Administration Department Chair Megan Myers Associate Professor of Spanish Associate Chairs Nell Gabiam Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Middle Eastern Studies Program Rachel Haywood Associate Professor of Spanish Director of Graduate Education Christina Gish Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology Advising Alex Cullison Academic Advisor II [LASAS] Elizabeth Zimmerman Academic Advisor II [LASAS] Professional Staff Adrienne Bergman Communications Specialist I Lori Krase-Cayton Administrative Assistant II Jacob Larsen LSRC Director American Indian Studies Grant Arndt Associate Professor of Anthropology Sebastian Braun Director of American Indian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology Christina Gish Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology American Sign Language Arlenne Negron 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 Nell Gabiam Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Middle Eastern Studies Program Matthew Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology Christina Gish Hill Associate Professor of Anthropology Corinna Most Courtesy Appointment Andrew Somerville Assistant Professor of Anthropology Graduate Students Baine Bertch Graduate Assistant [WLC] Rachel Ernwine Graduate Assistant [WLC] Miranda Hills Graduate Assistant [WLC] Mallory Levens Graduate Assistant [WLC] Brody Norton Graduate Assistant [WLC] Marzieh Poorbarfehi Graduate Assistant [WLC] Madeline Tribbett Graduate Assistant [WLC] Serena Webster Graduate Student [ANTHR] Tabitha Wilkerson Graduate Assistant [WLC] Arabic Ghinwa Alameen Associate Teaching Professor of Arabic Jean-Pierre Taoutel Teaching Professor of French & Arabic (currently French only) Chinese Tonglu Li Associate Professor of Chinese Jennifer Macasek Assistant Teaching 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 David Hollander Director of Classical Studies & Professor of History Rachel Meyers Associate Professor of Classical Studies Jessica Moore Assistant Teaching Professor of Classical Studies French Sedigheh Akbari Azirani Assistant Teaching Professor of French 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 & Arabic (currently French only) Stacey Weber-Fève Associate Professor of French German William Carter Associate Professor of German, Director of International Studies Beth Martin 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 Associate Teaching Professor of Arabic Nell Gabiam Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Middle Eastern Studies Program Jean-Pierre Taoutel Teaching Professor of French & Arabic (currently French only) 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 Luana Lamberti Assistant Professor of Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Marta Vessoni de Lence Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish Megan Myers Associate Professor of Spanish Cristina Pardo Ballester Associate Professor of Spanish Elisa Rizo Associate Professor of Spanish Hugo Salgado Assistant Professor of Hispanic Linguistics 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 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 Margaret Mook Associate Professor Emerita of Classical Studies & Latin Aili Mu Professor Emerita of Chinese 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 Administration American Indian Studies American Sign Language Anthropology Arabic Chinese Classical Studies French German International Studies Middle Eastern Studies Portuguese Russian Spanish Teacher Education U.S. Latino/a Studies World Film Studies Retired Faculty