Faculty of Resident Instruction

Robert G. Sullivan, Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Associate Professor, and Director of the Medieval Studies Certificate Program, B.A., McGill, 1983; M.A., 1985; Pd.D., Wisconsin, 1991.

Luiz Amaral, Associate Professor, Director of Portuguese Studies, and Undergraduate Advisor of Portuguese, B.A., Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, 1997; M.A., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 2001; Ph.D., Ohio State, 2007.

Meghan Armstrong-Abrami, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Spanish, B.A., Maryland at College Park, 2000; M.A, Ohio State, 2007; Ph.D., 2012.

Philippe Baillargeon, Senior Lecturer II and Director of French and Francophone Studies, B.A., McGill, Canada, 1998; M.A., Princeton, 2001; Ph.D., 2006.

Bruce P. Baird, Associate Professor and Director of East Asian Languages and Cultures, B.A., Columbia, 1992; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 2004.

Maria Soledad Barbón, Associate Professor, M.A., Cologne, Germany, 1993; Ph.D., 2000.

Jessica Barr, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Comparative Literature, B.A., Oberlin, 1997; M.A., Brown, 2003; Ph.D., 2007.

Maria Biezma, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Complutense Madrid, 2003; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2005; Ph.D., 2011.

Luke Bouvier, Senior Lecturer II and Graduate Program Director of French and Francophone Studies, B.A., Rutgers, 1986; M.A., Cornell, 1990; Ph.D., 1993.

Emmanuel Buzay, Assistant Professor, M.A., Sorbonne, 2006; Ph.D., Connecticut at Storrs, 2012.

Suet-Ying Chiu, Associate Professor, B.A., Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995; M.A., California State at Long Beach, 1999; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 2007.

Carole Cloutier, Senior Lecturer and Spanish Language Program Director, B.A., McGill, Canada, 1991; M.S., Georgetown, 1994; Ph.D., 1999.

N. C. Christopher Couch, Senior Lecturer II, B.A., Columbia, 1976; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1987.

Andrea Dallas, Senior Lecturer and Director of English As A Second Language, B.A., Florida at Miami, 1999; M.Ed., Framingham, 2001; M.A., Florida at Gainesville, 2004; Ph.D., 2008.

Andrew Donson, Associate Professor and Director of German and Scandinavian Studies, B.A., Cornell, 1991; M.A., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1995; Ph.D., 2000.

Julia Feldhaus, Lecturer, M.A., Rutgers, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.

Yi Feng, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Xi’an International Studies University, 2004; M.A., East China Normal University, 2011.

Stephanie Fetta, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Irvine, 1992; M.A., 1996; Ph.D., 2008.

Arthur Figliola, Senior Lecturer II, B.A., Dartmouth, 1973; M.A., Middlebury, 1978; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001.

Stephen M. Forrest, Senior Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Advisor of Japanese Language and Literature, B.A., Oxford, England, 1987; M.A., 1991; Ph.D., Harvard, 2005.

Regina Galasso, Associate Professor and Director of the Translation Center, B.A., Rutgers, 2000; M.A., Middlebury College in Spain, 2002; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2008.

Ela Gezen, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor of German Studies, B.A., Freie Universität Berlin, 2001; M.A., Indiana at Bloomington, 2005; Ph.D., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2012.

Stacy Giufre, Lecturer, B.A., Cornell, 1999; Ph.D., Cambridge, 2011.

Tal Goldfajn, Assistant Professor, B.A., Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil, 1986; M.A., Oxford, 1990; Ph.D., 1993.

Rachel Green, Assistant Professor, B.A., Chicago, 2008; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2013; Ph.D., 2017.

Patricia Gubitosi, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean of Advising, and Undergraduate Program Director of Spanish Studies, B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991; M.A., Houston, 2004; Ph.D., 2006.

Julie Candler Hayes, Professor, B.A., Austin College, 1977; M.A., Northwestern, 1979; Ph.D., 1982.

James Hicks, Senior Lecturer II, B.A., B.S., Michigan State, 1982; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1987; Ph.D., 1992.

Frank Hugus, Professor, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1963; M.A., 1965; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972.

Moira Inghilleri, Professor, Director of Comparative Literature, and Director of the Interpreting Studies Certificate Program, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1979; M.A., Massachusetts at Boston, 1987; Ph.D., University of London, Institute of Education, 1996.

Mariana Ivanova, Associate Professor, B.A., Shumen, Bulgaria, 2001; M.A., Pittsburgh, 2003; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 2011.

Sara Jackson, Assistant Professor, B.A., Oregon, 2002; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., Michigan, 2013.

Nahla Abdel-Kader-Ahmed Khalil, 5 College Lecturer, B.A., Mansoura University, 1993; M.A., 1995; M.A., Ain Shams University, 2002; Ph.D., Ain Shams and Massachusetts at Amherst, 2008.

Mako Koyama, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, 1988; M.A., Columbia, 1990.

Kathryn Lachman, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Comparative Literature, B.A., Yale, 1998; M.A., 1998; Ph.D., Princeton, 2008.

Don E. Levine, Associate Professor, B.A., Columbia, 1964; M.A., Princeton, 1967; Ph.D., 1972.

Yu Liu, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Beijing Language & Culture University, 2004; M.A., Indiana, 2010.

Albert Lloret, Associate Professor and Director of Spanish Studies, M.A., Universitat de Girona, 2009; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2010.

Roberto Ludovico, Associate Professor, Laurea, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy, 1993; M.A., McGill, 1997; Ph.D., Brown, 2003.

Andrea Malaguti, Associate Professor, Laurea, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy, 1989; M.A., Harvard, 1995; Ph.D., 1999.

Luis A. Marentes, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor of Spanish, B.A., Texas at Austin, 1987; M.A., 1990; Ph.D., 1994.

Patricia Martinho Ferreira, Visiting Professor of Portuguese, B.A., Coimbra, Portugal, 2005; M.A., 2009; M.Ed., Porto, 2012; Ph.D., Brown, 2018.

Melina Masterson, Lecturer, B.A., Colorado College, 2002; M.A., Boston College, 2007; Ph.D., Connecticut, 2016.

Cristiano A. Mazzei, Senior Lecturer II and Director of Translator and Interpreter Training, B.A., Centro Universitario Ibero-Americano Sao Paulo, 1985; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007.

Patrick Mensah, Associate Professor, B.A., Leson, Ghana, 1980; M.A., Cornell, 1989; Ph.D., 1991.

Stephen D. Miller, Associate Professor, B.A., Ohio State, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1983; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1993.

Guillem Molla, Lecturer and Director of Catalan Program, B.A., Universitat de Girona, 2003; M.A., 2005; Ph.D., 2010.

Kerstin Mueller Dembling, Senior Lecturer and German Language Program Coordinator, M.A., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 1995; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2005.

Michael Papio, Professor and Director of Italian Studies, B.A., Florida State, 1990; M.A., Virginia, 1993; Ph.D., 1998.

Chan Young Park, 5 College Senior Lecturer, B.A., Ewha Womans University, 1996; M.TESL., Arizona State, 2000; Ph.D., 2007.

Emma Rivera-Rábago, Senior Lecturer II and Undergraduate Spanish Minor Advisor, B.A., Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, 1988; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1998.

David Rodriguez Solas, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advisor of Spanish, B.A., University of Granada, 1999; M.A., 2001; Ph.D., City University of New York, 2009.

Márgara Russotto, Professor, B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1977; M.A., Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela, 1983; Ph.D., Universidade Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1987.

David Schneider, Associate Professor, B.A., Colorado at Boulder, 1980; M.A., Columbia, 1987; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2005.

Amanda C. Seaman, Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1988; M.A., Chicago, 1994; Ph.D., 2001.

Pamela Shea, Lecturer, B.A., New York at Oneonta, 1994; M.A., School for International Training Brattleboro, 2000; Ph.D. (ABD),  Massachusetts at Amherst.

Zhongwei Shen, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Chinese Language and Literature, B.A., Fudan, China, 1982; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1988; Ph.D., 1993.

Yasuko Shiomi, Lecturer, B.A., Nara Women's University, 1998; M.A., Wisconsin at Madison, 2004.

Jonathan Skolnik, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of German Studies, B.A., Columbia College, 1990; M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1999.

Reiko Sono, Senior Lecturer II and Undergraduate Advisor of Japanese Language and Literature, B.A., Tsukuba, 1988; M.A., 1991; M.A., Princeton, 1996.

Jeremi Szaniawski, Assistant Professor, B.A., Bruxelles, 2002; M.A., 2003; Ph.D., Yale, 2012.

Corine Tachtiris, Assistant Professor, B.A., Earlham, 2000; M.F.A., Iowa, 2003; Ph.D., Michigan, 2012.

Cara Takakjian, Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor of Italian Studies, B.A., Georgetown, 2003; Ph.D., Harvard, 2013.

Rhonda Tarr, Senior Lecturer II, B.A., Connecticut, 1973; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1982; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1995.

Danielle Thomas, Lecturer, B.A., Toronto, 2002; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., 2012.

Maria Tymoczko, Professor, B.A., Radcliffe, 1965; M.A., Harvard, 1968; Ph.D., 1973.

Eva Valenta, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director of French and Francophone Studies, M.A., Canada, 1984; Ph.D., Cornell, 1991.

Ena Vulor, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Univ. of Ghana, 1980; M.A., Cornell, 1990; Ph.D., 1994.

Zhijun Wang, Associate Professor and Chinese Language Program Coordinator, B.A., Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, 1987; M.A., Beijing Language and Culture University, 1992; M.A., Iowa, 1999; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.

Yuki Yoshimura, Senior Lecturer and Japanese Language Program Coordinator, B.A., Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, 1999; M.A., 2002; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, 2006.

Barbara Zecchi, Professor and Director of Film Studies, B.A., Ca’Foscari, 1986; M.A., California at San Diego, 1990; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1994; Ph.D., 1998.

Enhua Zhang, Associate Professor, B.A., Nankai, China, 1997; M.A., 2000; M.Phil., Colombia, 2003; Ph.D., 2007.