Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Faculty by Languages/Programs

Arab Studies

• el-Badawi, Emran. Assistant Professor of Arabic. B.A. Rutgers University; M.A. Temple University; Ph.D. University of Chicago.
• Fares, Michael

Chinese Studies

• McArthur, Marshall
• Qin, Amelia Ying
• Wen, Xiaohong Sharon. Director of Chinese Studies. Associate Professor of Chinese. B.A., Beijing Languages Institute, Beijing, China; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas at Lawrence.
• Zhang, Jing

Classics/Greek/Latin

• Armstrong, Richard Hamilton. Associate Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies. B.A., University of Chicago; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University.
• Behr, Francesca D’Alessandro. Associate Professor of Italian and Classics. B.A., Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; M.A., Ph.D., University of Buffalo.
• Dué Hackney, Casey. Director of Classical Studies. Professor of Classics. B.A, Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.
• Kinzler, Andy
• Voulali, Christina
• Zecher, Jonathan

French

• Brady, Valentini Papadopoulou. Professor of French. B.A., University of Melbourne, Australia; Certificat d’études, University of Paris, Institut de Phonetique; Ph.D., University of Queensland, Australia.
• Early, Rachel
• Giacchetti, Claudine. Director of French Program. Professor of French. B.A., M.A., University of Paris; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., Rice University.
• Johnson, Marie-Celine
• Kruidenier Tolliver, Julie
• Lanskin, Jean Michel
• Panchang, Maya
• Tucci, Nina. Associate Professor of French. B.A., Sacred Heart Dominican College; M.A., University of Houston; M.A. and Ph. D., Rice University.
• Voulali, Christina

German/German Area Studies

• Frieden, Sandra
• Glass, Hildegard F.. Director of German Studies. Associate Professor of German. B.A., M.A., Freie Universität Berlin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
• Hellmann, Tanja
• Kleinheider, Julia
• Reitz, Anne

Hindi

Italian Studies

• Behr, Francesca D’Alessandro. Associate Professor of Italian and Classics. B.A., Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; M.A., Ph.D., University of Buffalo.
• Carrera, Alessandro. Professor and Director of Italian Studies and World Cultures and Literatures. “Laurea in Filosofia”, Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy.
• Ercolani, Monica
• Gilberti, Maria
• Mocci, Maria

Japanese

• Nakamoto, Helen

Jewish Studies

• Heilbrunn, Bernice
• Hernandez, Marie-Theresa. Director of Jewish Sudies. Associate Professor of World Cultures and Literatures. B. A., Sam Houston State University; M.S.W., Our Lady of the Lake University Worden School of Social Service; Ph.D., Rice University.
• Weiss, Kenneth

Russian Language Program

• McGee, Elena

Turkish

• Kanik, Mehmet

Vietnamese

• Nguyen, Nam
• Nong, Truong

World Cultures and Literatures

• Carrera, Alessandro, Professor, WCL Graduate Director. “Dottore in Filosofia,” Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy (1980). Associate Professor, Director of Italian Studies. Italian Language, Literature and Culture. Philosophy and Literature. Music and Literature. Music and Philosophy. Creative Writing.
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  • Office: 611 AH
  • Phone: 713.743.3069
• Hernández, Marie-Theresa, Associate Professor, WCL Undergraduate Director
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  • Office: 610 AH
  • Phone: (713) 743-3074
• Adair-Kriz, Michael, Lecturer
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• Marquart, Sharon. Ph.D. University of Michigan. Visiting Assistant Professor. Interests: Modern French and Spanish literature, film and culture, comparative literature, critical theory, feminist theory.
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  • Office: 620 AH
  • Phone: (713) 743-9265
• Zimmerman, Marc, Professor emeritus. Professor of Modern and Classical Languages. B.S., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.
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Faculty Emeriti

• Zimmerman, Marc. Professor of Modern and Classical Languages. B.S., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.