Faculty & Staff
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Department Chair
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Chair of LLC Associate Professor of German and Linguistics German Study Abroad Advisor
MH 223B
Faculty
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Professor of German German Section Coordinator Founding & Executive Director of the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity
MH 215E & WL 572
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Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics World Languages Teaching Endorsement Advisor (Secondary and Elementary Education)
Miller Hall 122A
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Professor of Japanese Affiliated Faculty of Linguistics Japanese Study Abroad Advisor
Miller Hall 217E
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Senior Instructor of Spanish Curriculum Coordinator, Spanish, Employee Language Program
MH 218F
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Laurel Nesholm Endowed Professor in French (2023-2024)
MH 126
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Associate Professor of Spanish (Minor Advisor of Spanish) Affiliated Faculty of Latin American Studies
MH 217D
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Professor of Spanish Study Abroad Advisor/Spanish Summer Advisor/Spanish Point Person for Spanish Outreach
MH 222A
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
MH 122D
Assistant professor of Chinese and Applied Linguistics Chinese major/minor advisor Affiliated Faculty of Linguistics
Miller Hall 218A
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Assistant Professor Major Advisor (Spanish with a Teaching Endorsement & BAE Spanish Elementary Education.
MH 218C
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Professor of Spanish Sigma Delta Pi Advisor
MH 216D
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Senior Instructor of Spanish Director of Latin American Studies Program
MH 228
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Assistant Professor of French French Section Coordinator Study Abroad Advisor
MH 215A
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Professor of Russian and Linguistics; Russian and Eurasian Studies Advisor
Miller Hall 218E
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Professor of Chinese Literature and East Asian Studies Study Abroad Advisor
Miller Hall 217B