Faculty

Lincoln Park Campus Tree of Wisdom

Meet our Modern Languages Faculty

Meet our Modern Languages faculty, including affiliated faculty from other departments and colleges.
Albanian Studies
  • Gazmend Kapllani
    Faculty, Full Time
    Modern Languages
    Professional Lecturer, The Hidai 'Eddie' Bregu Visiting Chair for Albanian Studies, and Professor of Instruction
  • Suzana Vuljevic
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
American Sign Language
  • Brittany Frederick
    Modern Languages
    Professor of Instruction of ASL, Program Director of ASL
Arabic
  • Hebah Shahinhindi
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Maha Sweis-Dababneh
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
Chinese
  • Sharon Guan
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Li Jin
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Vincent de Paul Professor of Chinese, Chair of Modern Languages
  • Yu (Louis) Liu
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Program Director of Chinese Studies, Professional Lecturer and Professor of Instruction
  • Shan Wang
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Adjunct
Classics
  • Kirk Shellko
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
French
  • Mireille Claret
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Pascale Kichler
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Polly T. Mangerson
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Modern Languages; Program Director of Arabic, Classics, French, and Russian
  • Maggie O'Brien
    Modern Languages
    Instructor; Assistant Director of Academic Advising for Modern Languages, Interdisciplinary Majors, Geography, Public Policy & SPS Online Programs
German
  • Birgit Geigerhilk-Downs
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Frederic Kopp
    Faculty, Part Time
    History
    Teaching Professor
  • Dustin Lovett
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Professor of Instruction in German, Interim German Program Director
  • Anna Souchuk
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Associate Dean, Director of Liberal Studies, and Associate Professor of German
Italian
  • Gary Cestaro
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Associate Professor
  • Caterina Mongiat-Farina
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Professor, Italian Program Director
Japanese
  • Heather Bowen-Struyk
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Nobuko Chikamatsu
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Associate Professor, Japanese Program Director
  • Ashley Haupt
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
  • Aiko Kojima Hibino
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
Linguistics
  • Bradley Hoot
    Faculty
    Modern Languages
    Professor, Spanish Program Director, Linguistics Program Director
Russian
  • Elizabeth Ginzburg
    Faculty, Part Time
    Modern Languages
    Instructor
Spanish
    • Carolina Barrera-Tobón
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Associate Professor
    • Glen Carman
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Associate Professor
    • Rocío Ferreira
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Associate Professor, Department Chair of Women's and Gender Studies
    • Silvia Goldman Pérez
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Instructor
    • Bradley Hoot
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Professor, Spanish Program Director, Linguistics Program Director
    • Jacqueline Lazú
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Professor
    • Susana S. Martínez
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Associate Professor; Director of Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Program
    • María Luisa Ortega Hernández
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Senior Professional Lecturer and Professor of Instruction
    • Olga Salazar Pozos
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Assistant Professor
    • Alejandra Viti
      Faculty, Part Time
      Modern Languages
      Instructor
    • Jennifer Whitelaw
      Faculty
      Modern Languages
      Senior Professional Lecturer​, Coordinator of Basic and Intermediate Spanish
    Translation & Interpreting Studies