School of Arts and Humanities

Arts and Humanities encompasses the core liberal arts tradition at Queens College. Our aim is not only to introduce students to the best of what has been said and thought for over three thousand years, but also to encourage students to become creators themselves. The languages and literatures of contemporary Asia as well as the roots of the West in ancient Greece and Rome, the glories of the European and American novel, the latest masterpieces of world cinema, linguistics and the visual and performing arts–all can be studied in exciting programs with dynamic teachers who contribute to the culture of our time.

An education in Arts and Humanities is still the best chance for people in our society to discover the life of the mind as an active challenge and a rich historical legacy, as well as a chance to develop a personal sense of one’s own greatest mental capacity.

School of Arts

Art
Klapper Hall Room 172
718-997-4800
Chair: Michael Nelson
Assistant: Jessica Membreno

Drama, Theatre & Dance
Rathaus Hall
Room 213
718-997-3090
Chair: Charles Repole
Assistant: Christina Stahl

Music (Aaron Copland School of Music)
Music Building
Room 203
718-997-3800
Chair: Michael Lipsey
Assistant: Janice Raskin

Other Departments

Classical, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures
Queens Hall
Room 215
718-997-5570
Chair: Yunzhong Shu
Assistant: Mei-Lun Chang

Comparative Literature
Queens Hall
Room 270C
718-997-5690
Chair: Christopher Winks
Assistant: Sonny Hung

English
Klapper Hall
Room 607
718-997-4670
Chair: Glenn Burger
Assistant: Kim Smith

European Languages and Literatures
Queens Hall
Room 200
718-997-5980
Chair: Gerasimus Katsan
Assistant: Ivette Maldonado

Hispanic Languages and Literatures
Queens Hall
Room 100
718-997-5660
Chair: Barbara Simerka
Assistant: Andres Giraldo

Library
Rosenthal Library
Room 318
718-997-3760
Chair: Simone Yearwood (Interim)
Assistant: Tina Tam

Linguistics and Communication Disorders
Queens Hall
Room 300A
718-997-2870
Chair: Michael Newman
Assistant: Maria Cadme

Media Studies
G Building
Room 100
718-997-2950
Chair: Amy Herzog
Assistant: Mahmoud Rizk

Interdisciplinary Programs

Africana Studies
Delaney Hall
Room 125
718-997-2845
Director: Natanya Duncan

American Studies
Powdermaker Hall
Room 352XX
718-997-5358
Director: Kristin Celello

Latin American and Latino Studies Program
Powdermaker Hall
Room 306F
718-997-5442
Director: Zadia Feliciano

Pre-Law
Powdermaker Hall
Room 200
718-997-5470

Women and Gender Studies Program
G Building
Room 203G
Director: JV Fuqua