UMA Undergraduate Guide 2019-2020 Academic Departments and Programs Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty of Resident Instruction
Faculty of Resident InstructionRobert Sullivan, Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Professor, and Director of the Medieval Studies Certificate Program, B.A., McGill, 1983; M.A., 1985; Pd.D., Wisconsin, 1991. Luiz Amaral, Associate Professor, Director of the Portuguese Program, and Undergraduate Advisor of Portuguese, B.A., Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, 1997; M.A., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 2001; Ph.D., Ohio State, 2007. Meghan Armstrong-Abrami, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of Spanish, B.A., Maryland at College Park, 2000; M.A, Ohio State, 2007; Ph.D., 2012. Philippe Baillargeon, Senior Lecturer II and Director of French and Francophone Studies, B.A., McGill, Canada, 1998; M.A., Princeton, 2001; Ph.D., 2006. Bruce P. Baird, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Japanese Language and Literature, B.A., Columbia, 1992; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 2004. Maria Soledad Barbón, Associate Professor, M.A., Cologne, Germany, 1993; Ph.D., 2000. Jessica Barr, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Comparative Literature, B.A., Oberlin, 1997; M.A., Brown, 2003; Ph.D., 2007. Maria Biezma, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Complutense Madrid, 2003; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005; Ph.D., 2011. Luke Bouvier, Senior Lecturer and Graduate Program Director of French and Francophone Studies, B.A., Rutgers, 1986; M.A., Cornell, 1990; Ph.D., 1993. Emmanuel Buzay, Assistant Professor, M.A., Sorbonne, 2006; Ph.D., Connecticut at Storrs, 2012. Suet-Ying Chiu, Associate Professor, B.A., Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995; M.A., California State at Long Beach, 1999; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 2007. Carole Cloutier, Senior Lecturer and Spanish Language Program Director, B.A., McGill, Canada, 1991; M.S., Georgetown, 1994; Ph.D., 1999. N. C. Christopher Couch, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Columbia, 1976; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1987. Andrea Dallas, Senior Lecturer and Director of English As A Second Language Program, B.A., Florida at Miami, 1999; M.Ed., Framingham, 2001; M.A., Florida at Gainesville, 2004; Ph.D., 2008. Andrew Donson, Associate Professor and Director of the German and Scandinavian Studies Program, B.A., Cornell, 1991; M.A., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1995; Ph.D., 2000. Julia Feldhaus, Lecturer, M.A., Rutgers, 2007; Ph.D., 2010. Yi Feng, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Xi’an International Studies University, 2004; M.A., East China Normal University, 2011. Stephanie Fetta, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Irvine, 1992; M.A., 1996; Ph.D., 2008. Arthur Figliola, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Dartmouth, 1973; M.A., Middlebury, 1978; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2001. Stephen M. Forrest, Senior Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Advisor of Japanese Language and Literature, B.A., Oxford, England, 1987; M.A., 1991; Ph.D., Harvard, 2005. Regina Galasso, Associate Professor and Director of the Translation Center, B.A., Rutgers, 2000; M.A., Middlebury College in Spain, 2002; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2008. Ela Gezen, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor of German Studies, B.A., Freie Universität Berlin, 2001; M.A., Indiana at Bloomington, 2005; Ph.D., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2012. Stacy Giufre, Lecturer, B.A., Cornell, 1999; Ph.D., Cambridge, 2011. Tal Goldfajn, Assistant Professor, B.A., Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil, 1986; M.A., Oxford, 1990; Ph.D., 1993. Rachel Green, Assistant Professor, B.A., Chicago, 2008; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2013; Ph.D., 2017. Patricia Gubitosi, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Spanish and Portuguese, B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991; M.A., Houston, 2004; Ph.D., 2006. Julie Candler Hayes, Professor and Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, B.A., Austin College, 1977; M.A., Northwestern, 1979; Ph.D., 1982. James Hicks, Senior Lecturer, B.A., B.S., Michigan State, 1982; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1987; Ph.D., 1992. Frank Hugus, Professor, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1963; M.A., 1965; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972. Moira Inghilleri, Professor, Director of Comparative Literature, and Director of the Interpreting Studies Certificate Program, B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1979; M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston, 1987; Ph.D., University of London, Institute of Education, 1996. Sara Jackson, Assistant Professor, B.A., Oregon, 2002; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., Michigan, 2013. Nahla Abdel-Kader-Ahmed Khalil, 5 College Lecturer, B.A., Mansoura University, 1993; M.A., 1995; M.A., Ain Shams University, 2002; Ph.D., Ain Shams and University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008. Mako Koyama, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, 1988; M.A., Columbia, 1990. Kathryn Lachman, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Comparative Literature, B.A., Yale, 1998; M.A., 1998; Ph.D., Princeton, 2008. Don E. Levine, Associate Professor, B.A., Columbia, 1964; M.A., Princeton, 1967; Ph.D., 1972. Yu Liu, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Beijing Language & Culture University, 2004; M.A., Indiana, 2010. Albert Lloret, Associate Professor and Director of the Spanish Program, M.A., Universitat de Girona, 2009; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2010. Roberto Ludovico, Associate Professor, Laurea, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy, 1993; M.A., McGill, 1997; Ph.D., Brown, 2003. Andrea Malaguti, Associate Professor, Laurea, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy, 1989; M.A., Harvard, 1995; Ph.D., 1999. Luis A. Marentes, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor of Spanish, B.A., Texas at Austin, 1987; M.A., 1990; Ph.D., 1994. Melina Masterson, Lecturer, B.A., Colorado College, 2002; M.A., Boston College, 2007; Ph.D., Connecticut, 2016. Cristiano A. Mazzei, Senior Lecturer and Director of Translator and Interpreter Training, B.A., Centro Universitario Ibero-Americano Sao Paulo, 1985; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007. Patrick Mensah, Associate Professor, B.A., Leson, Ghana, 1980; M.A., Cornell, 1989; Ph.D., 1991. Stephen D. Miller, Associate Professor, B.A., Ohio State, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1983; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1993. Guillem Molla, Lecturer and Director of Catalan Program, B.A., Universitat de Girona, 2003; M.A., 2005; Ph.D., 2010. Kerstin Mueller Dembling, Senior Lecturer and German Language Program Coordinator , M.A., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 1995; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005. Michael Papio, Professor and Director of Italian Studies, B.A., Florida State, 1990; M.A., Virginia, 1993; Ph.D., 1998. Chan Young Park, 5 College Senior Lecturer, B.A., Ewha Womans University, 1996; M.TESL., Arizona State, 2000; Ph.D., 2007. Emma Rivera-Rábago, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Spanish Minor Advisor, B.A., Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, 1988; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1998. David Rodriguez Solas, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advisor of Spanish, B.A., University of Granada, 1999; M.A., 2001; Ph.D., City University of New York, 2009. Márgara Russotto, Professor, B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1977; M.A., Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela, 1983; Ph.D., Universidade Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1987. David Schneider, Associate Professor and Director of East Asian Languages and Cultures, B.A., Colorado at Boulder, 1980; M.A., Columbia, 1987; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2005. Amanda C. Seaman, Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1988; M.A., Chicago, 1994; Ph.D., 2001. Dianne E. Sears, Associate Professor, B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1979; M.A., Yale, 1981; Ph.D., 1990. Pamela Shea, Lecturer, B.A., New York at Oneonta, 1994; M.A., School for International Training Brattleboro, 2000; Ph.D. (ABD), University of Massachusetts Amherst. Zhongwei Shen, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Chinese Language and Literature, B.A., Fudan, China, 1982; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1988; Ph.D., 1993. Yasuko Shiomi, Lecturer, B.A., Nara Women's University, 1998; M.A., Wisconsin at Madison, 2004. Jonathan Skolnik, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of German Studies, B.A., Columbia College, 1990; M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1999. Reiko Sono, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor of Japanese Language and Literature, B.A., Tsukuba, 1988; M.A., 1991; M.A., Princeton, 1996. Roger K. Stenlund, Lecturer, B.A., University of Lund, 1978; M.A., University of Lund, 1981. Corine Tachtiris, Assistant Professor, B.A., Earlham, 2000; M.F.A., Iowa, 2003; Ph.D., Michigan, 2012. Cara Takakjian, Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director, and Chief Undergraduate Advisor of Italian Studies, B.A., Georgetown, 2003; Ph.D., Harvard, 2013. Rhonda Tarr, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Connecticut, 1973; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1982; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1995. Danielle Thomas, Lecturer, B.A., Toronto, 2002; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., 2012. Maria Tymoczko, Professor, B.A., Radcliffe, 1965; M.A., Harvard, 1968; Ph.D., 1973. Eva Valenta, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director of French and Francophone Studies, M.A., Canada, 1984; Ph.D., Cornell, 1991. Ena Vulor, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Univ. of Ghana, 1980; M.A., Cornell, 1990; Ph.D., 1994. Zhijun Wang, Associate Professor and Chinese Language Program Coordinator, B.A., Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, 1987; M.A., Beijing Language and Culture University, 1992; M.A., Iowa, 1999; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. Yuki Yoshimura, Senior Lecturer and Japanese Language Program Coordinator, B.A., Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, 1999; M.A., 2002; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, 2006. Barbara Zecchi, Professor and Director of Film Studies, B.A., Ca’Foscari, 1986; M.A., California at San Diego, 1990; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1994; Ph.D., 1998. Enhua Zhang, Associate Professor, B.A., Nankai, China, 1997; M.A., 2000; M.Phil., Colombia, 2003; Ph.D., 2007. |