Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff contact information for the Modern Languages Department.

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Associate Professor

Director of Middle East & North African Studies

Chair, Department of Modern Languages

Faculty | Arabic / Modern Languages / International Studies / Middle East North African Studies

Fellows Hall - 301S

almasrih@denison.edu

740-587-6493

Dosinda Alvite

Associate Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish / Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Fellows Hall - 301J

alvited@denison.edu

740-587-8502

Christine Armstrong

Associate Professor

Faculty | French / Modern Languages

Fellows Hall - 301G

armstrong@denison.edu

740-587-6450

Monica Ayala-Martinez

Associate Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Portuguese / Spanish / Environmental Studies / Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Fellows Hall - 301K

ayala@denison.edu

740-587-6228

Ibrahima Ba

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages

bai@denison.edu

Gary Baker

Professor

Coordinator of German

Faculty | German / Modern Languages / International Studies / Global Commerce

Fellows Hall - 419

bakerg@denison.edu

740-587-6213

Mary Elizabeth Beaton

Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish

Fellows Hall - 301W

beatonm@denison.edu

740-587-5026

Magda Blino

French Teaching Assistant

Faculty | Modern Languages / French

blinom@denison.edu

David Bolter

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages

bolterd@denison.edu

Kassi Burnett

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages

burnettk@denison.edu

Jason Busic

Associate Professor

Associate Chair, Department of Modern Languages

Coordinator of Spanish

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish / Middle East North African Studies

Fellows Hall - 301N

busicj@denison.edu

740-587-6464

Mirela Butnaru

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Spanish / Modern Languages

Fellows Hall - 301P

butnarum@denison.edu

740-587-8633

Isabelle Choquet

Associate Professor

Coordinator of French

Faculty | French / Modern Languages

Fellows Hall - 301L

choqueti@denison.edu

740-587-5497

Ramiro Garcia-Olano

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish

Fellows Hall - 301K

garciaolanor@denison.edu

740-587-5313

Andrew Holzman

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages

holzmana@denison.edu

Melissa Huerta

Associate Professor

Director, Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish

Fellows Hall - 301L

huertam@denison.edu

740-587-6302

Xinda Lian

Professor

Faculty | Chinese / Modern Languages / East Asian Studies

Fellows Hall - 301F

lian@denison.edu

740-587-6422

Fran Lopez-Martin

Associate Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish / Latin American & Caribbean Studies / International Studies

Fellows Hall - 301U

lopezf@denison.edu

740-587-6463

Nausica Marcos Miguel

Associate Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish / Data Analytics

Fellows Hall - 301N

marcosn@denison.edu

740-587-5891

Yvonne-Marie Mokam

Associate Professor

Faculty | French / Modern Languages

Fellows Hall - 301H

mokamy@denison.edu

740-587-8631

Razan Oueis

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Educational Studies

oueisr@denison.edu

David Reher

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages

reherd@denison.edu

Anne Sokolsky

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / East Asian Studies

Fellows Hall - 410

sokolskya@denison.edu

Charles Édouard St-Georges

Associate Professor

Chair of Queer Studies

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish / French / Queer Studies

Fellows Hall - 301M

stgeorgesc@denison.edu

740-587-8503

Michael S. Tangeman ’91

Associate Professor

Faculty | Japanese / Modern Languages / East Asian Studies

Fellows Hall - 410

tangemanm@denison.edu

740-587-6423

Staff

Staff | Arabic / Chinese / East Asian Studies / French / German / Japanese / Latin American & Caribbean Studies / Middle East North African Studies / Modern Languages / Portuguese / Spanish / Queer Studies

Fellows Hall - 301A

barringerl@denison.edu

740-587-6643

Emeriti Faculty

Judy P. Cochran

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | French / Modern Languages

cochran@denison.edu

Kirk Combe

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English / Modern Languages

combe@denison.edu

Susan Garcia

Professor Emerita

Emeriti Faculty | Modern Languages / Provost's Office

garcia@denison.edu

Arnold Joseph

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | Modern Languages / French

joseph@denison.edu

740-587-2719

Charlie O'Keefe

Professor of French Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | French / Modern Languages

okeefe@denison.edu

740-587-6393

Josette Wilburn

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | Modern Languages

Ilse Winter

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | Modern Languages

winter@denison.edu

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