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Meet Our People
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Delaware is home to a diverse and accomplished group of faculty and staff who are dedicated to the study and promotion of language, literature, and cultural understanding. Our department features experts in a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, literary analysis, cultural studies, and language pedagogy. Together, we work to provide our students with a rich and engaging educational experience that prepares them for success in an increasingly globalized world.
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Rachael Hutchinson
Interim Department Chair
Elias Ahuja Professor of Japanese and Game StudiesOffice: 103A Jastak-Burgess Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8680
Email: rhutch@udel.edu
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Persephone Braham
Professor of Spanish and Latin American & Iberian Studies
Office: 209 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: braham@udel.edu
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Amy Bustin
Spanish Basic Language Program Director, and Assistant Professor of Spanish and Pedagogy
Office: 315 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: abustin@udel.edu
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Meghan Dabkowski
Associate Professor of Spanish, Portuguese, and Linguistics
Office: 323 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: mdabkows@udel.edu
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Julia Domínguez
Professor of Spanish
Director of the Center for Global and Area Studies (CGAS)Office: 107 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Phone: (302) 831-0785
Email: dulcinea@udel.edu
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Chad M. Gasta
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Professor of SpanishOffice: 4 Kent Way
Email: cgasta@udel.edu
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Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: 315 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Phone: (302) 831-0835
Email: cmgm@udel.edu
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Eynat Gutman
Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Office: 308 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: eynat@udel.edu
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Tomas McCone
Director of Language Resource Center
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: 006A Jastak-Burgess Hall
Phone: (302) 831-6551
Email: tmccone@udel.edu
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Phillip Penix-Tadsen
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Office: 219 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: ptpt@udel.edu
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Ester Riehl
Assistant Professor of German
Office: 233 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Phone: (302) 831-1056
Email: eriehl@udel.edu
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Alexander Selimov
Elias Ahuja Chair of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Office: 236 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: selimov@udel.edu
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Deborah Steinberger
Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Office: 205 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Phone: (302) 831-2044
Email: steind@udel.edu
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Yoel Villahermosa Serrano
Assistant Professor of Game Studies and Spanish
Chair, Game Studies and EsportsOffice: 328 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: yoel@udel.edu
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Sunmin Yoon
Assistant Professor of Korean Studies
Office: 213 Amy E Dupont Building and 305 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Email: syoon@udel.edu
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Alderman, Robert | Adjunct Faculty, Game Studies | alderman@udel.edu |
| Alrawi, Noora | Adjunct Faculty, Arabic | nalrawi@udel.edu |
| Berndt, Judith | Adjunct Faculty, German | berndt@udel.edu |
| Bussiek, Antje | Adjunct Faculty, German | abussiek@udel.edu |
| Cai, Jie | Adjunct Faculty, Chinese | jiecai@udel.edu |
| Chiluka, Vandana | Adjunct Faculty, German | vchiluka@udel.edu |
| Ciuffetelli, Anthony | Adjunct Faculty, Spanish | ciuf@udel.edu |
| Creane, Jessica | Adjunct Faculty, Game Studies | eee@udel.edu |
| Dickens, Kayla | Adjunct Faculty, French | kdickens@udel.edu |
| Dyvna, Diana | Adjunct Faculty, French | dyvna@udel.edu |
| Edwards, Michael | Adjunct Faculty, Italian | medw@udel.edu |
| Gama Avella, Lorena | Adjunct Faculty, Spanish | lorenag@udel.edu |
| Hartman, Midori | Adjunct Faculty, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies | hart@udel.edu |
| Inoue, Chika | Adjunct Faculty, Japanese | cinoue@udel.edu |
| Kadhim-Sudani, Thamer Dawood | Adjunct Faculty, Arabic | tdawood@udel.edu |
| Kim, Heejin | Adjunct Faculty, Korean | irenakim@udel.edu |
| Kim, Soohyun | Adjunct Faculty, Korean | shyunk@udel.edu |
| Klute, Susan | Adjunct Faculty, French | skalet@udel.edu |
| Ladner, Erik | Adjunct Faculty, Spanish | eladner@udel.edu |
| Laird, Margaret | Adjunct Faculty, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies | mlaird@udel.edu |
| Le Jeune, Christine | Adjunct Faculty, German | clejeune@udel.edu |
| Liu, Na | Adjunct Faculty, Chinese | naliu@udel.edu |
| Paul, Alex | Adjunct Faculty, German | ampaul@udel.edu |
| Rodriguez Milan, Sheila | Adjunct Faculty, Spanish | sheilarm@udel.edu |
| Saggese, Riccarda | Adjunct Faculty, Italian | rsaggese@udel.edu |
| Sanchez Linares, Mirian | Adjunct Faculty, Spanish | miriansl@udel.edu |
| Sato, Mutsuko | Adjunct Faculty, Japanese | msato@udel.edu |
| Scheib, Stephen | Adjunct Faculty, Japanese | sscheib@udel.edu |
| Villarreal, Christina | Adjunct Faculty, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies | cmcvilla@udel.edu |
| Vorozhbit, Maria | Adjunct Faculty, Russian | mariav@udel.edu |
| Waldburger Mathe, Jennifer | Adjunct Faculty, Italian and French | jmathe@udel.edu |
| Warriner, Patricia | Adjunct Faculty, American Sign Language | warriner@udel.edu |
| Boosz, Janet | Adjunct Field Instructor, World Language Education | jboosz@udel.edu |
| Foley, Kalee | Adjunct Field Instructor, World Language Education | kalee@udel.edu |
| Wainwright, Lea | Adjunct Field Instructor, World Language Education | leawain@udel.edu |
| Name | Title | |
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Brown, Joan L. | Elias Ahuja Chair Emerita of Spanish | |
Busch, Hans-Jörg | Retired Associate Professor of Spanish & Pedagogy | |
Busch, Iris | Retired Assistant Professor of German | |
Coulet Du Gard, Donna | Retired Senior Instructor of French | |
Cubillos, Jorge | Retired Professor of Spanish | |
Donaldson-Evans, Mary | Elias Ahuja Professor Emeritus of French | |
Finnicum, Carmen | Retired Senior Instructor of Spanish | |
Giesecke, Annette | Retired Elias Ahuja Professor of Classics | |
Gilgenast, Edeltraut | Assistant Professor Emerita of German | |
Ilarregui, Gladys | Associate Professor Emerita of Spanish | |
Inoue, Chika | Retired Senior Instructor of Japanese | |
Lees, Cynthia | Retired Assistant Professor of French | |
Martinez, America | Retired Assistant Professor of Spanish | |
McKenna, Susan | Retired Associate Professor of Spanish | |
Musik, Krystyna | Retired Senior Instructor of Spanish | |
Nobile, Nancy | Retired Associate Professor of German | |
Ray, Meredith | Retired Elias Ahuja Professor of Italian | mkray@udel.edu |
Robb, Bonnie | Retired Associate Professor of French | |
Saad Maura, Asima | Retired Associate Professor of Spanish | |
Saggese, Riccarda | Retired Professor of Italian | rsaggese@udel.edu |
Schmidt-Cruz, Cynthia | Professor Emerita of Spanish | |
Shafi, Monika | Retired Elias Ahuja Professor of German | |
Thibault, Bruno | Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Emeritus of French Literature | |
Thibault, Elizabeth | Retired Senior Instructor of German | |
Toccafondi, Barbara | Retired Senior Instructor of French | blt@udel.edu |
Tu, Chung-Min Maria | Retired Associate Professor of Chinese | mariatu@udel.edu |
Veitia, Amalia | Retired Instructor of Spanish | |
Wedel, Alfred | Professor Emeritus of German | |
Zipser, Richard | Retired Professor of German |
| Name | Title | |
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Olney, Kaylee | Business Administrator II & CAS BA Lead | |
Turner, Kathleen | Academic Program Coordinator - Undergraduate Studies | |
Camacho, Lizette | Academic Program Coordinator - Graduate Studies | |
Milbury-Steen, Blythe | World Languages Education Program Coordinator and Advisor | |
McCone, Thomas | Director, Language Resource Center | |
Ward, Aaron | Systems Programmer III, CAS IT | |
Biddle, Susan | Grants Analyst II, CAS Research | |
Ford, Charles | HR Generalist, CAS HR |
| Name | Affiliation | |
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Acevedo, Nathan | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | |
Aconcha Vasquez, Jhon | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | jaconcha@udel.edu |
Boamah, Isaac | Graduate Teaching Assistant, French | boamah@udel.edu |
Bodner, Bailey | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | bbodner@udel.edu |
Boos, Jack | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | jackboos@udel.edu |
Burton, Charles Alphonse | Graduate Teaching Assistant, French | cburton@udel.edu |
Caparros Lopez, Alicia | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | caparros@udel.edu |
Lahoz, Carlota | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | |
Lugo Abrams, Lara | Graduate Teaching Assistant, French | llugo@udel.edu |
Morales Arias, Elena | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | |
Nyarko, Nash | Graduate Teaching Assistant, French | nnyarko@udel.edu |
Reimann, Lisa | Graduate Teaching Assistant, French | lreimann@udel.edu |
Reyes Palmero, Carmen | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | reyespac@udel.edu |
Simón Mendez, Leire | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish | |
Snodgrass, Falon | Graduate Teaching Assistant, French |
Operational and Academic
| Name | Role | |
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| Hutchinson, Rachael | Interim Department Chairperson | rhutch@udel.edu |
| Salsini, Laura | Associate Chair | lsalsini@udel.edu |
| Braham, Persephone | Undergraduate Studies Director | braham@udel.edu |
| Guardiola-Griffiths, Cristina | Graduate Studies Director | cmgm@udel.edu |
| Johnson, Crista | Foreign Language Placement Advisor | cristaj@udel.edu |
| Moltchanov, Basia | Course Scheduling Officer | basia@udel.edu |
| Villahermosa Serrano, Yoel | Game Studies Director | yoel@udel.edu |
Coordinators, Language Chairs and Sequence Supervisors
| Name | Role | |
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| Masmoudi, Ikram | Arabic Language Chair | masmoudi@udel.edu |
| Chen, Jianguo | Chinese Language Chair | chenjia@udel.edu |
| Yang, Haihong | Chinese 100-Level Course Sequence Supervisor | hyang@udel.edu |
| Boyd, Marcaline | Ancient Greek & Roman Studies (Classics) Language Chair | mboyd@udel.edu |
| Steinberger, Deborah | French Language Chair | steind@udel.edu |
| Ruiz Garcia, Fernando | FREN 105 Course Coordinator | fruiz@udel.edu |
| Dickens, Kayla | FREN 106 Course Coordinator | kdickens@udel.edu |
| Celli, Judy | FREN 107 Course Coordinator | celli@udel.edu |
| Richardson, Diane | German Language Chair | dfr@udel.edu |
| Gutman, Eynat | Hebrew Language Chair | eynat@udel.edu |
| Salsini, Laura | Italian Language Chair | lsalsini@udel.edu |
| Veneziano Broccia, Lillyrose | Italian 100-Level Course Sequence Supervisor | lilrose@udel.edu |
| Waldburger Mathe, Jennifer | ITAL 105 Course Coordinator | jmathe@udel.edu |
| Morrione, Roberta | ITAL 106 Course Coordinator | robimor@udel.edu |
| Veneziano Broccia, Lillyrose | ITAL 107 Course Coordinator | lilrose@udel.edu |
| Mondelli, Frank | Japanese Language Chair | mondelli@udel.edu |
| Miller, Mark | Japanese 100-Level Course Sequence Supervisor | markm@udel.edu |
| VanLuvanee, Eric | JAPN 105 Course Coordinator | ericv@udel.edu |
| Miller, Mark | JAPN 106 & JAPN 107 Course Coordinator | markm@udel.edu |
| Yoon, Sunmin | Korean Language Chair | syoon@udel.edu |
| Dabkowski, Meghan | Portuguese Language Chair | mdabkows@udel.edu |
| Myers, Holly | Russian Language Chair | hmyers@udel.edu |
| McInnis-Dominguez, Meghan | Spanish Language Chair | mmd@udel.edu |
| Bustin, Amy | Spanish Basic Language Program Director | abustin@udel.edu |
| Johnson, Crista | SPAN 105 Course Coordinator | cristaj@udel.edu |
| Villaverde Salgueiro, Sheila | SPAN 106 Course Coordinator | sheilavs@udel.edu |
| Manzano, Doris | SPAN 107 Course Coordinator | mbigurra@udel.edu |
| Milbury-Steen, Blythe | Three Languages Advisor | bmilbury@udel.edu |
| Milbury-Steen, Blythe | World Languages Education Coordinator | bmilbury@udel.edu |
Department Representatives
| Name | Role | |
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| Alalou, Ali | Department Representative, University Faculty Senate | alalou@udel.edu |
| VanLuvanee, Eric | Department Representative, College Faculty Senate | ericv@udel.edu |
| Guardiola-Griffiths, Cristina | Department Representative, Graduate College Council | cmgm@udel.edu |
| Steinberger, Deborah | Department Representative, AAUP Faculty Union | steind@udel.edu |
| VanLuvanee, Eric | Department Representative, AAUP Faculty Union | ericv@udel.edu |
| Steinberger, Deborah | Department Liaison, Honors College | steind@udel.edu |
