeks to investigate and engage with linguistic, cultural, cinematic, and literary worlds, as well as questions surrounding language learning itself.
Fiercely dedicated to the highest standards of artistic and scholarly excellence; diversity in curriculum and programming; robust engagement with our region, nation, and world; entrepreneurial thinking and problem solving; and the creation of an inclusive, open, and welcoming community.
School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Advances and transforms the research and practice of theatre, dance, and performance studies through a commitment to inclusive excellence and educational innovation in the performing arts.
The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Offers comprehensive programs in undergraduate and graduate education, with a range of interdisciplinary programs and opportunities for students interested in exploring how the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, ability, and other inequalities configure historical and contemporary struggles for social change.