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Faculty

Thumbnail Name Phone Email Title Subtitle
Pia Banzhaf (517) 432-1235 banzhafm@msu.edu Assistant Professor German
Alan Beretta (517) 353-7212 beretta@msu.edu Professor Linguistics
Scott Borgeson headshot Scott Borgeson borges11@msu.edu Instructor Linguistics
Brian Buccola (517) 355-5171 buccola@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics
Brahim Chakrani (517) 432-3570 chakrani@msu.edu Associate Professor Arabic
Jonathan Choti (517) 355-8358 chotijon@msu.edu Associate Professor African Languages
Walailawan Cunningham cunni242@msu.edu Teacher LCTL; Thai
Ben Davis davis500@msu.edu Academic Specialist – Advising Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Peter De Costa (517) 884-7728 pdecosta@msu.edu Professor
MATESOL Program Director
TESOL; Second Language Studies
Dustin De Felice (517) 353-5961 defelic5@msu.edu Associate Professor, Director of the English Language Center TESOL; Second Language Studies
Laura Dilley ldilley@msu.edu Adjunct Associate Professor Linguistics
Derek Drake drakeder@msu.edu Assistant Professor German
Karthik Durvasula karthikd@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics
Sonja R. Fritzsche (517) 353-8750 fritzsc9@msu.edu Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies and Administration
Professor of German Studies
German
Adam Gacs (517) 884-6317 gacs@msu.edu Instructor
Technology Specialist
German
Aline Godfroid (517) 353-6432 godfroid@msu.edu Professor TESOL and Second Language Studies
Senta Goertler (517) 355-5079 goertler@msu.edu Professor German; Second Language Studies
Matthew Handelman (517) 355-5184 handelm@msu.edu Associate Professor
Interim Director, Digital Humanities
German
Xuefei Hao (517) 884-2179 haoxuefe@msu.edu Academic Specialist Chinese
Debra M. Hardison (517) 884-1507 hardiso2@msu.edu TESOL
Tung Hoang hoangtu2@msu.edu Instructor LCTL; Vietnamese
Ho-Hsin Huang huanghoh@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator
Chinese
David Humphrey 517-353-4860 dhumphre@msu.edu Associate Professor
Director
Japanese Studies Program
Sadam Issa (517) 353-4862 sissa@msu.edu Associate Professor Arabic Studies
Mariko Kawaguchi (517) 884-1775 kawaguc7@msu.edu Senior Instructor Japanese Language Program
Alan Hezao Ke (517) 432-4690 kehezao@msu.edu Assistant Professor Linguistics
Yore Kedem (517) 353-4863 ykedem@msu.edu Assistant Professor Hebrew
Youngeun Kim headshot Youngeun Kim kimyo142@msu.edu Assistant Professor Korean
Felix Kronenberg kronenb6@msu.edu Director, Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA)
Director, National Less Commonly Languages Resource Center (NLRC)
Associate Professor
German
Zarema Kumakhova (517) 355-5193 kumakhov@msu.edu Assistant Professor Russian
Minjee Kwon kwonmin9@msu.edu Assistant Professor Korean
Ben Lampe 517-884-1517 lampeben@msu.edu Academic Program Coordinator
Amanda Lanier profile Amanda Lanier alanier@msu.edu Director of MAFLT Program TESOL; Second Language Studies
Xiaoshi Li (517) 353-7216 xli@msu.edu Associate Professor Chinese
Yen-Hwei Lin (517) 353-8776 liny@msu.edu Professor
Interim Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Linguistics
Shawn Loewen (517) 353-9790 loewens@msu.edu Professor
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
TESOL; Second Language Studies
Russell E. Lucas (517) 353-8615 relucas@msu.edu Professor of International Relations and Global Studies James Madison College; Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Suzanne Manuel Reed (517) 353-9068 manuelsu@msu.edu Finance
Kathryn McEwen (517) 355-4762 mcewenk@msu.edu Assistant Professor German
Jason Merrill (517) 355-8365 merril25@msu.edu Professor Russian
Photo of Elizabeth Mittman Elizabeth Mittman 517-355-5170 mittman@msu.edu Associate Professor German
Takuma Miura B-331 Wells Hall miuratak@msu.edu Instructor Japanese
Dr. Ayman Mohamed Ayman Mohamed (517) 993-3793 mohame44@msu.edu Assistant Professor Arabic
Vidya Mohan mohanvid@msu.edu Assistant Instructor – Fixed Term
Assistant Professor – Fixed Term
LCTL; Tamil
Alan Munn (517) 355-7491 amunn@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics
Jennifer Nelson 517.884.1516 nelsonje@msu.edu Human Resources
Deogratias Ngonyani (517) 353-4051 ngonyani@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics; African Languages
Heesu Oh ohheesu1@msu.edu Assistant Professor Japanese Studies Program
Mieko Philips philipsm@msu.edu Instructor Japanese
Charlene Polio (517) 884-1502 polio@msu.edu Professor
Interim Department Chair, LiLaC
TESOL; Second Language Studies
Frederick Poole profile Dr. Frederick Poole poolefre@msu.edu Core MAFLT Faculty TESOL; Second Language Studies
A. Sean Pue (517) 432-3568 pue@msu.edu Professor Indian and South Asian Studies
Lina Qu (517) 353-0662 qulina@msu.edu Assistant Professor Chinese
Shannon Donnally Quinn (517) 884-6335 sdquinn@msu.edu Associate Professor Russian
Rajiv Ranjan (517) 884-4336 rranjan@msu.edu Associate Professor Indian and South Asian Studies
Tze-Lan Sang (517) 354-4339 tzelan@msu.edu Professor
Program Director
Chinese
Cristina Schmitt (517) 353-6762 schmit12@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics
Nahid Shiran nshiran@msu.edu Teacher LCTL; Persian
Galen Sibanda (517) 353-0746 sibanda1@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Coordinator
African Languages
Photo of Betsy Sneller Betsy Sneller sneller7@msu.edu Assistant Professor Linguistics
Vathanak Sok sokvatha@msu.edu Teacher LCTL; Khmer
Bruna Sommer-Farias profile Dr. Bruna Sommer-Farias fariasbr@msu.edu Core MAFLT Faculty TESOL; Second Language Studies
Patti Spinner (517) 353-0754 spinnerp@msu.edu Associate Professor TESOL
Danielle Steider (517) 355-5105 steider@msu.edu Coordinator LCTL; Less Commonly Taught Languages
Camelia Suleiman headshot Camelia Suleiman (517) 884-4320 csuleima@msu.edu Associate Professor Hebrew
Michael Toole toolemi2@msu.edu Assistant Professor Japanese Studies Program
Denise Troutman (517) 355-2400 282 troutma1@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics
Sayako Uehara ueharas2@msu.edu Assistant Professor – Fixed Term Japanese
Marina Valli profile Marina Valli (517) 355-7572 vallimar@msu.edu Academic Operations
Koen Van Gorp profile Koen Van Gorp vangorpk@msu.edu Assistant Professor TESOL; Second Language Studies
Photo of Suzanne Evans Wagner Suzanne Evans Wagner (517) 355-9739 wagnersu@msu.edu Associate Professor Linguistics
Howard Webkamigad webkami5@msu.edu Instructor – Fixed Term LCTL: Anishinaabemowin
Paula Winke (517) 353-9792 winke@msu.edu Professor
Director, Second Language Studies PhD
Arts & Letters Professor
Second Language Studies & TESOL
Pamela Withers 517-353-0740 withers@msu.edu Office Operations
Wolff headshot Lynn Wolff (517) 353-3269 lwolff@msu.edu Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies German
Karin Wurst (517) 884-4391 wurst@msu.edu Professor German
Wenying Zhou (517) 884-6334 zhouweny@msu.edu Assistant Professor Chinese
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