Professor Alberto Cacicedo, Ph.D., Chair
Professors Mary Jane Androne, Ph.D. and Richard Androne, Ph.D.
Associate Professors Gary Adlestein, M.A.; Jon Bekken, Ph.D., director of the Communications Program; Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D. Ethan Joella, Ph.D.and Lawrence Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Katherine Lehman, Ph.D. 
Instructors Denise Greenwood, M.A.; Margaret Rakus, M.A.; and Marian Wolbers, M.A.

General Studies and Elective Offerings

In addition to offering upper level concentration and special non-concentration programs, Albright's English Department is a vital part of the College's liberal arts core - the general studies programs - in the areas of composition and literature. All students at Albright take at least one composition course, usually English 102. Students also take four humanities courses, one or two of which may be literature courses. The humanities-literature requirement may be met with courses in the literature of any language, but most students select one of the 200-level general studies literature courses specially designed for general studies credit: 210, 235 and 270. Students can also take 300-level literature courses for general studies credit, and are encouraged to inquire about the appropriateness of any course offered by the department.

Nearly all of the department's offerings have proven to be both popular and enriching elective courses, and many of Albright's concentrators in other programs have rounded off their liberal arts experience at the College with courses in communications, drama, literature, speech, creative writing, or one of the department's travel courses offered from time to time during Interim session to such places as London, Dublin and Italy.

Students interested in supervised creative writing projects may pursue them on an individual study basis after approval by a departmental adviser. The English Department maintains a Writing Center where students of all disciplines are welcome to seek assistance in redrafting papers and in improving writing skills. Albright's Theatre Department offers several dramatic literature courses that may be used to satisfy general studies humanities-literature or English concentration requirements. Please see the Theatre section for descriptions of these courses.

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