Humanities
The Humanities area encompasses four academic departments and two academic support centers, and programs of study in history, philosophy, political science, American Sign Language, world languages, and women's and gender studies. The division employs over 30 full-time faculty, four department chairs, 14 full-time staff, and over 80 adjunct instructors.
Annual Humanities Cherry Blossom Conference: See a virtual exhibit of some of the best of the work our students are doing in Humanities courses at Montgomery College.
Global Classrooms: Global Classrooms is an approach to teaching and learning that brings together geographically distant instructors and students from different lingua-cultural backgrounds to communicate and collaborate through online tools and innovative teaching methodologies.
Philosophy Courses (PDF, ) : Explore philosophy classes and enroll now. In Montgomery College's philosophy courses, you will hone your critical thinking and reasoning skills, improve your writing, and learn how to effectively understand, evaluate, and construct arguments. The skills you gain with your philosophy training are transferable to other academic disciplines and additional endeavors in your life.
Confluence Conference: Learn more about Montgomery College Confluence Translation Conference and a career in translation.
A member of the Montgomery College community since 2008, Ms. Haydel served as a professor
of political science, earning an Outstanding Faculty Service Award in 2015, as well
as an Outstanding Faculty Award For Excellence in Teaching and Advising in 2023. Ms.
Haydel was also a nominee for the prestigious CASE Professor of the Year Award. She
has mentored internship students at the Paul Peck Humanities Institute and students
presenting papers at the Maryland Collegiate Honors Council and the Beacon Undergraduate
Research Conference.
She has successfully written grants including the College’s own Innovation Grant, “Bridging the Urban/Rural Divide, and the University Systems of Maryland First in the World and Civic Engagement Collaborative Grant Fund with two colleagues titled, “Exploring Voter Turnout in US Elections 2020: An Interdisciplinary Module for Introductory Statistics.”
In her leadership role as acting chair of the Germantown Humanities Department she oversaw the hiring and onboarding of new full- and part-time faculty, expanded outreach to majors within the discipline to increase engagement and retention, and collaborated with colleagues from other campuses on the implementation of a Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language grant, all of which continues to underscore her commitment to academic excellence and student success.
Ms. Haydel has also served on numerous committees and workgroups including the International Studies and Political Science College Area Review Workgroups, Program assessment, and Outcomes Assessment, MC Votes, International Studies Advisory Board, and has served on many more since 2008. In addition, her institutional service includes acting as co-coordinator and co-facilitator for the Quantitative Reasoning in the Disciplines Fellowship Program, coordinator of Political Science and International Studies for the Germantown Campus, past coordinator of the Germantown Jefferson Café, and past acting director for the Renaissance Scholars Honors Program. She has facilitated workshops through ELITE, and has presented at numerous events.
Ms. Haydel earned a bachelor of arts in Integrated International Studies from Knox College and a master of arts in political science from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
Departments
Acting Department Chair: Dr. Michael Harding
Department Chair: Dr. Joseph Stumpf
Department Chair: Ivonne Bruneau-Botello
Department Chair: Dr. Maria-Elvira Luna Escudero-Alie
Degrees and Certificates
More Programs and Courses
- HIST 112 - Women in World History
- HIST 114 - The World in the 20th Century
- HIST 116 - World History: A Comparative Survey from the Ancient World to A.D. 1500
- HIST 117 - World History: A Comparative Survey from A.D. 1500 to the Present
- HIST 146 - History of the Ancient World
- HIST 147 - History of Europe from the Fall of Rome to the 17th Century
- HIST 148 - History of Europe from the 17th Century to the Present
- HIST 190 - History of Sport in America
- HIST 200 - History of the United States, a Survey Course: from Colonial Times to 1865
- HIST 201 - History of the United States, a Survey Course: from 1865 to the Present
- HIST 205 - Technology and Culture in the Western World
- HIST 209 - History of Asian Americans
- HIST 211 - History of Latinos in the United States
- HIST 225 - History of Maryland
- HIST 228 - Women in the Western World
- HIST 233 - Alternative Lifestyles: 19th Century American Utopias
- HIST 235 - The History of African Americans to 1865
- HIST 236 - The History of African Americans Since 1865
- HIST 240 - Civil Rights in America
- HIST 242 - Open Topics in History, Including Foreign Travel
- HIST 245 - Latin American History
- HIST 247 - East Asian Civilization
- HIST 250 - Modern Asia
- HIST 252 - The United States and 20th Century World Affairs
- HIST 255 - Conflict in the Modern Middle East
- HIST 257 - Modern Military History 1494-1815
- HIST 258 - Modern Military History 1815-Present
- HIST 260 - The United States since 1945
- HIST 262 - The History of England from 55 B.C. to 1688
- HIST 263 - The History of England from 1688 to the Present
- HIST 265 - African History to 1800
- HIST 266 - African History from 1800
- PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 140 - Introduction to the Study of Ethics
- PHIL 143 - Introduction to the Study of Religion
- PHIL 190 - Elementary Logic and Semantics
- PHIL 201 - Morality and Contemporary Law
- PHIL 205 - Philosophy in Literature
- PHIL 212 - Women in Philosophy I
- PHIL 218 - Women in Philosophy II
- PHIL 222 - Asian Thought
- POLI 101 - American Government
- POLI 105 - Introduction to Political Science
- POLI 201 - Fundamentals of Public Policy
- POLI 203 - International Relations
- POLI 205 - Introduction to Human Rights
- POLI 206 - Political Ideologies
- POLI 211 - Comparative Politics and Governments
- POLI 221 - Western Political Thought
- POLI 230 - Introduction to International Conflict Resolution
- POLI 242 - State and Local Government
- POLI 252 - Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Politics
- POLI 256 - Politics of the Developing World
- POLI 270 - Politics in Action
- CHIN 101 - Elementary Chinese I
- CHIN 102 - Elementary Chinese II
- CHIN 201 - Intermediate Chinese I
- CHIN 202 - Intermediate Chinese II
- FREN 101 - Elementary French I
- FREN 102 - Elementary French II
- FREN 201 - Intermediate French I
- FREN 202 - Intermediate French II
- FREN 207 - Readings in French Literature
- FREN 208 - Readings in French Literature II