Faculty and Staff Directory

Department Chair
Office Staff
Language Tutors
Emeriti Faculty

American Sign Language
Arabic
Chinese
French
German
Hebrew - Modern
Italian
Japanese
Korean

Latin
Norwegian
Persian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Vietnamese - Heritage
Second Language Acquisition

Department Chair

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Suwako Watanabe, Ph.D.	Department Chair; Professor of Japanese	suwako@pdx.edu	503-725-5284	FMH 315	TBD

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American Sign Language

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Alyssa Blea, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	ablea@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Justin Coleman, M.A.	Senior Instructor II	jcoleman@pdx.edu	Email only	FMH M330	TBD
Rebecca Edwards, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	re8@pdx.edu	Email only	FMH 316	TBD
C. Jonah Eleweke, Ph.D.	Teaching Associate Professor; Section Head	jeleweke@pdx.edu	503-444-8138	FMH M328	TBD
Marie Fernstrom, B.S.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	marif@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Sara Weiner-Collier, M.S.W.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	sbw5@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD

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Arabic

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Afaf Azar, B.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	afaf2@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Afifa Bounama, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	afifab@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD

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French

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Annabelle Dolidon, Ph.D.	Professor; Section Head	dolidon@pdx.edu	503-725-5294	FMH 430G	TBD
Gina L. Greco, Ph.D	Professor	grecog@pdx.edu	503-725-5287	FMH 430H	On Sabbatical AY 25-26
Chrystèle Luneau, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	cluneau@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Brian Mather, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	bsm@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Julie Nelson, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	julie6@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Jennifer Perlmutter, Ph.D.	Professor	jrp@pdx.edu	503-725-5278	FMH 430F	TBD

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German

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Dana Capage, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor of German, First- and Second-Year Coordinator; DSaP Program Coordinator	dcapage@pdx.edu	503-725-5295	FMH M325	TBD
Carrie Collenberg-González, Ph.D.	Director, Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik; Associate Professor;	carrie23@pdx.edu	503-725-5285	FMH 430B	On Sabbatical AY25-26
Steven Fuller, Ph.D.	Associate Professor; Section Head	fullers@pdx.edu	503-725-9570	FMH M333	TBD

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Hebrew - Modern

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Galia Peleg, M.P.H. & M.Sc.	Adjunct Instructor	peleg@pdx.edu	(503) 725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Moshe Rachmuth, Ph.D.	Associate Professor; Section Head	rachmuth@pdx.edu	503-725-8783	FMH M326, UCB 465F	TBD

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Italian

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Angela Zagarella, M.A.	Teaching Assistant Professor; Section Head	zagarea@pdx.edu	503-725-9576	FMH 430D	TBD

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Japanese

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Keiko Sugiue Choi, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	ksugiue@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Karen Curtin, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	ukaren@pdx.edu	503-725-9578	FMH M425	TBD
Jon Holt, Ph.D.	Professor; Section Head	joholt@pdx.edu	503-725-5936	FMH M332	TBD
Kana Ito, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	itok@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Nana Kawada	Graduate Teaching Assistant	nkawada@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Laurence R. Kominz, Ph.D.	Emeritus Professor; Adjunct Professor	kominzl@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Natsuko Llewellyn, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	lnatsuko@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Suwako Watanabe, Ph.D.	Department Chair; Professor	suwako@pdx.edu	503- 725-5284	FMH 315	TBD

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Korean

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Jihye Kim Ameling, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	jihye@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Young-Juo Han, M.A.	Senior Instructor I; Section Head	yhan@pdx.edu	503-725-5937	FMH M321	TBD
Youn Joo Jang, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	younjoo@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD

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Latin

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Timothy Nidever, M.A.	Teaching Assistant Professor; Section Head	tnidever@pdx.edu	503-725-5212	FMH 430A	TBD

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Norwegian

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Thomas Birnie, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor; Section Head	birnie@pdx.edu	Email only	CH 124	W 4-6pm (online or in person). Please request a meeting at least 24 hours in advance.

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Persian

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Anousha Sedighi, Ph.D.	Professor; Section Head	sedighi@pdx.edu	503-725-8784	FMH M433	TBD

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Portuguese

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Cynthia Sloan, Ph.D.	Professor; Section Head	sloanc@pdx.edu	503-725-5283	FMH 430E	On Sabbatical

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Russian

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Anna Alsufieva, Ph.D.	Teaching Associate Professor	alsufiev@pdx.edu	503-725-5282	FMH M324	TBD
William Comer, Ph.D.	Director, Russian Flagship; Professor; Section Head	wcomer@pdx.edu	503- 725-3539	FMH 315G	TBD
Cassio de Oliveira, Ph.D.	WLL Associate Chair; Associate Professor	cassio@pdx.edu	503-725-8727	FMH 430L	TBD
Nila Friedberg, Ph.D.	Professor	nfriedbe@pdx.edu	503- 725-5290	FMH M426	TBD
Elena Ivanova, Ph.D	Adjunct Assistant Professor	eivanova@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Anna Somak	Graduate Teaching Assistant	somak@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD

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Spanish

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Lissa Cabrera-Song	Graduate Teaching Assistant	jso@pdx.edu	503-725-5228	FMH 317	M/W 10:30-11:30am (in person)
Lyndsie Compton, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	lyndsie@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Enrique E. Cortez, Ph.D.	Professor	ecortez@pdx.edu	503-725-8064	FMH M322	On Sabbatical AY25-26
Craig Epplin, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	epplin@pdx.edu	503-725-5602	FMH 430C	TBD
Simón Garay, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	sigara2@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Elizabeth Giannone, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	eliz4@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Erin Hanson	Graduate Teaching Assistant	erinhans@pdx.edu	503-725-5228	FMH 317	TBD
Trycia Heisler	Graduate Teaching Assistant	tryciah@pdx.edu	503-725-5228	FMH 317	TBD
Jennifer Hensley, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	jhensley@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Isabel Jaén Portillo, Ph.D.	Professor	jaen@pdx.edu	503-725-3506	FMH M424	TBD
Adrian Miller, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	adrian.rose.miller@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Lisa Notman, M.A. & M.S.	Instructor & First-Year Coordinator	lnotman@pdx.edu	503-725-5979	FMH M423	TBD
Eva Núñez, Ph.D.	Professor	enunez@pdx.edu	503-725-8785	FMH M430	TBD
Emili Ortiz Villanueva, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	or8@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
DeLys Ostlund, Ph.D.	Professor; Associate Dean, Faculty & Professional Staff	delys@pdx.edu	503-725-9840	CH 341	N/A
Lindsay Perwak, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	lperwak@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Lina Quiroga-Gonzalez, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	lina@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Eli Ronick, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	ronick@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Robert Sanders, Ph.D.	Associate Professor; Section Head	rsanders@pdx.edu	503-725-5296	FMH M418	TBD
Veronica Short, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	vshort@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	TBD
Cynthia Sloan, Ph.D.	Professor	sloanc@pdx.edu	503-725-5283	FMH 430E	On sabbatical
Inés Warnock, M.A.	Teaching Assistant Professor of Spanish; Second- and Third-Year Coordinator, Spanish Undergraduate Advisor	iwarnock@pdx.edu	503-725-5292	FMH 430J	TBD

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Swedish

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Christina Kreft-Tengblad, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor; Section Head	kreftc@pdx.edu	Email only	CH 124	TBD

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Second Language Acquisition

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Steven Thorne, Ph.D.	Professor	steven.thorne@pdx.edu	503-725-9846	FMH M428	TBD

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Emeriti Faculty

Name	Language
Dirgham Sbait	Arabic
Jonathan Pease	Chinese
Stephen Wadley	Chinese
Claudine G. Fisher	French
Eric Swenson	French
Stephen Walton	French
William Fischer	German
Kathleen Godfrey, Ed.D.	German
Timm Menke	German
Laureen Nussbaum	German
Linda Parshall	German
Laurence Kominz	Japanese
Patricia J. Wetzel	Japanese
Sandra Freels	Russian
Martha Hickey	Russian
Galina Kogan	Russian
George T. Cabello	Spanish
Roderic Diman	Spanish
Earl L. Rees	Spanish

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Staff

For general inquiries, email world@pdx.edu or call 503-725-3522, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Malcolm Goldman	CLAS Academic Services Coordinator	world@pdx.edu	503-725-5291	N/A
Rose Lewis	Russian Flagship Coordinator	roslewis@pdx.edu	503-725-5180	FMH 315H
Darrow Omar	Department Manager - WLL, Math, English	komar@pdx.edu	503-725-3235	FMH 315C

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Language Tutors (email world@pdx.edu to contact).

Tutoring schedule

Name	Language
Ash Gard	American Sign Language
Khloud Zamzami	Arabic
Betty Lopez	French
TBD	German
Skelen Porterfield	Hebrew
Luke Marshall	Italian
Eliza Mortimer	Japanese
Madison Terry	Korean
Doug Jones	Latin
Barbod Nohpari	Persian
TBD	Russian
Nina Gallo	Spanish
Elisha Hirschfield	Spanish
Karolina Sidebaeck	Swedish
Evelyn Nguyen	Vietnamese

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