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Akintunde Akinyemi

Professor - Yoruba Language and Literature; African Diaspora; Nigerian Hollywood

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Salah Algabli

Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Associate Instructional Professor – Arabic Studies and Educational Technology

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Deborah Amberson

Associate Professor - Modern Italian Literature and Italian Cinema

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Gabriele Belletti

Assistant Professor – Italian and French Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

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Professional headshot of Hélène Blondeau, Professor – French Linguistics and Culture; Quebec culture and identity; Francophone cultures in North America; Language Variation and Change

Hélène Blondeau

Professor – French Linguistics and Culture; Quebec culture and identity; Francophone cultures in North America; Language Variation and Change

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Sylvie Blum-Reid

Professor – French Cinema, Music, Literature, and Culture

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Soraya Bouguettaya

Associate Instructional Professor – Arabic Language

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Nathalie Ciesco

Assistant Instructional Professor - French Language; French for the Professions

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Professional headshot of James Essegbey, Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Professor – African Languages and Linguistics

James Essegbey

Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Professor – African Languages and Linguistics

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Matthieu Felt

Associate Professor – Premodern Japanese Literature, History, and Religion

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Elinore Fresh

Instructional Professor – Chinese Language and Culture

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Professional headshot of James Goodwin, Undergraduate Coordinator, Associate Professor – Russian Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Language, Visual Arts, and Culture

James Goodwin

Undergraduate Coordinator, Associate Professor – Russian Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Language, Visual Arts, and Culture

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Professional headshot of Michael Gorham, Professor – Russian Language, Literature, and Culture; Contemporary Russian Culture and Politics, Russian Folklore, and Revolution

Michael Gorham

Professor – Russian Language, Literature, and Culture; Contemporary Russian Culture and Politics, Russian Folklore, and Revolution

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Professional headshot of Benjamin Hebblethwaite, Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Professor in Haitian and Francophone Studies

Benjamin Hebblethwaite

Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Professor in Haitian and Francophone Studies

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Eric Kligerman

Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Associate Professor – German Literature and Culture

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Stephan N. Kory

Department Undergraduate Coordinator and Assistant Professor – Chinese Literature and Culture

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Professional headshot of Fiona McLaughlin, Professor – African Languages, Linguistics, and Culture; Islam and Pop Culture in Africa

Fiona McLaughlin

Professor – African Languages, Linguistics, and Culture; Islam and Pop Culture in Africa

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Professional headshot of Barbara Mennel, Professor – Feminist theory, European and German Cinema, Urban Studies, and Queer Studies; 20th and 21st Century German literature, Migration and Minority Literature

Barbara Mennel

Professor – Feminist theory, European and German Cinema, Urban Studies, and Queer Studies; 20th and 21st Century German literature, Migration and Minority Literature

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Kole Ade Odutola

Associate Instructional Professor – Yoruba Language and Literature

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Guelden Olgun

Assistant Instructional Professor – German Language and Culture

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Andrea Pham

Undergraduate Coordinator, Professor – Vietnamese Language and Linguistics

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Professional headshot of Holly Raynard, Instructional Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator - Czech Studies

Holly Raynard

Instructional Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator - Czech Studies

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Professional headshot of Galina Rylkova, Professor - Russian Studies; Cultural Memory and Biography Institutions; Russian Modernism

Galina Rylkova

Professor - Russian Studies; Cultural Memory and Biography Institutions; Russian Modernism

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Christopher Smith

Associate Professor - Japanese Literature and Culture; Japanese Animation and Comics

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Alioune Sow

Chair and Associate Professor – Sub-Saharan Francophone Literature

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Sarra Tlili

Associate Professor – Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture

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Risa Wada

Department Undergraduate Coordinator, Associate Instructional Professor – Japanese Language

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Professional headshot of Richard Wang, Professor – Premodern Chinese Fiction, Taoism, and Religion

Richard Wang

Professor – Premodern Chinese Fiction, Taoism, and Religion

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Professional headshot of Brigitte Weltman-Aron, Professor – French and Francophone Literature and Critical Theory

Brigitte Weltman-Aron

Professor – French and Francophone Literature and Critical Theory

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Ying Xiao

Associate Instructional Professor and Undergraduate Advisor – Chinese Language

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Professional headshot of Gayle Zachmann, Associate Professor – French Literature and Critical Theory

Gayle Zachmann

Associate Professor – French Literature and Critical Theory

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