Associate Professor Jennifer Howell values foreign language education at Illinois State and looks forward each year to mentoring students committed to lifelong learning, sustainability, social justice, and global citizenship.
Unit: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
German professor encourages cross-cultural learning at home and abroad
An update from Professor of German Elke Segelcke, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State.
Professor makes history and language come alive outside of classroom
A faculty highlight of Kathryn Jasper (Ph.D. 2012, University of California, Berkeley, in History and Medieval Studies), Assistant Professor of History, core faculty of European Studies, and Latin instructor at Illinois State.
Meet our new instructor of Italian, Jessica Sciubba
An update from the Italian Studies section, who has recently hired a new Italian instructor.
Roaming Redbirds from diverse majors land jobs at same global company
Four Illinois State University alums turn their shared passion for global cultures into jobs at the same international company, IOR Global Services.
LAN master’s program prepared alum well for career
An update from Douglas Jackson ’91, M.A. ’93, who graduated from Illinois State with a master’s degree in foreign languages with a focus on Spanish.
French and Spanish alum finds career in the Navy
An update from Anthony Pyanoe, M.A. ’04 from Languages, Literatures, and Cultures with a focus on Spanish and French.
Spanish major now lives and works in Puerto Rico
An update from Francesca Biundo ’06, who graduated with both a B.A. and M.A. from Illinois State, in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Master’s degree with focus on Spanish brings variety of professional opportunities
An update from Quincy Jenkins, ’09, who graduated with a master’s degree with a focus on Spanish.
A number of Honors
Five languages, four years, three minors, and two majors? That makes one exceptional Emily Brown. Brown, a senior German and Spanish double major, began her foray into foreign languages in middle school. “I began taking Spanish because I thought it would be a good idea to learn another language,” she said. “I didn’t expect to