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World Languages and Literatures department directory
![Gwendoline Aaron](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/gwendolinepicture.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=5A932BC35C7F957008D33B63597379CF)
Gwendoline Aaron
Senior Lecturer of French
Coordinator of Intermediate French
![Susana Adoboe](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/28894d_065_solera.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=12A4DD5BEEAD11271B55D4533A932D3C)
Susana Fernandez Solera Adoboe
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Brandy Alvarez](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_521_alvarez/brandy-alvarez-fall-2021.jpeg?h=640&iar=0&w=447&hash=B6A1EB0CF02CE4E33162E54E67F4575A)
Brandy Alvarez
Senior Lecturer of Italian
![Omar AlRashadan](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/alrashdan.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=4CE71F3A2A7D8D90CF9161911D4E5E57)
Omar Al-Rashdan
Senior Lecturer of Arabic and French
![Donna Binkowski](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/donna-binkowski-2020.jpg?h=166&iar=0&w=144&hash=EA0C7D4CE17E35D93BABA0939A4A438F)
Donna Binkowski
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
Coordinator of Second-Year Spanish
![Gordon Birrell](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/birrell.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=B8B8C65DC75F598EACA69621F9715CC5)
Gordon Birrell
Professor Emeritus of German
![Dallas Hall logo](/-/media/site/dedman/aanew/stock-images/smu_dallas_hall_graphic_digitalonly_r-copy.png?h=200&iar=0&w=200&hash=0737EED1CFFBF8AA43F121371BD8EB86)
Sarah Bogard
Lecturer and Coordinator of First-Year Spanish
![Teresa Brentegani](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/brentegani.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=9AC4A7E18D3DBCF70E2C1560B881067E)
Teresa Brentegani
Senior Lecturer of Italian
![Damiano Bonuomo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_328_bonuomo.jpg?h=2200&iar=0&w=1464&hash=5CFB3173DBD614EAB867CCA90DF1A78F)
Damiano Bonuomo
Senior Lecturer of Italian
![Paola Buckley](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/buckley_paola.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=F3A3F3E1D52B1A3DC15A1F8B154812D6)
Paola Buckley
Senior Lecturer of French
French Area Major and Minor Advisor
Coordinator of French Internships
Director, SMU-in-France
![Formal portrait of Aria Cabot](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/34529d_001_cabot.jpg?h=3209&iar=0&w=2142&hash=B2F891DC2D6E26FE1859E91373130130)
Aria Cabot
Adjunct Lecturer of Italian
SMU-in-Tuscany, Director
World Languages and Literatures Teaching and Technology Center, Director
![Olga Colbert](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/olga-toledo.jpg?h=255&iar=0&w=225&hash=784CD31B48585119CC8B58B3689B6563)
Olga Colbert
Associate Professor of Spanish
![Dallas Hall icon](/-/media/site/dedman/aanew/stock-images/smu_dallas_hall_graphic_digitalonly_r-copy.png?h=200&iar=0&w=200&hash=0737EED1CFFBF8AA43F121371BD8EB86)
Marlen Y. Collazo
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Miroslava Detcheva](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/29167d_002_detcheva.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=6C2004A4884249A49015ED1E58F12E59)
Miroslava Detcheva
Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Director of Second Language Assessment
![Thomas DiPiero](/-/media/site/dedman/dean-pics/26668d_002_dipiero.jpg?h=2200&iar=0&w=1464&hash=C9EACEE88D7D57F5A37BB97A03E15A2F)
Thomas DiPiero
Dean Emeritus and Professor of World Languages and Literatures and English
![Janet Dodd](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/janet-dodd-2022.jpeg?h=282&iar=0&w=212&hash=7FEE6FEABDB81DAFCA9E6367231050E3)
Janet Dodd
Senior Lecturer of French
Coordinator of First-Year French
![Denise DuPont portrait](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/dupont-2024.jpeg?h=320&iar=0&w=213&hash=55F7E86DA22519F54A6670E1BAC13426)
Denise DuPont
Professor of Spanish
![Maria Eguez](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/eguezashx.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=D86D7A6D6FF4252CCF3A78D2A6B2E0E3)
María Renata Égüez
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Leonard Evans photo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/leonard-evans.jpeg?h=240&iar=0&w=320&hash=88972A3B6E3616652F6D0ABD8A31FF05)
Leonard Evans
Visiting Lecturer of Japanese
Japanese Area Chair & Advisor
![Lijana Elverskog](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/29068d_009_elverskog.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=38A1343371C9C54B29BB14334422B4C9)
Liljana Elverskog
Senior Lecturer of Arabic
Arabic Area Chair
Area Advisor
![Mariya Dzhyoyeva](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/mariya-dzhyoyeva.jpeg?h=939&iar=0&w=600&hash=88F15A7CABE7BDCBA83C37BE9F21A100)
Mariya Dzhyoyeva
Lecturer of Spanish
![Daniele Forlino](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/forlino.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=A85D1B989BF266C64AB298AABF234D84)
Daniele Forlino
Italian Area Chair
Italian Area Advisor
Senior Lecturer of Italian
![Maxime Foester](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/maxime-2022.jpg?h=2048&iar=0&w=1366&hash=451CBEFF30077BB2C0C30C67DBC752FF)
Maxime Foerster
Associate Professor of French
French Area Chair
Faculty Advisor, French Club
![Marie Gaettens](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/gaettens.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=6B3C0DB043135B5FB63E67BFB67A62F2)
Marie-Luise Gaettens
Associate Professor Emerita
![Justin Germain](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/29068d_011_germain.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=121838E2645003D5B8F73B7A09B48BCF)
Justin Germain
Senior Lecturer of Latin and Greek
Greek Advisor
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Stephen Grollman
Senior Lecturer of German
German Area Chair
![Caroline Grubb](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/grubbscaroline.jpeg?h=255&iar=0&w=212&hash=C58DFD356FD3A0C2C84F190706540A5D)
Caroline Grubbs
Senior Lecturer of French
![Gema Lopex Havia](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/33937d_005_hevia/33937d_005_hevia.jpg?h=2200&iar=0&w=1467&hash=0A985A0FCBF1E3BF639A95EC1B9D7150)
Gema Lopez Hevia
Lecturer of Spanish
![Xiao Hu](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/hu.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=F11D832498E9BF16BB5BE8350FA0EC5B)
Xiao Hu
Senior Lecturer of Chinese
Coordinator of 1401
![Constantinicleanu](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/29068d_017_icleanu.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=4650992584896472BB1B3AA4B32C29F9)
Constantin Icleanu
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Yullya Kruchkova](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/kruchkova.jpg?h=211&iar=0&w=212&hash=D1DA4CD2EB01BC158E6D2A8336F396A7)
Yuliya Kruchkova
Senior Lecturer of French and Russian
![Allison Larkin photo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/unknown-fold/34529d_018_larkin/34112d_014_larkin.jpeg?h=2200&iar=0&w=1467&hash=E2C2E1C3996760AD96E9C65C7B262ECA)
Allison Larkin
Senior Lecturer of Spanish / Associate Department Chair
![Luis Maldonado](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_340_maldonado.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=1EEC83BBDED107A1499CD855FC10FBB0)
Luis Maldonado
Associate Professor of Spanish
![Conchita Villar Martin](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/conchita_photo.jpg?h=237&iar=0&w=212&hash=A58B96BD2951C306E638B85293F7D302)
Conchita Villar Martin
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Dallas Hall logo](/-/media/site/dedman/aanew/stock-images/smu_dallas_hall_graphic_digitalonly_r-copy.png?h=200&iar=0&w=200&hash=0737EED1CFFBF8AA43F121371BD8EB86)
Tiffany McCray
Lecturer of American Sign Language
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Leticia McDoniel
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
Director of SMU in Seville: Internship and Language Program
Coordinator of Spanish Internships
![María del Pilar](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/34529d_024_melgarejo.jpg?h=3475&iar=0&w=2320&hash=759AADDA0753FB1E5277E8DE92AAEEAC)
María del Pilar Melgarejo
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Lourdes Molina](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/molinaashx.jpg?h=212&iar=0&w=212&hash=DEA8B2139EED4AF7870994AF20A635EC)
Lourdes Molina
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![Ana Echevarria Morales](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/ana-echevarra-morales.jpg?h=783&iar=0&w=1044&hash=7EA0090A95863E654B574C02EF09F4B9)
Ana Echevarria-Morales
Lecturer of Spanish
![Monica Fernandez Martins photo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/monica-fernandez-martins.jpeg?h=660&iar=0&w=767&hash=33A9933F0B5911F28CE3005DDCBE4B49)
Mónica Fernández Dos Santos Martins
Lecturer of Spanish
![Sabine Harvey photo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/sabine-harvey.jpeg?h=2519&iar=0&w=1889&hash=DFDC9C5C2F99C3C6A06B9A40FA6AA9AA)
Sabine Harvey
Adjunct Lecturer of German
![Yuriko Ikeda photo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/yuriko-ikeda.jpg?h=192&iar=0&w=192&hash=5455CC60509619BC880B210B9890700C)
Yuriko Ikeda
Lecturer of Spanish
![Franscisco Moran](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/moran.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=3C559038A5D63BD755CA667F1C1CAF55)
Francisco Moran
Professor Emeritus of Spanish
![RAchel Ney](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_610_ney.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=5379DD35198CF5F41183621C3E1BD7DD)
Rachel Ney
Senior Lecturer of French
![Dayna Oscherwitz](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/oscherwitz.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=E3C71C09CEA8C6429D2A470E74051B16)
Dayna Oscherwitz
Professor of French
Associate Provost for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness
![Alberto Paster](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/pastor.jpg?h=319&iar=0&w=212&hash=F9407134314ACDB8A2FE8B5621D850B4)
Alberto Pastor
Associate Professor of Spanish
![Rodrigo Lopez photo](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/rodrigo-photo.jpeg?h=126&iar=0&w=225&hash=3BD19F2BA3733BDA1E1402B360D25D15)
Rodrigo Lopez
Lecturer of Spanish
![dallas hall logo](/-/media/site/dedman/aanew/stock-images/smu_dallas_hall_graphic_digitalonly_r-copy.png?h=200&iar=0&w=200&hash=0737EED1CFFBF8AA43F121371BD8EB86)
Vittoria Mollo
Lecturer of Italian
![Wei Qu](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/qu_wei.jpg?h=212&iar=0&w=212&hash=2109F06401C3374B6D75483BE45D60D0)
Wei Qu
Senior Lecturer of Chinese
Coordinator of 2401
![Patti Rawlins](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/29068d_030_rawlins.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=B595F1C30F9D548345041F7772F0D51C)
Patti Rawlins
Adjunct Lecturer of Latin
Latin Area Chair
Latin Area Advisor
![Elizabeth Russ](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/russ-2017.jpeg?h=320&iar=0&w=240&hash=59FA958E4CAD3F300870C04098A449CB)
Elizabeth Russ
Associate Professor of Spanish
Chair, World Languages and Literatures
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Ruben Sanchez-Godoy
Associate Professor of Spanish, Spanish Area Chair
![Joy Saunders](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_638_saunders.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=33C13BA22AFDFE4518E0707FED41EEAA)
Joy Saunders
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
![dallas hall logo](/-/media/site/dedman/aanew/stock-images/smu_dallas_hall_graphic_digitalonly_r-copy.png?h=200&iar=0&w=200&hash=0737EED1CFFBF8AA43F121371BD8EB86)
Herve Tchumkam
Professor of French
![Thierry Tirado](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/img_1275.jpg?h=225&iar=0&w=225&hash=104D36A05A46DEBF3BD3A214A50E5CF3)
Thierry Tirado
Senior Lecturer of French
![Vokic2021](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/vokic2021.jpg?h=2640&iar=0&w=1288&hash=F2C50F6881145D212B86883DCC95D320)
Gabriela Vokic
Associate Professor of Spanish
![Antoinette Williams](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/antoinette-williams-tutt-photo.jpeg?h=300&iar=0&w=225&hash=B0471DF7BDAF407E7E26F0E1F537A85C)
Antoinette Williams-Tutt
Lecturer of French
Advisor for the International Film Studies Minor
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Talia Weltman-Cisneros
Lecturer of Spanish
Spanish Area Major and Minor Advisor
![Yan Xia](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_512_xia.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=B9FB2DCA5848223306598EE72032C707)
Yan Xia
Senior Lecturer of Chinese
Chinese Area Chair
Chinese Area Advisor
![Zimakova profile pic](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/29068d_031_zimakova.jpg?h=318&iar=0&w=212&hash=4DDAA9EB2843C7404BCB56981250BDF4)
Tatiana Zimakova
Russian Area Chair / Russian Area Advisor / Director, SMU-in-Prague
![Alicia Zuese](/-/media/site/dedman/departments/worldlanguages/faculty-pictures/26370d_520_zuese.jpg?h=338&iar=0&w=225&hash=8E029C0A3512E974BDA60029346A9862)
Alicia Zuese
Associate Professor of Spanish