Survey of Doctoral Degrees Granted in Foreign Languages in the United States: Autumn 1979‐Calendar Year 1980

Abstract

ern Language Journal conducts an annual survey of doctoral degrees (DA, DML, EdD, PhD) granted in foreign languages, literatures, cultures, and linguistics, and foreign language education. The editor contacts by mail the chairperson of each doctoral degree granting department in the United States and requests that individual to identify in writing the author, title, and director of each dissertation completed during the specified calendar year. In addition, the chairperson is asked to specify the type of doctoral degree granted. Because the current compilation represents a transition to listings by calendaryear from the former MLJ method of listing degrees by academic year, dissertations completed during the autumn of 1979 are included with those finished during 1980. The order of entries is as follows: 1) major field or area of specialization (not department name) -Asian Languages & Literature, Classics, Comparative Literature, English as a Foreign Language, Foreign Language Education, French Language & Literature, Germanic Languages & Literature, Italian Language & Literature, Linguistics (Theoretical & Applied), Near & Middle Eastern Languages & Literature, Portuguese Language & Literature, Slavic Languages & Literature, and Spanish Language & Literature; 2) institution granting the doctorate (bold face italics); 3) author of dissertation; 4) director/supervisor of dissertation (in parentheses). In all instances the ordering principle is alphabetical, but entries appear in the style of notes. Unless otherwise indicated, doctoral degrees are assumed to be the PhD; the year of completion is 1980. Where the name of the dissertation director is not listed,