The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics welcomed more than a dozen new faculty members this fall.
They join a group of diverse and talented faculty who author major books and articles, lead externally funded and nationally recognized research projects, and receive national and international awards and fellowships for their scholarship, service, and teaching.
They include as follows:
Azadeh Aghighi, instructor or lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Ozum Arzik Erzurumlu, instructor or lecturer, Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies (start date: August 2024)
Sophie Ben Menni Schuler, instructor or lecturer, Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies (working abroad)
Crystal Bonano, lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Michelle Dutton, instructor or lecturer, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Ellen Ericson, instructor, Foreign Language Teacher Education Program
Monica Garcia Blizzard, professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Rosana Gomez Cayapu, lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Walker Horsfall, lecturer, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures
Alice Houston, lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Wenyue Ma, linguistics data analytics manager, School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics and Department of Linguistics
Aleksandre "Sandro" Maskharashvili, professor, Department of Linguistics
Eva Miszoglad, lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Alejandro Ramirez Mendez, professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Ali Saeedi, instructor or lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies
Yunwen Su, professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Stephanie Thurston, professor, Department of Religion
Vieux Alassane Toure, instructor or lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Yuefan Wang, instructor or lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Kara Yarrington, professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Alexandra Yazeva, lecturer, Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies
Qiusi Zhang, lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Dania De La Hoya Rojas