Faculty
Suwako Watanabe (1990) Ph.D.
Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures; Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1990 Georgetown University.
Daria Aleeva, (2016) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Russian. M.A. 2012 Portland State University.
Anna Alsufieva (2009) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2001 Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg (Russia).
Clifford Breedlove (1998) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Arabic. M.A. 1995 Western Seminary and M.A.T. 1998 Portland State University.
Jenny Ceciliano (2009) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Spanish. M.A. 2006 and M.A. 2015 Portland State University.
Justin Coleman (2008) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of American Sign Language. M.A. 2007 Portland State University.
William Comer (2014) Ph.D.
Director Russian Flagship Center; Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 1992 University of California, Berkeley.
Carrie Collenberg-Gonzalez (2015) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of German. Ph.D. 2011 University of Minnesota.
Enrique Cortez (2011) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2011 Georgetown University.
Karen Curtin (2016) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2016 Ohio State University.
Cassio de Oliveira (2016) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2014 Yale University.
Annabelle Dolidon (2008) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French. Ph.D. 2008 University of California, Davis.
Jonah Eleweke (2013) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of American Sign Language. Ph.D. 1997 University of Manchester (U.K.). and Ph.D. 2004 University of Alberta (Canada).
Craig Epplin (2012) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2009 University of Pennsylvania.
Nila Friedberg (2004) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2002 University of Toronto (Canada).
Steven Fuller (1990) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German. Ph.D. 1990 Stanford University.
Kathleen Godfrey (2000) Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of German. Ed.D. 2013 Portland State University.
Gina Greco (1992) Ph.D.
Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 Princeton University.
Young Juo Han (2019) M.A.
Instructor of Korean. M.A. 2012 University of Oregon.
Yasmeen Hanoosh (2010) Ph.D.
Professor of Arabic. Ph.D. 2008 University of Michigan.
Jon Holt (2010) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2010 University of Washington.
Isabel Jaen-Portillo (2010) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2006 Purdue University and Ph.D. 2016 Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).
Laurence R. Kominz (1983) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1985 Columbia University.
Timothy Nidever (2009) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Latin. M.A. 2009 University of Oregon.
Eva Núñez-Méndez (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1998 University of Salamanca (Spain).
DeLys Ostlund (1991) Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1993 University of Maryland.
Melissa A. Patiño-Vega (2019) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2019 University of California, Davis
Jonathan O. Pease (1986) Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1986 University of Washington.
Jennifer Perlmutter (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of French. Ph.D. 2001 Duke University.
Moshe Rachmuth (2012) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Hebrew. Ph.D. 2010 University of Oregon.
Stephanie Roulon (2011) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of French. M.A. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Robert Sanders (2001) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2001 University of Arizona.
Anousha Sedighi (2005) Ph.D.
Professor of Persian. Ph.D. 2005 University of Ottawa (Canada).
Cynthia Sloan (1992) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese. Ph.D. 1995 Vanderbilt University.
Steven L. Thorne (2010) Ph.D.
Professor of Second Language Acquisition. Ph.D. 1999 University of California, Berkeley.
Stephen Wadley (1991) Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1987 University of Washington.
Stephen Walton (1995) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Inés Warnock (2001) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Spanish. M.A. 2000 Portland State University.
Angela Zagarella (1993) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Italian. M.A. 1984 University of Catania (Italy).