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: Thurs. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 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: Mon./Tues./Wed. 10 - 11 a.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Italian
Dr. Edward Baranowski

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2039
- ebaranow@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Wed. noon - 1 p.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Miguel Bota

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2037
- bota@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 2:45 - 4 p.m.
Mon. 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. and by appointment
Wed. 3 - 4 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Jonathan Fleck

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2029
- jonathan.fleck@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs./Fri. 11 a.m. - noon Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Euisuk Kim

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2033
- euisuk.kim@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed./Thurs. noon - 1 p.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Korean & Spanish
Dr. Kazue Masuyama
Language Area Head, Japanese

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2061
- masuyama@csus.edu
- Website
- 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: Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 3 p.m.
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Beatrice Russell
Language Area Head, French

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2055
- bkelley@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours:
Tues. 1 - 3 p.m.
Wed. 3 - 4 p.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: French
Part-Time Faculty
Alba Boyer

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2041
- ab3767@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 2 - 4 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Italian, Spanish
Catherine Fox-Anderson

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2043
- fox-anderson@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 11 a.m. - noon
Thurs. 11 - 11: 45 a.m. SPAN 2A
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Monica Garcia

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2035
- garciamr@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 11 a.m. - noon
Wed. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Heeju Han

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2015
- heeju.han@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon./Tues. 10:20 - 10:50 a.m.
Mon./Tues. 1:40 - 2:40 p.m.
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Clovis Karam

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2035
- c.karam@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thurs. 8 - 9 a.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Arabic
Eliot Kelly

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2025
- eliot.kelly@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 9 - 9:30 a.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Catherine Miskow

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2031
- miskow@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: French & Japanese
Lorella Silvestri

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2021
- l.silvestri@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and by appointment Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Italian
Dr. Amrik Singh

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2023
- asingh@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Wed. 6:30 - 7 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Punjabi
Nobuko Torres

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2025
- n.torres@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wed. 2 - 3 p.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Xianghua Wu

- Location: Mariposa Hall 2015
- wu@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed./Thurs. 11 - 11:30 a.m.
- Areas of Teaching: Chinese