Department of English and Modern Languages
College of Liberal Arts
At the Department of English and Modern Languages, we invite our students to unleash their voice and change the world.
Unleash Your Voice and Change the World!
In our department, language is more than a tool. It is power, possibility, and pathway. We prepare our students to be JSU Ready by cultivating dynamic communication skills, nurturing intellectual curiosity, and engaging multiple literacies across cultures, histories, and disciplines.
Our classrooms are spaces of discovery where stories are honored, ideas are sharpened, and voices are refined into instruments of impact. Students emerge not only as skilled readers, writers, and thinkers, but as globally conscious leaders equipped to move with purpose across fields such as law, education, politics, film and media, publishing, international business, marketing, public relations, foreign service, and beyond.
We believe that when students learn to command language, they learn to shape narratives, and when they shape narratives, they shape the world.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Our Vision
The department of English and Modern Languages at Jackson State University is a unified, multidisciplinary marketplace of ideas committed to creating a more equitable global society that supports diverse cultural experiences, fosters professionalism, and honest academic integrity and responsibility. It is our goal to
foster independent, innovative, and ethical leaders who take initiative to make decisions and solve problems in their communities.
Our Mission
We provide the students within our department and across the larger campus with opportunities to build effective communication skills, develop intellectual curiosity, and train in multiple literacies. We endeavor to assist the students we serve in embracing informed citizenship and excelling in careers across a variety of disciplines with our course offerings and programming rooted in the study of literature and language.
Modern Languages
The Foreign Languages program guides students in building cross cultural competencies rooted in the study of language and translation. The degree program allows students to focus on Spanish or French as target languages or concentrate more specifically on the study of translation. Our majors are exposed to diverse cultural experiences and trained to thrive in careers as educators, interpreters, public servants, diplomats, foreign service officers, community advocates, international entrepreneurs, and more.
LEARN BY DOING
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
English and Modern Language majors and minors have a plethora of career options:
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Social Media Manager |
Technical Writer | Teacher or Private tutor | Interpreter |
| Translator | Speech Language Pathologist SLP- PR | Speech Language Pathologist Assistant | Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) |
PERSONNEL
READY TO JOIN?
For more information, please contact us at (601) 979- 2249.
We look forward to meeting with you and seeing how our program can help you achieve your goals.
Dr. Ebony Lumumba, Chair
