Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Who’s Who in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Chair:
Hildegard F. Glass

Professors:
Valentini Papadopoulou Brady (Emerita), Alessandro Carrera, Claudine Giacchetti, Theodore Gish (Emeritus), Gertrud Pickar (Emeritus), Dora Pozzi (Emeritus), Claus Reschke (Emeritus), Marc Zimmerman (Emeritus)

Associate Professors:
Richard Armstrong, Francesca Behr, Hildegard Glass, Casey Dué Hackney, Marie Theresa Hernández, Nina Tucci, Sharon Wen

Assistant Professors:
Emran El-Badawi, Monica Ercolani (Instructional), Sandra Frieden (Adjunct), Tanja Hellmann (Instructional), Julia Kleinheider (Instructional), Jean-Michel Lanskin (Instructional), Marshall McArthur (Instructional), Maya Panchang (Instructional), Julie Tolliver (Instructional), Jing Zhang (Instructional)

Lecturers & Instructors:
Michael Adair-Kriz, Maria Giliberti, Mehmet Kanik, Sharon Marquart, Elena McGee, Helen Nakamoto, Kagenobu Nakamoto, Nam Van Nguyen, Truong Nong, Arun Prakash, Anne C. Reitz, Christina Voulali

Chinese Studies Director:
Xiaohong Sharon Wen

Classical Studies Director:
Casey Dué Hackney

French Program Director:
Claudine Giacchetti

German Program Director:
Hildegard Glass

Italian Studies Director:
Alessandro Carrera

World Cultures and Literature Undergraduate Director:
Marie Theresa Hernández

World Cultures and Literature Graduate Director:
Alessandro Carrera

Degrees and Majors

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Studies, French, and Italian Studies.

Minor programs include Chinese, French, French for Business-Related Professions, German, German Area Studies, Greek, Italian, Latin, and World Cultures and Literature. Requirements for minors precede the listing of courses.

Teacher certification for secondary education is available in French, Latin, and Italian studies.

General Requirements

Majors in French must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.50 grade point average in all courses attempted in the major and must demonstrate or attain at least 2302 (fourth semester) level proficiency in a second foreign language.

Programs

• Chinese Studies, B.A.
• Classical Studies, B.A.
• French, B.A.
• German, B.A.
• Italian Studies, B.A.
• World Cultures and Literatures, B.A.

• Arab Studies Minor
• Chinese Studies Minor
• Classical Studies Minor
• French for the Business-Related Professions Minor
• French Minor
• German Area Studies Minor
• German Minor
• Greek Minor
• Italian Minor
• Jewish Studies Minor
• Latin Minor
• World Cultures and Literatures Minor