Faculty & Staff

Modern & Classical Languages Faculty & Staff

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Department Chair

Shannon Dubenion-Smith stands outside a brick building, near a green shrub.

Shannon Dubenion-Smith

Chair of MCL Associate Professor of German and Linguistics German Study Abroad Advisor
360-650-2038
MH 223B

Faculty

Sandra Alfers, PhD

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Professor of German Director of the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity On professional leave 2022
360-650-7427
MH 215E & WL 572
Professor Aranda in a blue sweater

Blanca Aranda Gómez García, PhD

Associate Professor of Spanish
360-650-2528
MH 128

Mauricio Araniva, MA

Senior Instructor of Spanish
360-650-2094
MH 217C

Sheryl Bernardo-Hinesley, PhD

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Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics World Languages Teaching Endorsement Advisor
360.650.4852
Miller Hall 122A

Amy Carbajal, MIS

Senior Instructor of Spanish
360-650-7967
MH 216B
A branching plant with pink-red leaves in front of a light-blue background, illustration

Masanori Deguchi, PhD

Associate Professor of Japanese; Affiliated Faculty of Linguistics Japanese Study Abroad Advisor
(360) 650-4155
Miller Hall 217E
Kirsten Drickey outside, hiking along a trail with mountains and trees in background

Kirsten Drickey, PhD

Senior Instructor of Spanish Curriculum Coordinator, Spanish, Employee Language Program
360-650-4536
MH 218F
Sean Dwyer standing outside, trees in background

Sean Dwyer, MA

Senior Instructor of Spanish
360-650-3559
MH 216C

Eduardo Engelsing, PhD

Associate Professor of Classical Studies
360-650-2711
MH 122C
Petra Fiero standing outside, green, leafy trees in background

Petra Fiero, PhD

Professor of German
360-650-4860
MH 217A

Minori Fukuyama

Instructor
MH 222B

Hugo García González, PhD

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Professor, Spanish Section
MH 216-A

Cécile Hanania, PhD

Professor of French French Minor/ Major Advisor and Study Abroad Advisor
360-650-4858
MH 126

Ernest Rafael Hartwell, PhD

Assistant Professor of Spanish (Minor Advisor of Spanish) Affiliated Faculty of Latin American Studies
MH 217D
Joan Hoffman, smiling, standing inside with other professors in background

Joan M. Hoffman, PhD

Professor of Spanish Study Abroad Advisor/Spanish Point Person for Spanish Outreach
MH 222A
Tamer Hussein, smiling, wearing glasses

Tamer Hussein, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic
360-650-2093
MH 230
Miller Krause

Miller Krause, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
360-650-4269
MH 122D

Madoka Kusakabe, PhD

Senior Instructor of Japanese
360-650-7492
MH 222D
Claudia Liu at Birth Bay

Claudia Liu, MA

Instructor of Chinese
360-650-3673
MH 222B

Danielle Martin, MA

Instructor of Classics
360-650-7908
MH 122D
R. Mata with black background and face mask

R. Mata, PhD

Assistant Professor Major Advisor (Spanish with a Teaching Endorsement & BAE Spanish Elementary Education.
360-650-3927
MH 218C

Cornelius Partsch, PhD

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Professor of German German Section Coordinator
360-650-3929
MH 216E

Charles Patterson, PhD

Professor of Spanish Spanish Major Advisor Sigma Delta Pi Advisor
360-650-2154
MH 216D

Luis Portugal, PhD

Senior Instructor of Spanish Director of Latin American Studies Program
MH 228
Andrea Predko with dark shoulder length hair, wearing a black shirt and dark blue cardigan.

Andrea Predko

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French Instructor
MH 122B

Mary Anne Rangel, MS

Senior Instructor of Spanish
360-650-4802
MH 218A
Marianne Sebastian-Veals

Marianne Sebastian-Veals

German Instructor
360-650-7717
122B
Photo of Professor Smith

Lindsey Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor of French
MH 215A

Byron Stayskal, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
360-650-4854
MH 122E

Wenling Su, MA

Instructor of Chinese
360-650-7965
MH 222D

Scott Taylor, PhD

Senior Instructor of French
360-650-7966
MH 218B
Massimiliano Tomasi wearing green shirt and standing in front of a bookcase

Massimiliano Tomasi

Professor of Japanese Program Director
360-650-3339
MH 222C
Edward Vajda in Leipzig, Germany

Edward Vajda, PhD

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Professor of Russian and Linguistics; Russian and Eurasian Studies Advisor
Miller Hall 218E

Tyler Walker, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Japanese
MH 218D

Julie Winter, PhD

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Visiting Assistant Professor of German
360-650-4394
MH 215D
Julian Wu sitting at a computer desk

Julian Wu, PhD

Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and East Asian Studies Study Abroad Advisor
(360) 650-6122
Miller Hall 217B

Emeritus

Darrel Amundsen, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Classics

Henrich Brockhaus, PhD

Professor Emeritus of German

Vicki Hamblin, PhD

Professor Emeritus of French

Vladimir Milicic, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Russian

Daniel Rangel-Guerrero, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Spanish

Walter Robinson, PhD

Professor Emeritus of German

Walter Suess, PhD

Professor Emeritus of German

Rudolf Weiss, PhD

Professor Emeritus of German and Linguistics
Janet Xing standing in front of a bookcase

Janet Zhiqun Xing, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Chinese and Linguistics
Michiko Yusa stands in front of the ocean with the sun setting on the horizon

Michiko Yusa, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Japanese and East Asian Studies
MH 218E

Staff

Holly sits at a computer desk, in front of a window with pink blossoms outside

Holly Childs

Admin Services Manager
360-650-3919
MH 223A
Portrait of Dylan Gibson

Dylan Gibson

Program Coordinator
(360) 650-7779, (360) 650-3918, (360) 650-3200
Miller Hall 223

In Memoriam

Shaw Gynan

Shaw Gynan, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Spanish

Kurt Moerschner, PhD

Professor Emeritus of German
Kathleen smiles wearing a pair of glasses and a pink shirt.

Kathleen Tomlonovic, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Chinese and East Asian Studies

John Underwood, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Spanish