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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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Adjunct Faculty

Name Affiliation Email
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

Emeritus and Retired Faculty

Name Title Email

Brown, Joan L.

Elias Ahuja Chair Emerita of Spanish

jlbrown@udel.edu

Busch, Hans-Jörg

Retired Associate Professor of Spanish & Pedagogy

leipzig@udel.edu

Busch, Iris

Retired Assistant Professor of German

beuren@udel.edu

Coulet Du Gard, Donna

Retired Senior Instructor of French

dcdugard@udel.edu

Cubillos, Jorge

Retired Professor of Spanish

cubillos@udel.edu

Donaldson-Evans, Mary

Elias Ahuja Professor Emeritus of French

maryde@udel.edu

Finnicum, Carmen

Retired Senior Instructor of Spanish

camy@udel.edu

Giesecke, Annette

Retired Elias Ahuja Professor of Classics

alg@udel.edu

Gilgenast, Edeltraut

Assistant Professor Emerita of German

trudyg@udel.edu

Ilarregui, Gladys

Associate Professor Emerita of Spanish

gladys@udel.edu

Inoue, Chika

Retired Senior Instructor of Japanese

cinoue@udel.edu

Lees, Cynthia

Retired Assistant Professor of French

clees@udel.edu

Martinez, America

Retired Assistant Professor of Spanish

aml@udel.edu

McKenna, Susan

Retired Associate Professor of Spanish

smckenna@udel.edu

Musik, Krystyna

Retired Senior Instructor of Spanish

krystyna@udel.edu

Nobile, Nancy

Retired Associate Professor of German

nobile@udel.edu

Ray, Meredith

 Retired Elias Ahuja Professor of Italian mkray@udel.edu

Robb, Bonnie

Retired Associate Professor of French

brobb@udel.edu

Saad Maura, Asima

Retired Associate Professor of Spanish

asaadmau@udel.edu

Saggese, Riccarda

 Retired Professor of Italian rsaggese@udel.edu

Schmidt-Cruz, Cynthia

Professor Emerita of Spanish

csc@udel.edu

Shafi, Monika

Retired Elias Ahuja Professor of German

mshafi@udel.edu

Thibault, Bruno

Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Emeritus of French Literature

thibault@udel.edu

Thibault, Elizabeth

Retired Senior Instructor of German

lisat@udel.edu

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

amalia@udel.edu

Wedel, Alfred

Professor Emeritus of German

fredy@udel.edu

Zipser, Richard

Retired Professor of German

zipser@udel.edu

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Staff

Name Title Email

Olney, Kaylee

Business Administrator II & CAS BA Lead

kolney@udel.edu

Turner, Kathleen

Academic Program Coordinator - Undergraduate Studies

kturner@udel.edu

Camacho, Lizette

Academic Program Coordinator - Graduate Studies

lcamacho@udel.edu

Milbury-Steen, Blythe

World Languages Education Program Coordinator and Advisor

bmilbury@udel.edu

McCone, Thomas

Director, Language Resource Center

tmccone@udel.edu

Ward, Aaron

Systems Programmer III, CAS IT

amward@udel.edu

Biddle, Susan

Grants Analyst II, CAS Research

sbiddle@udel.edu

Ford, Charles

HR Generalist, CAS HR

charlesf@udel.edu

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Graduate Students

Name Affiliation Email

Acevedo, Nathan

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish

nacevedo@udel.edu

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

carlota@udel.edu

Lugo Abrams, Lara

 Graduate Teaching Assistant, French llugo@udel.edu

Morales Arias, Elena

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish

emorales@udel.edu

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

leire@udel.edu

Snodgrass, Falon

Graduate Teaching Assistant, French

falsnod@udel.edu

Leadership & Officers

Operational and Academic

Name Role Email
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 Email
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 Email
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

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