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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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Chad Gasta

Department Chair
Professor of Spanish

Office: 103A Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0671

Email: cgasta@udel.edu
Deborah Steinberger

Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Associate Chair

Office: 205 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-2591

Email: steind@udel.edu
Ali Alalou

Associate Professor, French and Pedagogy

Office: 117 Jastak Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0701

Email: alalou@udel.edu
Olivia Amzallag

Assistant Professor of French

Office: 306 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: amzallag@udel.edu
Jesús Botello

Professor of Spanish

Office: 235 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: jbotello@udel.edu
Marcaline Boyd

Assistant Professor of Classics

Office: 118 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mboyd@udel.edu
Lara Boyero Agudo

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Office: 226 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: lboyero@udel.edu
Persephone Braham

Professor of Spanish and Latin American & Iberian Studies

Office: 209 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: braham@udel.edu
Amy Bustin

Spanish Basic Language Program Director, and Assistant Professor of Spanish and Pedagogy

Office: 305 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: abustin@udel.edu
Judy Celli

Senior Instructor of French

Office: 321 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0722

Email: celli@udel.edu
Jianguo Chen

Associate Professor of Chinese

Office: 317 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0765

Email: chenjia@udel.edu
Meghan Dabkowski

Associate Professor of Spanish, Portuguese, and Linguistics

Office: 323 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mdabkows@udel.edu
Rafael Alberto Delgado

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 222 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: adelgado@udel.edu
Julia Domínguez

Professor of Spanish
Director of the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program

Office: 107 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0785

Email: dulcinea@udel.edu
Zhiyin Renee Dong

Associate Professor of Chinese

Office: 114 Jastak Burgess Hall

Email: rdong@udel.edu
Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths

Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: 315 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0835

Email: cmgm@udel.edu
Eynat Gutman

Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Office: 308 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: eynat@udel.edu
Fatima Haq

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 210 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: fatima@udel.edu
Julia Hulings

Assistant Professor of Russian

Office: 229 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: hulings@udel.edu
Rachael Hutchinson

Elias Ahuja Professor of Japanese and Game Studies

Office: 113 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-0918

Email: rhutch@udel.edu
Crista Johnson

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 320 Jastak Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-4667

Email: cristaj@udel.edu
Doris Manzano

Instructor of Spanish

Email: mbigurra@udel.edu
Dora Lucy Marin

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 116 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: dmarin@udel.edu
Ikram Masmoudi

Associate Professor of Arabic

Office: 119 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: masmoudi@udel.edu
Khalil Masmoudi

Instructor of Arabic

Office: 217 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: khalilm@udel.edu
Tomas McCone

Director of Language Resource Center

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Office: 006A Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-6551

Email: tmccone@udel.edu
Meghan McInnis-Dominguez

Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: 110 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mmd@udel.edu
Giorgio Melloni

Associate Professor of Italian

Office: 313 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mellonig@udel.edu
Mark Miller

Assistant Professor of Japanese

Office: 327 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: markm@udel.edu
Nikol Miroieva

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 316 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Basia Moltchanov

Associate Professor of Spanish and Pedagogy

Office: 318 Jastak Burgess Hall

Email: basia@udel.edu
Frank Mondelli

Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies

Office: 111 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mondelli@udel.edu
Roberta Morrione

Instructor of Italian

Office: 115 Jastak- Burgess Hall

Phone: 302-831-0971

Email: robimor@udel.edu
Holly Myers

Assistant Professor of Russian

Office: 227 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: hmyers@udel.edu
Ana Oancea

Assistant Professor of French

Office: 225 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: aio@udel.edu
Phillip Penix-Tadsen

Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies

Office: 219 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: ptpt@udel.edu
Flora Poindexter

Instructor of French

Office: 322 Jastack-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-1054

Email: florap@udel.edu
Meredith K. Ray

Elias Ahuja Professor of Italian

Office: 121 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mkray@udel.edu
Diane Richardson

Assistant Professor of German

Office: 224 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: dfr@udel.edu
Ester Riehl

Assistant Professor of German

Office: 233 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone: (302) 831-1056

Email: eriehl@udel.edu
Aurelia Rio

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Office: 230 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: aureliar@udel.edu
Rocío Rodríguez Vallejo

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 212 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: rociorv@udel.edu
Fernando Ruiz García

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Office: 323 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: fruiz@udel.edu
Riccarda Saggese

Professor of Italian

Office: 303 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: rsaggese@udel.edu
Laura Salsini

Professor of Italian

Office: 211 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: lsalsini@udel.edu
Edgard Sankara

Associate Professor of French

Office: 223 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: esankara@udel.edu
Alexander Selimov

Elias Ahuja Chair of Spanish and Latin American Studies

Office: 236 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: selimov@udel.edu
Tyson Sukava

Assistant Professor of Classics

Office: 112 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: sukava@udel.edu
Chungmin Maria Tu

Associate Professor of Chinese

Office: 214 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: mariatu@udel.edu
Eric VanLuvanee

Instructor of Japanese

Office: 310 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: ericv@udel.edu
Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia

Assistant Professor of Italian

Office: 206 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: lilrose@udel.edu
Yoel Villahermosa Serrano

Instructor of Spanish and Game Studies

Office: 307 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: yoel@udel.edu
Sheila Villaverde Salgueiro

Instructor of Spanish

Office: 325 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Email: sheilavs@udel.edu
Haihong Yang

Associate Professor of Chinese

Office: 109 Jastak-Burgess Hall

Phone:

Email: hyang@udel.edu
Sunmin Yoon

Assistant Professor of Korean Studies

Office: 213 Amy E Dupont Building

Email: syoon@udel.edu

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Adjunct Faculty

Name	Affiliation	Email
Alfonso Caballero, Marta	Adjunct Faculty, Spanish	martalfc@udel.edu
Alrawi, Noora	Adjunct Faculty, Arabic	nalrawi@udel.edu
Berndt, Judith	Adjunct Faculty, German	berndt@udel.edu
Cai, Jie	Adjunct Faculty, Chinese	jiecai@udel.edu
Ciuffetelli, Anthony	Adjunct Faculty, Spanish	ciuf@udel.edu
Gama Avella, Lorena	Adjunct Faculty, Spanish	lorenag@udel.edu
Kadhim-Sudani, Thamer Dawood	Adjunct Faculty, Arabic	tdawood@udel.edu
Kelly, Carlos	Adjunct Faculty, Game Studies	cgkg@udel.edu
Kim, Heejin	Adjunct Faculty, Korean	irenakim@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
Paulino, Bill	Adjunct Faculty, Spanish	bpaulino@udel.edu
Sato, Mutsuko	Adjunct Faculty, Japanese	msato@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
Wilson, Keri	Adjunct Faculty, American Sign Language	keriasl@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

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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
Dominguez, Ivo	Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish	ivo@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
Robb, Bonnie	Retired Associate Professor of French	brobb@udel.edu
Saad Maura, Asima	Retired Associate Professor of Spanish	asaadmau@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
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
Holmes, Andrew	Financial Analyst I, CAS Financial Operations	adholmes@udel.edu
Silva, Ashlee	Financial Processor II, CAS Financial Operations	ashsilva@udel.edu
Bailey, Latasha	HR Generalist, CAS HR	labailey@udel.edu
Sherman, Nate	Facilities Coordinator, CAS Facilities	shermm@udel.edu

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Graduate Students

Name	Affiliation	Email
Abioye, Victor	Graduate Teaching Assistant, French	abioyev@udel.edu
Acevedo, Nathan	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	nacevedo@udel.edu
Chrétien, Johanna	Graduate Teaching Assistant, French	chretien@udel.edu
Garcia Vazquez, Jessica Mariana	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	gava@udel.edu
Houle, Avery	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	avehou@udel.edu
Lahoz, Carlota	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	carlota@udel.edu
Morales Arias, Elena	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	emorales@udel.edu
Osemwegie, Blessing	Graduate Teaching Assistant, French	oghogho@udel.edu
Pacheco del Rio, Maria Jose	Graduate Student, Spanish	pacheco@udel.edu
Raas, Cécile	Graduate Teaching Assistant, French	raascec@udel.edu
Rodriguez Milan, Sheila	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	sheilarm@udel.edu
Sanchez Linares, Mirian	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	miriansl@udel.edu
Simón Mendez, Leire	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	leire@udel.edu
Snodgrass, Falon	Graduate Teaching Assistant, French	falsnod@udel.edu
Tabouillot, Laurène	Graduate Teaching Assistant, French	ltabouil@udel.edu
Vera Bravo, Miguel	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish	miguelvb@udel.edu
Wuensch, Gabrielle	Graduate Student, French	gwuensch@udel.edu

Leadership & Officers

Operational and Academic

Name	Role	Email
Gasta, Chad	Department Chairperson	cgasta@udel.edu
Steinberger, Deborah	Associate Chair	steind@udel.edu
Braham, Persephone	Undergraduate Studies Chair	braham@udel.edu
Guardiola-Griffiths, Cristina	Graduate Studies Chair	cmgm@udel.edu
Johnson, Crista	Foreign Language Placement Advisor	cristaj@udel.edu
Moltchanov, Basia	Course Scheduling Officer	basia@udel.edu
Penix-Tadsen, Phillip	Game Studies Director	ptpt@udel.edu

Coordinators, Language Chairs and Sequence Supervisors

Name	Role	Email
Masmoudi, Ikram	Arabic Language Chair	masmoudi@udel.edu
Dong, Renee	Chinese Language Chair	rdong@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
Oancea, Ana	French Language Chair	aio@udel.edu
Poindexter, Flora	FREN 105 Course Coordinator	florap@udel.edu
Amzallag, Olivia	FREN 106 Course Coordinator	amzallag@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
Ray, Meredith	Italian Language Chair	mkray@udel.edu
Veneziano Broccia, Lillyrose	Italian 100-Level Course Sequence Supervisor	lilrose@udel.edu
Saggese, Riccarda	ITAL 105 & ITAL 107 Course Coordinator	rsaggese@udel.edu
Morrione, Roberta	ITAL 106 Course Coordinator	robimor@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
Selimov, Alexander	Spanish Language Chair	selimov@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
Dabkowski, Meghan	Department Representative, University Faculty Senate	mdabkows@udel.edu
Dabkowski, Meghan	Department Representative, College Faculty Senate	mdabkows@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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Deborah Steinberger

Ali Alalou

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Jesús Botello

Marcaline Boyd

Lara Boyero Agudo

Persephone Braham

Amy Bustin

Judy Celli

Jianguo Chen

Meghan Dabkowski

Rafael Alberto Delgado

Julia Domínguez

Zhiyin Renee Dong

Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths

Eynat Gutman

Fatima Haq

Julia Hulings

Rachael Hutchinson

Crista Johnson

Doris Manzano

Dora Lucy Marin

Ikram Masmoudi

Khalil Masmoudi

Tomas McCone

Meghan McInnis-Dominguez

Giorgio Melloni

Mark Miller

Nikol Miroieva

Basia Moltchanov

Frank Mondelli

Roberta Morrione

Holly Myers

Ana Oancea

Phillip Penix-Tadsen

Flora Poindexter

Meredith K. Ray

Diane Richardson

Ester Riehl

Aurelia Rio

Rocío Rodríguez Vallejo

Fernando Ruiz García

Riccarda Saggese

Laura Salsini

Edgard Sankara

Alexander Selimov

Tyson Sukava

Chungmin Maria Tu

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