Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy, and Language

Program Details

The interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Culture, Literacy, and Language is designed:

• To provide graduates with advanced interdisciplinary academic study of culture, literacy and language;
• To prepare graduates for leadership, research, and policy positions in state, national, and international institutions;
• To provide graduates with the expertise to make significant contributions to the Bicultural-Bilingual resource development of San Antonio and the Southwest region;
• To offer the opportunity for advanced academic work in a Ph.D. program in Culture, Literacy, and Language to residents of San Antonio, Texas, and the Southwest, including the large Latino population of South Texas.

Drawing together anthropologists, educationalists, linguists, psychologists, historians, and sociologists from UTSA's Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies; College of Education and Human Development, and College of Liberal and Fine Arts, the Ph.D. program in Culture, Literacy; and Language is unique regionally, nationally, and internationally. No other institution currently offers an academically and administratively cohesive program that combines Latino and other diverse cultural and linguistic issues as well as international issues within the interdisciplinary framework of this degree program. The program seeks candidates who are interested in the integration of culture, literacy, and language. Graduates will be well-grounded in the theoretical, conceptual, and research methodology used to study culture, literacy and language and prepared to conduct interdisciplinary research in multicultural-bilingual contexts.
Program faculty are widely recognized, both in the United States and abroad. Their publications include numerous articles in 'top journals and books with publishers such as Lawrence Erlbaum, John Benjamins, the University of Texas Press, the University of Pittsburgh Press, and many others. Research by program faculty has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. Three doctoral faculty are former National Academy of Education Spencer Fellows.

Contact

Read more about the application and program requirements. For further information or to request an application packet, please contact:
Ruben Arciniega, Student Development Specialist

• ruben.arciniega@utsa.edu
• 210-458-6619
• 210-458-5962 fax

Dr. Juliet Langman, Graduate Advisor of Record, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

Applications are accepted for the Fall semester only. For Fall, applications, including supporting materials, are due by February 1 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The deadline for international applicants is January 1. Fellowships and teaching assistantships are available.

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