Applied Linguistics
LAMBERT-BRÉTIÈRE, RENÉE, Ph.D., Honors Program Director, Applied Linguistics Coordinator; Associate Professor rlambert@umbc.edu Morphosyntax, typology, language description and documentation, Fon (Benin), Kwoma (Papua New Guinea), Innu (Canada), Caribbean Creoles
BEARD, DAVID, Ph.D., Assistant Professor beard@umbc.edu Second language acquisition and bilingualism, Spanish linguistics, psycholinguistics
GOLUBEVA, IRINA, Ph.D., Professor golubeva@umbc.edu Intercultural communication and training, pragmatics, multilingualism, citizenship education, internationalization of HigherEd, second language acquisition, language teaching and curriculum development
KA, OMAR, Ph.D., Wolof Language Coordinator; Professor ka@umbc.edu Sociolinguistics, phonology, African linguistics, French language, Wolof language
Arabic
EL OMARI, SAMIR, Ph.D., Arabic Area Coordinator; Teaching Professor, Arabic & French samir1@umbc.edu Computer-assisted language learning, language teaching, and curriculum development, cross-cultural competency in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Chinese
BROWN, WILLIAM, Ph.D., Chinese Area Coordinator; Associate Teaching Professor wbrown@umbc.edu Chinese language, literature and culture
TONG, CHRISTOPHER K., Ph.D. Associate Professor ckt@umbc.edu Science, technology, society, and policy; Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, German
French
GRENOUILLEAU-LOESCHER, Rebecca, Ph.D., French 100-200 Level Language Coordinator; Assistant Teaching Professor rgrenouilleau-loescher@umbc.edu French language, 20th and 21st century French and Francophone literature and culture, Caribbean studies, women’s health and the medical humanities
FATIH, ZAKARIA, Ph.D., French 300-600 Level Language Coordinator; Professor mogador@umbc.edu Francophone studies, Maghreb studies, Enlightenment, Critical Theory
BARAHOUIE, HANIYEH, Ph.D., Associate Professor hbrh@umbc.edu Francophone Bande dessinée, 20th- & 21st- century French Literature and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies, Transnationalism and Cross-cultural Exchange, Digital Humanities.
EL OMARI, SAMIR, Ph.D., Arabic Area Coordinator; Teaching Professor, Arabic & French samir1@umbc.edu Computer-assisted language learning, language teaching, and curriculum development, cross-cultural competency in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
KA, OMAR, Ph.D., Wolof Language Coordinator; Professor ka@umbc.edu Sociolinguistics, phonology, African linguistics, French language, Wolof language
LAMBERT-BRÉTIÈRE, RENÉE, Ph.D., Honors Program Director, Applied Linguistics Coordinator; Associate Professor rlambert@umbc.edu Morphosyntax, typology, language description and documentation, Fon (Benin), Kwoma (Papua New Guinea), Innu (Canada), Caribbean Creoles
German
SUTTON, SUSANNE, M.A., Undergraduate Program Director, German Area Coordinator; Teaching Professor, ssusanne@umbc.edu German language and culture
MACFARLAND, TALKE, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer, tmacfar@umbc.edu German language and culture, Linguistics
Intercultural Communication
ARÉVALO-GUERRERO, ELISABETH, Ph.D., Intercultural Communication Coordinator; Teaching Professor eliarev1@umbc.edu Spanish language, Intercultural Communication
GOLUBEVA, IRINA, Ph.D., Professor golubeva@umbc.edu Intercultural communication and training, pragmatics, multilingualism, citizenship education, internationalization of HigherEd, second language acquisition, language teaching and curriculum development
Japanese
HOOGENBOOM, TOMOKO, Ph.D., Japanese Area Coordinator; Teaching Professor tmkhgnbm@umbc.edu Japanese language and culture, Second language pedagogy, assessment, content-beased instruction, collaborative learning, and technology use in language learning.
Korean
PANG, MYOUNG EUN, Ph.D., Korean Area Coordinator; Assistant Teaching Professor mpang@umbc.edu Korean language and culture
YOON, KYUNG-EUN, Ph.D., Associate Professor kyoon@umbc.edu Korean language and culture; Interactional linguistics; Conversation analysis; Discourse analysis
Russian
ZHDANOVYCH, VIRA, M.F.A., Russian Area Coordinator; Associate Teaching Professor vira@umbc.edu Russian language and culture
Spanish
MANNI, MARIA, M.S., Spanish Area Coordinator; Teaching Professor mariamanni@umbc.edu Spanish language and culture
HERNÁNDEZ, MILVIA, M.A., Spanish 200 Level Language Coordinator; Teaching Professor hemilv1@umbc.edu Spanish language
CARPIO RIOS, MELODDYE, Ph.D., Spanish Heritage, Spanish 304 and 305 Language Coordinator; Assistant Professor mcarpior@umbc.edu Spanish language
ARÉVALO-GUERRERO, ELISABETH, Ph.D., Intercultural Communication Coordinator; Teaching Professor eliarev1@umbc.edu Spanish language, Intercultural Communication
CARMODY, SEAN, M.A., Assistant Teaching Professor carm3@umbc.edu Spanish language
HOGAN, ERIN K., Ph.D., MLLI Associate Chair; Professor ekhogan@umbc.edu Peninsular literature, Cinemas of Spain and Latin America, Cultural studies of contemporary Spain
LIZARAZO, TANIA, Ph.D., Associate Professor lizarazo@umbc.edu Latin American cultural studies, performance studies, digital storytelling, transnational feminisms, memory studies
MUÑOZ DAVASLIOGLU, THANIA, Ph.D., Graduate Program Director; Associate Professor munozt@umbc.edu Latin American literature and culture: 20th and 21st;Latinx Literature; Spanish language literature in the U.S.; border and memory studies; poetry + translation
OSKOZ, ANA, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Arts; Professor aoskoz@umbc.edu Technology in the foreign language classroom, second language acquisition, language teaching and curriculum development
STOLLE-MCALLISTER, JOHN, Ph.D., MLLI Department Chair; Professor stollem@umbc.edu Cultural studies, social movements, Latin American popular culture
Wolof
KA, OMAR, Ph.D., Wolof Language Coordinator; Professor ka@umbc.edu Sociolinguistics, phonology, African linguistics, French language, Wolof language