Core Faculty

The program's Core Faculty serve as the primary advisors for Certificate. If you are interested in applying to the program, your first step is to meet with a Core Faculty member to discuss your interest in the program. In general, it is best to choose an advisor with expertise in the language you want to teach, but you are free to work with any Core Faculty member who agrees to be your advisor.

Name Title Languages other than English Department
Angélica Amezcua Google Scholar Icon Assistant Professor Spanish Spanish & Portuguese
Nancy Bou Ayash Google Scholar Icon Associate Professor Arabic, French English
Bojan Belić Google Scholar Icon Teaching Professor Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Old Church Slavonic, Russian, Polish Slavic
Klaus Brandl Google Scholar Icon Professor German, (some Spanish, French) German
Dafney Blanca Dabach Google Scholar Icon Associate Professor College of Education
Ana Fernandez Dobao Google Scholar Icon Professor Spanish, Galician, French Spanish & Portuguese
Katarzyna A. Dziwirek Google Scholar Icon Professor Emerita Polish Slavic
Hussein Elkhafaifi Google Scholar Icon Associate Professor Arabic MELC
Zev Handel Google Scholar Icon Professor Chinese (Mandarin) Asian Languages & Literature
Julia Herschensohn Google Scholar Icon Professor Emerita French Linguistics
Betina Hsieh Google Scholar Icon Professor French, w/ familiarity in Mandarin & Korean language learning Education
Chan Lü Google Scholar Icon Associate Professor, Department Chair Chinese (Mandarin) Asian Languages & Literature
Talant Mawkanuli Google Scholar Icon Teaching Professor Kazak, Uygur, Chinese (Mandarin), Uzbek, Kirgiz, Noghay, Tuvan, Turkish, Tatar, Chaghatay MELC
Xi Ma Assistant Teaching Professor Chinese (Mandarin) Asian Languages & Literature
Cristina Sánchez-Martín Google Scholar Icon Assistant Professor English
Suhanthie Motha Google Scholar Icon Associate Professor French, some German, some Tamil (spoken), some Singhalese (spoken) English
Amy Snyder Ohta Google Scholar Icon Professor Japanese, learning Korean Asian Languages & Literature
Priti Sandhu Google Scholar Icon Associate Professor English and Hindi (written and spoken) Urdu and Punjabi (spoken) English
Sandra Silberstein Google Scholar Icon Professor Emerita English
Maya Smith Google Scholar Icon Professor, Associate Dean Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, some Romanian, some Catalan, some Wolof, some Latin (written) French and Italian Studies
Manka Varghese Google Scholar Icon Professor Italian, Malayalam, and comprehension/reading mid proficiency in French and Spanish Education
Richard Wright Google Scholar Icon Professor, Department Chair French, Italian, Swahili (written and spoken), Mandarin (spoken) Linguistics