Department Chair: Malcolm A. Finney
Department Office: Psychology (PSY) 114
Telephone / FAX: (562) 985-5792 / (562) 985-2593
Website: www.csulb.edu/depts/ling
Faculty: Rebekha J. Abbuhl, John J. Attinasi, Michael J. Fender, Malcolm A. Finney, Nancy Hall, Robert M. Hertz, Alexandra M. Jaffe, Wendy Klein, Lorraine E. Kumpf, Barbara LeMaster, Xiaoping Liang, Carol D. Lord, Sara W. Smith
Advisors:
Undergraduate: Lorraine E. Kumpf
Graduate: Xiaoping Liang
CLAD: John J. Attinasi
Administrative Coordinator: Phyllis L. Simon
English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher • Bilingual Education Teacher • Intelligence Specialist • Researcher • Teacher • Linguist • Foreign Service Officer • Peace Corps Worker • Librarian • Interpreter • Immigration Officer • Lawyer • Customs Inspector • Import-Export Agent • Philologist • Writer • Editor • Sales Representative • Consultant (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.) Various entry-level positions in business and industry are available for graduates regardless of academic discipline.
The department offers an undergraduate major and minor in Linguistics, an Interdisciplinary CLAD Minor, a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), and the MA with four Options: TESOL, General, Special, and Language and Culture.
Students desiring general information should contact the department office. Advisors are available for individual appointments during the Fall and Spring semesters.
