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Department of World Languages & International Studies


Faculty & Staff

Department Chair

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Helen Harrison, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Interim Chair

Our Faculty & Staff

Nicolino Applauso

Nicolino Applauso, Ph.D.

Director of the World Languages Laboratory. Lecturer of Italian, Latin, and Spanish

Gonzalo Baptista

Gonzalo Baptista, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish and Spanish 100 Sequence Coordinator

Megan DeVirgilis

Megan DeVirgilis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish and Latinx, Latin American & Caribbean Studies Coordinator

Xiaoli Gong

Instructor of Chinese

Adneia Alves Lee

Instructor of Portuguese

Robert Matunda

Robert Matunda, Ph.D.

Instructor of Swahili

Mohamed Mohamed-Ali

Mohamed Mohamed-Ali

Instructor of Arabic

Mbare NGom

M'bare N'Gom, Ph.D.

Dean of the College of Liberal Arts / Professor of Spanish

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Reiko Nonogaki

Instructor of Japanese

Bayọ Ọmọlọla, Ph.D.

Instructor of Yoruba

Farid Saydee, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Dari and Pashto

Shona Taylor

Shona Taylor

Administrative Assistant