The doctorate in Slavic Languages and Literatures is designed to prepare students for a career in teaching and scholarship at the university level. It provides a thorough grounding in Russian literary and cultural history as well as in the theoretical perspectives current in the field.

Emory’s PhD program in English is both intellectually adventuresome and collegial. Because the program is small and the faculty is deep and wide-ranging in its expertise, students receive close mentoring as they become innovative researchers and teachers in their own right.

The Ph.D. Program in English offers a large number of seminars each semester in both established and emerging fields of study. The diversity of the CUNY-wide doctoral consortium allows for a wide range of expertise amongst faculty members in the English program. The program, which enrolls approximately 20 new students each year, also provides opportunities for professional development, including workshops, seminars, mock interviews, and lectures; and has set forth Professional Development and Ethics Learning Goals. See sample paths to degree.

The Ph.D. program in Chinese allows you to specialize in Chinese language and culture while preparing you for an academic career at the university level. At HLS, you will graduate with expertise in the Chinese language, research methods in a particular discipline, and pedagogy. The Ph.D. program consists of at least 30 credit hours in departmental courses, as well as 12---15 credit hours in an outside field that you choose, such as comparative literature, fine arts, folklore, history, or political science.

The Ph.D. program in Japanese allows you to specialize in Japanese language and culture while preparing you for an academic career at the university level. You will learn from renowned faculty doing research in this region and graduate with expertise in the Japanese language, research methods in an academic discipline, and pedagogy. The Ph.D. program consists of at least 30 credit hours in courses in East Asian Studies, as well as 12--15 credit hours in an outside field that you choose, such as fine arts, history, political science, folklore, or comparative literature.

Spertus Institute's Doctor of Hebrew Letters (DHL) is designed specifically for in-service Jewish professionals, primarily rabbis, but may also be of interest to educators and communal service workers with extremely high facility-level classical Hebrew texts. It serves those seeking career enhancement, career change, and personal edification.

This innovative and regionally unique program invites students to work at the intersection of rhetorical, textual, and cultural studies.

A Ph.D. in English prepares students at the most advanced stage for the interpretation and composition of texts. The Ph.D. program emphasizes rigorous critical study in the fields of rhetoric, composition, critical theory, cultural studies, literary studies, pedagogy, and technical writing.