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Department of World Languages & Literatures College of Arts & Letters

Meet Us

Staff

Dr. Curtis Smith

Chair, World Languages & Literatures Department Language Area Head, Chinese

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Chinese

Valeria Herrera

Department Coordinator

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Full-Time Faculty

Dr. Viola Ardeni

Language Area Head, Italian

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed. 10 - 11 a.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Italian

Dr. Edward Baranowski

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  • Office Hours: Wed. noon - 1 p.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Miguel Bota

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  • 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

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs./Fri. 11 a.m. - noon Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Euisuk Kim

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  • 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

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  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese

Dr. Brenda Romero

Language Area Head, Spanish and Graduate Coordinator, Spanish Program

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 3 p.m.
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Beatrice Russell

Language Area Head, French

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 1 - 3 p.m.
    Wed. 3 - 4 p.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: French

Dr. Kristina Vassil

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon./Wed. 11 a.m. - noon and in person Zoom
    Tues. noon - 1 p.m. and in person Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese

Part-Time Faculty

Alba Boyer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 2 - 4 p.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Italian, Spanish

Catherine Fox-Anderson

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 11 a.m. - noon
    Thurs. 11 - 11: 45 a.m. SPAN 2A
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Monica Garcia

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 11 a.m. - noon
    Wed. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Heeju Han

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  • 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

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 8 - 9 a.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Arabic

Eliot Kelly

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 9 - 9:30 a.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese

Dr. Catherine Miskow

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: French & Japanese

Eunhae Park

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  • Areas of Teaching: Korean

Luis Rios

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  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Lorella Silvestri

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and by appointment Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Italian

Dr. Amrik Singh

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 6:30 - 7 p.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Punjabi

Nobuko Torres

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 2 - 3 p.m. and by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese

Dr. Xianghua Wu

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed./Thurs. 11 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Areas of Teaching: Chinese

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Nicole Buffard

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  • Areas of Teaching: French

Dr. Barbara Carle

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  • Areas of Teaching: Italian

Dr. Kevin Elstob

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  • Areas of Teaching: French

Dr. Maria Mayberry

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  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Judy Rodriguez

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  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Total Members: 29