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Department of World Languages & Literatures College of Arts & Letters

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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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Luis Moya

Department Assistant

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Full-Time Faculty

Dr. Viola Ardeni

Language Area Head, Italian

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed. 2 - 3 p.m. or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Italian

Dr. Edward Baranowski

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 1 - 2:30 p.m. or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Miguel Bota

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    Wed. 3 - 4:30 p.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Jonathan Fleck

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. noon - 12:50 p.m. Zoom
    Tues. 11 - 11:50 a.m. Zoom
    Thurs. 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Euisuk Kim

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed. 1 p.m. - 2:30 or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Kazue Masuyama

Language Area Head, Japanese

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  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese

Dr. Maria Mayberry

Language Area Head, Spanish| HEALS Program Coordinator

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  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish (Unavailable as of February 17, 2025)

Dr. Brenda Romero

Graduate Coordinator, Spanish Program

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

Dr. Beatrice Russell

Language Area Head, French

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  • Areas of Teaching: French (UNAVAILABLE SPRING 2025)

Dr. Kristina Vassil

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  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese (UNAVAILABLE SPRING 2025)

Part-Time Faculty

Dr. Vanessa Arnaud

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. noon - 1:30 p.m. or by appointment Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: French

Alba Boyer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 3 - 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Italian, Spanish

Catherine Fox-Anderson

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 10 - 11 a.m.
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Monica Garcia

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Heeju Han

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 11 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Korean & Spanish

Abram (Avi) Jones

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 5 - 6 p.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: French

Dr. Clovis Karam

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. noon - 1 p.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

Stavroula Kyritsi

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon./Tues. 1 - 2 p.m.
    Thurs. 1 - 2:00 p.m. via Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Greek, Latin

Dr. Juan Miranda

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10 - 11 a.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Dr. Catherine Miskow

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon./Wed. 2 - 3 p.m.
    Tues. 9 - 10 a.m.
  • Areas of Teaching: French & Japanese

Judy Rodriguez

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon./Wed. noon - 12:50 p.m.
    Thurs. 1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
  • Areas of Teaching: Spanish

Lorella Silvestri

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

Dr. Amrik Singh

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Zoom
  • Areas of Teaching: Punjabi

Nobuko Torres

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. or by appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Japanese

Dr. Xianghua Wu

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Wed. 11 a.m. - noon
  • 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
Total Members: 32
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