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.

Teaching Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2001 Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg (Russia).   

Dana Capage (2022) M.A.
Instructor of German, 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.

Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik Program Director, Associate 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.

Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2014 Yale University.

Annabelle Dolidon (2008) Ph.D.

Professor of French. Ph.D. 2008 University of California, Davis.

Jonah Eleweke (2013) Ph.D.

Teaching 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.

Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2002 University of Toronto (Canada).

Steven Fuller (1990) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of German. Ph.D. 1990 Stanford University. 

Gina Greco (1992) Ph.D.

Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 Princeton University.

Young Juo Han (2019) M.A.
Senior Instructor I 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). 

Timothy Nidever (2009) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Latin. M.A. 2009 University of Oregon.

Lisa Notman (2022) M.A. & M.S.
Instructor of Spanish. M.A. 2017 Portland State University and M.S. 2020 Portland State University.

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. 

Jennifer Perlmutter (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of French. Ph.D. 2001 Duke University.

Moshe Rachmuth (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Hebrew. Ph.D. 2010 University of Oregon.

Stéphanie Roulon (2011) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor 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.

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. 

Inés Warnock (2001) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Spanish. M.A. 2000 Portland State University. 

Angela Zagarella (1993) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Italian. M.A. 1984 University of Catania (Italy).