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Administration

Department Chair

Michael D. Bailey Interim Department Chair & Professor of History

Associate Chairs

Margaret Mook Director of Classical Studies & Associate Professor of Classical Studies & Latin

Maximilian Viatori Professor of Anthropology

Director of Graduate Education

Sebastian Braun Director of American Indian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Graduate Education

Advising

Pat Johnson Academic Advisor

Alissa Whitmore Academic Advisor

Professional Staff

Adrienne Bergman Communications Specialist I

Jazmin Chavez WLC Student Ambassador

Octavia Grimes WLC Student Ambassador

Myles Jenkins WLC Student Ambassador

Katie Steigleder Administrative Assistant II

Jacob Larsen LSRC Director

Trevor Luster IT Support I [LAS]

Rylee Matthews WLC Student Ambassador

Jakob Ravega Student Assistant

Joslyn Sperry WLC Student Ambassador

Lauren Van Horn Student Assistant

American Indian Studies

Grant Arndt Associate Professor of Anthropology

Sebastian Braun Director of American Indian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Graduate Education

Abigail Gundlach-Graham Assistant Teaching Professor of American Indian Studies

Christina Gish Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology

American Sign Language

Dina Toulan Lecturer of ASL

Anthropology

Grant Arndt Associate Professor of Anthropology

Ritwik Banerji Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Sebastian Braun Director of American Indian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Graduate Education

Nell Gabiam Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Middle Eastern Studies Program

Matthew Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology

Christina Gish Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology

Andrew Somerville Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Maximilian Viatori Professor of Anthropology

Graduate Students

Sarah Bartlett Graduate Assistant [WGS]

Susana Cabrera-Mariz Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Alexander Cullison Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Caitlyn Gorman Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Kara Gravert Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Max Moreno Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Brody Norton Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Madeline Tribbett Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Serena Webster Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Tabitha Wilkerson Graduate Assistant [WLC]

Arabic

Ghinwa Alameen Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic

Jean-Pierre Taoutel Teaching Professor of French and Arabic

Chinese

Tonglu Li Associate Professor of Chinese

Jennifer Macasek Lecturer of Chinese

Aili Mu Professor of Chinese

Shenglan Zhang （张胜兰/張勝蘭） Associate Professor of Chinese

Classical Studies

Alexander Hall Associate Teaching Professor of Classical Studies & Latin

Rachel Meyers Associate Professor of Classical Studies

Margaret Mook Director of Classical Studies & Associate Professor of Classical Studies & Latin

Jessica Moore Assistant Teaching Professor of Classical Studies

French

Sedigheh Akbari Azirani Lecturer [WLC]

Melissa Deininger Assistant Teaching Professor of International Studies and French

Neysa Goodman Associate Teaching Professor of French and Spanish

Guedeyi Hayatou Assistant Professor of French

Michèle A. Schaal Associate Professor of French

Jean-Pierre Taoutel Teaching Professor of French and Arabic

Stacey Weber-Fève Associate Professor of French

German

William Carter Associate Professor of German, Director of International Studies

Beth Martin Teaching Professor of German

Bethany Morgan Assistant Teaching Professor of German

Lindsay Preseau Assistant Professor of German

International Studies

William Carter Associate Professor of German, Director of International Studies

Melissa Deininger Assistant Teaching Professor of International Studies and French

Fabiana DePaula Assistant Teaching Professor of International Studies and Portuguese

James Strohman Assistant Teaching Professor of International Studies

Thomas Waldemer Teaching Professor of Spanish

Middle Eastern Studies

Ghinwa Alameen Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic

Nell Gabiam Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Middle Eastern Studies Program

Jean-Pierre Taoutel Teaching Professor of French and Arabic

Portuguese

Fabiana DePaula Assistant Teaching Professor of International Studies and Portuguese

Russian Studies

Olga Mesropova Associate Professor of Russian

Maria Vorozhbit Assistant Teaching Professor of Russian

Spanish

Natalia Amorin Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish

Dawn Bratsch-Prince Associate Provost & Professor of Spanish

Celeste Chaves Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish

Xavier Dapena Assistant Professor of Spanish and World Film Studies

Neysa Goodman Associate Teaching Professor of French and Spanish

Rachel Haywood Associate Professor of Spanish

Erik Ladner Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish

Marta Vessoni de Lence Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish

Megan Jeanette Myers Associate Professor of Spanish & Director, LCP

Cristina Pardo Ballester Associate Professor of Spanish

Elisa Rizo Associate Professor of Spanish

Lucía M. Suárez Director of U.S. Latino/a Studies & Associate Professor of Spanish & USLS

Thomas Waldemer Teaching Professor of Spanish

Julie Wilhelm Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish

Teacher Education

Julie Wilhelm Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish

U.S. Latino/a Studies

Lucía M. Suárez Director of U.S. Latino/a Studies & Associate Professor of Spanish & USLS

World Film Studies

Xavier Dapena Assistant Professor of Spanish and World Film Studies

Tonglu Li Associate Professor of Chinese

Olga Mesropova Associate Professor of Russian

Bethany Morgan Assistant Teaching Professor of German

Thomas Waldemer Teaching Professor of Spanish

Stacey Weber-Fève Associate Professor of French

Retired Faculty

Linda Quinn Allen Associate Professor of French

Joanna Courteau Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese

James Dow Professor Emeritus of German and Linguistics

David Gradwohl Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Madeleine Henry Professor Emerita of Classical Studies

Shu-min Huang Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Margaret Johnson Assistant Professor of German (Retired)

Nelle Kottman Adjunct Professor of French (Retired)

Kathy Leonard Professor Emerita in Spanish

Frank Mariner Associate Professor Emeritus of French

Eugenio Matibag Professor Emeritus of Spanish & U.S. Latino/a Studies

Ronald Nabrotzky Associate Professor Emeritus German

Mark Rectanus University Professor Emeritus of German

Marcia Rosenbusch Adjunct Associate Professor of Spanish (Retired)

Ursula Smith Assistant Professor of French (Retired)

Helga Van Iten Assistant Professor Emerita of German

Michael Whiteford Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Norma Wolff Associate Professor Emerita Anthropology

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