What will you get in English and Modern Languages at Sage?

• small class sizes
• personal interaction, instruction, and advising from a staff concerned about your individual education and future
• contact with visiting writers, speakers, scholars (recent visitors include Sandra Gilbert, Marilyn Nelson, Sharon Olds, W.D. Snodgrass, Lucille Clifton, Marilyn Chin, Alice Fulton, Steven Millhauser, Kim Addonizio, Elizabeth Brundage, and Nicholson Baker, and Kathleen Graber). Molly Peacock will be at Sage in April 2012!
• an active community of faculty scholars and artists
• an emphasis on critical thinking and transferring that thinking to a clarity in writing and research
• the opportunity to intern at a wide variety of businesses and organizations; recent placements include Cengage Publishing (Clifton Park), the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office, and the Albany Institute of History and Art

Department News

• SLAP: Sage Language Acquisition Program
• Get Your English Degree in Three with the Discovery Degree Baccalaureate!
• 2011-2012 English and Modern Languages Course Booklet (pdf)
• The Russell Sage College English Major (for all students beginning after Fall 09)
• Mahara E-Portfolio FAQ (pdf)
• Laurel Leaves, the Russell Sage College literary magazine, now has a website!
• Dr. Salomon's Books at Sage blog
• Jennifer Nissley (RSC English '10) is about to publish her first novel. Shaved has been acquired by Briona Glen Publishing for publication in 2012. Her short fiction has appeared in The Chaffey Review and Contemporary World Literature, and will appear in The ServingHouse Journal (out Oct. 7) and Bluestem (January '12).

Our Mission

English and Modern Languages focuses on critical and evaluative thinking, analytical and persuasive writing, and linguistic capability in English and foreign languages. Students often combine Education programs with one of the majors. Community service and internship programs encourage students to gain valuable career and personal experience while they are pursuing a degree. Students in all majors in the department have an opportunity to complete a research project or paper during their final year of study.

The Modern Languages program operates three residential language centers as part of its teaching and co-curricular missions to Russell Sage College. Two Victorian brownstones on the Troy Campus, La Casa Espanola (Spanish House) and La Maison Francaise (French House/International House) have supported the multicultural development of more than three generations of Sage alumnae in all majors.

Department Chair: Dr. Tonya Moutray, moutrt@sage.edu
Department Secretary: Mrs. Nancy Cumo, cumon@sage.edu