Meet Us
Staff
Dr. Curtis Smith
Chair, World Languages & Literatures Department Language Area Head, Chinese
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2059
- Phone: (916) 278-6333
- curtis.smith@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Thursdays 11:30am - 12:30pm and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Chinese
Valeria Herrera
Department Coordinator
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2051
- Phone: (916) 278-6333
- valherrera@csus.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Dr. Viola Ardeni
Language Area Head, Italian
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2057
- viola.ardeni@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Areas of Teaching: Italian
Dr. Edward Baranowski
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2039
- ebaranow@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30pm - 2:30pm or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Miguel Bota
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2037
- bota@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays 1:00pm - 3:00pm (in-person), Tuesdays 8:00am - 9:00am (via zoom Meeting ID: 81292634932) and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Euisuk Kim
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2033
- euisuk.kim@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Korean & Spanish
Dr. Kazue Masuyama
Language Area Head, Japanese
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2061
- masuyama@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm and Wednesdays 3:00pm - 4:00pm and by appointment (all in-person or via zoom: https://csus.zoom.us/my/masuyama)
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Brenda Romero
Language Area Head, Spanish and Graduate Coordinator, Spanish Program
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2027
- brenda.romero@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00pm - 1:30pm and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Beatrice Russell
Language Area Head, French
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2055
- bkelley@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:30am - 12:30pm (in-person), 2:00pm - 3:30pm (via zoom) and Wednesdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Areas of Teaching: French
Dr. Kristina Vassil
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2063
- vassil@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00am - 10:00am, Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am (in-person and via zoom Meeting ID: 4107300589) and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Part-Time Faculty
Alba Boyer
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2041
- ab3767@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays 2:00pm - 4:00pm and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Italian, Spanish
Catherine Fox-Anderson
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2043
- fox-anderson@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1:00pm - 1:50pm
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Monica Garcia
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2035
- garciamr@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00am–10:45 am, Wednesdays from 12:00pm–1:30pm
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Heeju Han
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2015
- heeju.han@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 9:50am - 10:50 am (in-person), Thursdays 3:00pm - 4:00pm (via Zoom: 994 175 4202, Passcode 1003)
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Clovis Karam
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2035
- c.karam@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Areas of Teaching: Arabic
Eliot Kelly
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2025
- eliot.kelly@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays 9:00am - 9:30am and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Catherine Miskow
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2031
- miskow@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30pm - 2:30pm, Wednesdays 9:00am - 10:00am and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: French & Japanese
Eunhae Park
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2043
- eunhae.park@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Areas of Teaching: Korean
Dr. JJ Peralta
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2021
- j.peraltagutierrez@csus.edu
- Office Hours: SPAN 1A: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am to 12:00pm via zoom (Meeting ID: 854 2489 1290), SPAN 1B Mondays and Wednesday 1:30pm -2:30pm via zoom (Meeting ID: 869 5367 3629)
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Luis Rios
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2023
- luis.rios@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 3:00pm - 4:15pm and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Sandra Rodriguez
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2043
- sandra.rodriguez@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 4:00pm - 4:30pm (via zoom Meeting ID: 869-2030-0548)
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Lorella Silvestri
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2021
- l.silvestri@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 11:30am - 12:30pm (in-person and via zoom Meeting ID: 6184170059) and by appointment in-person or via zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Italian
Dr. Amrik Singh
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2023
- asingh@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm (via zoom Meeting ID: 6479943728)
- Areas of Teaching: Punjabi
Nobuko Torres
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2025
- n.torres@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00am - 11:50am (in-person and via zoom Meeting ID: 3708873139) and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Xianghua Wu
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2015
- wu@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday - Thursdays 10:00am - 10:30am
- Areas of Teaching: Chinese
