http://rll.buffalo.edu/
IN RLL YOU CAN…
…explore and understand more fully regions and cultures
from multiple parts of the globe
…investigate what language as well as
texts like novels, plays, poems, and films
say about people, culture, and the world
…cultivate abilities to communicate in another language
…think critically about questions
that reach across time periods, places, and fields of study
WHY STUDY LANGUAGES,
LITERATURES, AND CULTURES?
“Multilingualism enhances cognitive and social
growth, [as well as] competitiveness in the
global marketplace”
- The United States Congress, Foreign Language Assistance Act of 1994
“[S]tudents who adopted an open and adaptive
attitude toward foreign cultures became
more able to make connections among
disparate ideas. [Their] multicultural
engagement also predicted the number of
job offers they received […].”
- Anne Murphy Paul, “How Studying or Working Abroad Makes You Smarter”
(4/29/14) Time
“The more respectful you are of the subtleties of
language, the more effective you are as a
negotiator or as a manager”
- Stephan Chambers, MBA program director, Oxford University's Saїd Business School
(from Tim Hume, Money Talks – In Many Different Languages,”
special to CNN,10/7/2011)
Translation
Education
Law
Business
Marketing
Journalism
Diplomacy
Foreign Service
Library Science
Tourism
Healthcare
Hospitality
Speech Pathology
Linguistics
WHAT ARE RLL ALUMNI UP TO?
Tara Jamali
BA in Italian
BA in Communication
Journalism Certificate
Tara was the 2013 RLL Outstanding Senior. After graduation,
Tara took part in a study abroad trip that allowed her to
participate in the Festival Internazionale Orlando Innamorato,
a theater festival for students. Tara played the lead role (in
Italian) of Lucia in Dolore Sotto Chiave by Eduardo DeFilippo.
Karl Barber
BA in French
BS in Chemical Engineering
After graduation, Karl accepted a Fulbright Student Scholar
Award to McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he
worked in French with Dr. Roderick McInnes to develop
therapies for human retinal degeneration. He is now
undertaking his PhD studies in Biology at Yale, where he was
admitted with a full fellowship.
WHAT ARE RLL ALUMNI UP TO?
Melissa Friedman
BA in Spanish
BA in International Studies
Melissa graduated in 2005. She now works as an
investor relations associate for a private equity real
estate firm that invests in Colombia.
Julia Cole
BA (joint) in French
BA (joint) in Italian
After graduating from UB, Julia moved to France to
work as an English Teaching Assistant for eight
months. She is currently living in Washington DC
doing freelance work as a French and Italian
translator in addition to her full time job as a copyeditor.
WHAT ARE RLL ALUMNI UP TO?
Chantal Englert
BA in French
BA in Geography (International Business and World
Trade concentration)
Following graduation, Chantal moved back to Besançon,
France and spent two years teaching English in primary
schools to students aged 7-11. She then relocated to Metz
and began working for the local Chamber of Commerce,
teaching English to professionals in the area.
Jamie Root
BA in French
BA in Linguistics
Minor in Theatre
Studying French at UB gave Jamie the opportunity to study in
France for a semester in 2010 and to enter successfully into
Indiana University's PhD program in French Linguistics. It also
allowed him to assume the role of instructor and French Club
coordinator at IU, where he's been able to pass on his
passion for French both in the United States and in France.
WHAT ARE RLL ALUMNI UP TO?
Molly Poremski
BA (joint) in French
BA (joint) in Spanish
Molly studied abroad her junior year, with a semester in
Valencia, Spain and another in Besançon, France. After
graduation, she began working at the Canadian Consulate
General in downtown Buffalo in the immigration department,
in part inaterpreting French. She then received her Masters of
Library Science at UB. In 2012, she returned to UB, as the
new subject librarian for RLL, Classics and Polish Studies.
Amy Hardy
BA in French
BA in German, BA in Linguistics, Minor in Spanish
Since graduating from UB, Amy earned certification to
teach French and German in the US (grades 7-12). She
also received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in
Germany. Amy currently teaches English and French at
the Edith Stein Schule in Bremerhaven, Germany.
WHAT ARE RLL ALUMNI UP TO?
Dayle Hodge
BS in Aerospace Engineering
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Minor in French
He is now in the middle of his fourth year of medical
school in an MD/PhD program at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
Allison Friedman
BA in Spanish
Minor in Education
Allison opted for a career in public health. She is
currently a pharmacy technician in a heavily
Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking neighborhood
in Queens.
WHAT ARE RLL ALUMNI UP TO?
Elise Roberts
BA in Italian
BA in International Studies
BA in Political Science
Minor in French
Elise was RLL’s 2014 outstanding senior. In addition to a
semester of study in Florence, Italy, Elise used her French as
a Global Youth Connect human rights delegate in Kigali,
Rwanda, and she worked with refugees as a second
language tutor at Vive La Casa in Buffalo. After graduation,
Elise will teach English in Europe for a year before starting a
doctorate in international affairs, with a focus in peace and
conflict resolution.
STUDY ABROAD
Sample UB programs & SUNY programs
Italian
French
France
Argentina
Aix-en-Provence: SUNY-Fredonia
Besançon: SUNY-New Paltz
Montpellier: SUNY-Albany
Paris: SUNY-Oswego
Quebec
Chicoutimi: SUNY-Plattsburgh
Trois-Pistoles: SUNY-Buff State
Senegal
Dakar: SUNY-Geneseo
Switzerland
Lausanne: UB
Spanish
Buenos Aires: UB
Chile
Santiago: SUNY-Albany (ECELA)
Florence
SUNY-Stony Brook
Naples
UB
Rome
Costa Rica
San José: SUNY-Cortland
Mexico
Mérida: UB
(advanced students only - see RLL advisor)
UB, SUNY-Stony Brook
Spain
* There may be no tuition increase for UB and other SUNY semester programs;
contact UB’s Office of Study Abroad for official information on tuition and fees
* UB and SUNY summer and winter programs are also available
* RLL credit possible in an RLL program – see RLL faculty advisor
* RLL travel awards , CAS awards, and Office of Study Abroad scholarships available
* RLL residency requirement applies
Barcelona: SUNY-Oswego
Granada: SUNY-Brockport
Madrid: SUNY-Albany
Salamanca: UB and Buff State/
SUNY-Cortland
STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES
“Study abroad will open you up to so many new
experiences. Take advantage of them all! I had
the chance to make many new friends from all
over the world during my semester in France. I
studied alongside international and native French
students, and we were able to travel together all
over Europe.”
-Riki-Lee Ritz
-Andrew Franklin
COURSES IN RLL
SPANISH MAJORS & MINORS
ITALIAN MAJORS & MINORS
Foundational Courses (majors 3/minors 2):
SPA 207-208: Conversation and Composition
SPA 210: How to Read a Spanish Text
Preparatory Course (majors and minors):
ITA 207: Conversation and Composition
Sample Advanced Courses:
SPA 323: Business Spanish
SPA 325: Phonetics
SPA 405: Don Quijote and Road Movies
SPA 410: Spanish Women Writers
SPA 416: Latin American Theatre
SPA 421: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
Sample Advanced Courses:
ITA 322: Advanced Composition/Conversation
ITA 403: Dante’s Divine Comedy
ITA 409: Italian Avant-Garde
ITA 412: Trecento and Renaissance
ITA 413: Italian Theatre
ITA 430: Italian Directors
FRENCH MAJORS & MINORS
Preparatory Courses (majors 3/minors 2):
FR 211-213: Languages, Texts and Contexts of the French-Speaking World
Sample Advanced Courses:
FR 338: Writers of Africa and the Caribbean
FR 341: French Film
FR 349: Stylistics in Translation
FR 362: Early Modern French Theatre
FR 339: Quebec Literature and Culture
FR 486: Islam in France
COURSES IN ENGLISH
ACROSS RLL PROGRAMS*
COMPARATIVE ROMANCE LINGUISTICS
Advanced special topic seminar across the
French, Italian, and Spanish programs
EUROPEAN POST-WAR LITERATURE AND CULTURE
Advanced special topic seminar across the
French and Italian programs
WORLD THEATRE
Advanced special topic seminar across the
French and Spanish programs
RECENT FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
explored in advanced courses
Title:
Author:
RLL Program:
Baroque Horrors: Roots of the Fantastic in the Age of Curiosities (2011)
Space as Storyteller: Spatial Jumps in Architecture, Critical Theory, and Literature
(forthcoming)
Literary Labyrinths in Franco-Era Barcelona: Narrating Memory and Place (2013)
Operation Freak: Narrative, Identity, and the Spectrum of Bodily Abilities (2012)
Post tenebras lex: preuves et propagande dans l’historiographie engagée
de Simon Goulart (2012)
Sonido y sentido: la teoría y práctica de la pronunciación del español (2004)
Argument Structure and the Lexicon/Syntax Interface (2011)
David Castillo
Laura Chiesa
Spanish
Italian
Colleen Culleton
Christian Flaugh
Amy Graves-Monroe
Spanish
French
French
Jorge Guitart
Eva Juarros-Daussà
Spanish
Spanish
RECENT FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
explored in advanced courses
Title:
Author:
RLL Program:
Modern Poetics and Hemispheric American Cultural Studies (2009)
Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Buñuel, the Franco Era, and Contemporary Dictators (2014)
Le pied de la lettre: créativité et littérature potentielle (2010)
La hidalga del valle by Pedo Calderón de la Barca (critical edition) (2013)
About Face: Depicting the Self in the Written and Visual Arts (2009)
Justin Read
Elizabeth Scarlett
Jean-Jacques Thomas
Mary Lorene Thomas
Paula Ugolini
(co-editor)
Spanish
Spanish
French
Spanish
Italian
GRADUATE RESEARCH
PROJECTS AND CONCENTRATIONS
SPANISH
Latin American women writers
Globalization and glocalization
Outcasts in early modern Spanish literature
Bodily appearance and the social sphere in early modern Spain
Dictatorships and death in Latin American literature
FRENCH
Transgression in early modern French literature
Quebec migrant and women’s writing
Fin-de-siècle freaks and monsters in French and Québécois literature
Self-narration in the Euro-North African contemporary novel
Aesthetic and political movements in Caribbean literature
RLL STUDENTS GROW INTELLECTUALLY,
PROFESSIONALLY, AND PERSONALLY
WITH RLL FACULTY
…editing and preparing manuscripts
AFTER UB
…in Chile:
…compiling annotated bibliographies
English Open Doors Program, through the Chilean
Ministry of Education
…managing and publicizing events
…in France:
WITH UB FACULTY
…through CURCA
…through internships
(e.g. Buffalo City Schools)
IN THE UB AREA
…through local organizations
(e.g., Vive La Casa Refugee Center)
Teaching Assistant Program, through the
French Embassy
…in Spain:
North American Language and Culture
Assistantship, through the Government of
Spain
…in Italy:
SITE Program, through the Italian Embassy
(interested students should contact
Dr. Laura Chiesa, lchiesa@buffalo.edu)
MORE UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
HONORS COLLEGE
GLOBAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Fulfill contracts
Earn Global Notation points
through our courses, events and
study abroad programs
Become Advanced
Honors Scholars
UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIES
Complement concentrations of
one of the five academies with
many RLL courses, particularly
advanced courses and special
topics seminars
RLL student Ute Inselmann featuring
her research on second language
acquisition during 2012’s Celebration
of Academic Excellence
WHERE DO I SIGN UP?
(…and what do I sign up for?)
Courses
Major
Joint major
Double major
Double degree
Minor
HUB
http://rll.drupalgardens
.com/ba-programs
Residency requirement:
50% of coursework for any RLL major or minor
must be done on local UB campuses
QUESTIONS ABOUT MAJORS/MINORS
(200 level courses and up)
Dr. Christian Flaugh
Director of Undergraduate Studies
cflaugh@buffalo.edu
or (716) 645 0879
OR
Appointments with
RLL faculty advisors:
Majors/minors webpage
or rll-info@buffalo.edu
QUESTIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
(101-152 courses)
French – Dr. Jeannette Ludwig
jmludwig@buffalo.edu
(716) 645 0877
Italian – Dr. Paola Ugolini
ugolini@buffalo.edu
(716) 645 0865
Spanish – Dr. Barbara Avila-Shah
bia@buffalo.edu
(716) 645 0867