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GRADUATE DIRECTORS

Program Masters Doctoral Graduate Director(s) Phone      Email
American Studies M.A. Ph.D. La Marr Bruce (301) 405-1356 ljbruce@umd.edu
Art History & Archaeology M.A. Ph.D. Joshua Shannon (301) 405-1485 shannon1@umd.edu
Art (Studio Art) M.F.A.* Shannon Collis (301) 405-7790 scollis@umd.edu
Classics M.A. Francisco Barrenechea (301) 405-8670 fbarrene@umd.edu
Communication M.A. Ph.D. Kang Namkoong & Carly Woods (301) 405-6525
(301) 405-6523
namkoong@umd.edu
cswoods@umd.edu
Comparative Literature Ph.D. Sharada Balachandran-Orihuela (301) 405-9649 sbalacha@umd.edu
Creative Writing M.F.A.* Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
(301) 405-3804 lyb@umd.edu
English Language & Literature M.A. Ph.D. Jason Rudy (301) 405-3809 jrrudy@umd.edu
French Modern Studies M.A. Ph.D. Andrea Frisch (301) 405-4028 afrisch@umd.edu
German Language & Literature M.A. Ph.D. Hester Baer (301) 405-4101 hbaer@umd.edu
History M.A. Ph.D. Quincy Mills (301) 405-4266 qtmills@umd.edu
Jewish Studies M.A. Maxine Grossman (301) 405-4980 mgrossma@umd.edu
Linguistics Ph.D. Howard Lasnik & Alexander Williams (301) 405-4929 

(301) 405-1607

lasnik@umd.edu 

alxndrw@umd.edu

Music M.A., M.M. D.M.A, Ph.D. Kenneth Elpus (301) 405-5537 elpus@umd.edu
Philosophy M.A. Ph.D. Fabrizio Cariani (301) 405-5689 fabrizio@umd.edu
Second Language Acquisition M.A. Ph.D. Nan Jiang (301) 405-1378 njiang@umd.edu
Spanish M.A. Ph.D. Laura Demaria (301) 314-2476 ldemaria@umd.edu
Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies M.A., M.F.A.* Ph.D. Daniel Conway (301) 405-6680 dconway1@umd.edu
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Ph.D. Alexis Lothian (301) 405-6877 alothian@umd.edu

*MFA = Master of Fine Arts; MPS = Masters of Professional Studies

Certificates

Certificate Offered Graduate Contact Phone Email
Critical Theory John Drabinski 301-405-1158 jdrab@umd.edu
Digital Studies in the Arts & Humanities Catherine Knight Steele 301-405-6520 cksteele@umd.edu
Jewish Studies Maxine Grossman 301-405-4980 mgrossma@umd.edu
Museum Scholarship & Material Culture Mary Sies 301-405-1361

sies@umd.edu

Interpretation & Translation Shawn Parry-Giles 301-405-6527 spg@umd.edu
Second Language Acquisition Kira Gor 301-405-0185 kiragor@umd.edu
Women, Gender and, Sexuality Studies Neel Ahuja 301-405-6877 neel1@umd.edu