College of Arts & Letters

The College of Arts and Letters combines the inclusive community of a small liberal arts college with the innovation of a research university. Located on the beautiful quad, the college offers high-quality programs across thirteen majors with focuses ranging from culture, communication, and creativity to politics, ethics, and justice.

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Jan 3 Celebrating the worlds of Black poetry
Renowned poets, emerging voices, scholars and educators gathered at JMU for Furious Flower IV.
Dec 18 JMU names Zimmerman dean of the College of Arts and Letters
Traci Zimmerman, the interim dean of the College of Arts and Letters, has been named dean of the college.
Dec 12 If this airplane could talk; JMU X-Labs students bring history to life
Last year, the First Air Force One Foundation posed a unique challenge to the students in JMU’s X-Labs program: come up with a plan to make First Air Force One accessible to the public.
Dec 10 ENG 415 students create handmade manuscripts in project-based learning experience
Professor Mark Rankin’s students utilize aspects of medieval scribal culture.
Nov 8 Students practice statecraft, diplomacy, negotiation skills
From strategy sessions to decision-making, simulation delivers high-impact learning experience.
Oct 13 New faculty spotlight: Michelle L. Herman brings interactive design, VR/AR expertise to SMAD
Michelle L. Herman, SMAD's newest professor in the Interactive Design concentration, brings a vast and deep background in virtual reality and fine arts, as well as professional experience.