{"id":2217,"date":"2026-02-02T15:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:09:10","slug":"emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D.<\/a>, associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emm is a professor of German with a strong record of service to 91ÁÔÆæ, its students and its faculty. She has contributed to the college in multiple leadership roles and currently serves as chair of the Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmy brings a deep understanding of 91ÁÔÆæ and a strong commitment to academic excellence and shared governance,\u201d said Vicente Gomis-Izquierdo, who is serving as interim department head until Emm assumes the role. \u201cShe is well positioned to lead the department in supporting faculty, advancing teaching and serving students.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Professional<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":694,"featured_media":2216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-february-2026"],"yoast_head":"\nEmm Named Department Head of Modern Languages - Notes from the Provost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 91ÁÔÆæ has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 91ÁÔÆæ has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Notes from the Provost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T20:42:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T20:09:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36c2cfc4450a1df19b02eab76ed8573\"},\"headline\":\"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T20:42:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-05T20:09:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/179\\\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"February 2026\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/\",\"name\":\"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages - Notes from the Provost\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/179\\\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T20:42:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-05T20:09:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36c2cfc4450a1df19b02eab76ed8573\"},\"description\":\"The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 91ÁÔÆæ has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/179\\\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/179\\\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Professional portrait of Amy Emm, Ph.D., on a gray background.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Notes from the Provost\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36c2cfc4450a1df19b02eab76ed8573\",\"name\":\"Web Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/provost-notes\\\/author\\\/kkozane\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages - Notes from the Provost","description":"The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 91ÁÔÆæ has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages","og_description":"The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 91ÁÔÆæ has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/","og_site_name":"Notes from the Provost","article_published_time":"2026-02-02T20:42:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-05T20:09:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Web Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/#\/schema\/person\/a36c2cfc4450a1df19b02eab76ed8573"},"headline":"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages","datePublished":"2026-02-02T20:42:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-05T20:09:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/"},"wordCount":135,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg","articleSection":["February 2026"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/","url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/","name":"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages - Notes from the Provost","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-02T20:42:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-05T20:09:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/#\/schema\/person\/a36c2cfc4450a1df19b02eab76ed8573"},"description":"The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 91ÁÔÆæ has announced that Amy Emm, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the German Program, will serve as its new department head beginning in July.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/SHSS-Emm-Amy-00160.jpg","width":800,"height":1200,"caption":"Professional portrait of Amy Emm, Ph.D., on a gray background."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/2026\/02\/emm-named-department-head-of-modern-languages\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Emm Named Department Head of Modern Languages"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/","name":"Notes from the Provost","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/#\/schema\/person\/a36c2cfc4450a1df19b02eab76ed8573","name":"Web Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/author\/kkozane\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/694"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions\/2227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/provost-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}