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	M 1-2pm (in person) R 2-3pm (in person) Or by appointment

Name

Title

Email

Phone

Office

Student Hours

Suwako Watanabe, Ph.D.

Department Chair; Professor of Japanese

suwako@pdx.edu

503-725-5284

FMH 315

M 1-2pm (in person)

R 2-3pm (in person)

Or by appointment

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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	T/R 1:40-4:30 (in person)
Rebecca Edwards, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	re8@pdx.edu	Email only	FMH 316	M-F via Zoom by appointment (email to schedule)
C. Jonah Eleweke, Ph.D.	Teaching Associate Professor; Section Head	jeleweke@pdx.edu	503-444-8138	FMH M328	M/W 12-3pm (in person - please email in advance)
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	T/R 1:30m-2pm (online via Zoom, email to schedule)

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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	T 10:50-11:50am (in person) R 2:15-3:15pm (in person)

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

T 10:50-11:50am (in person)

R 2:15-3:15pm (in person)

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Chinese

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Yingying Sun, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	yingsun@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	M/W 12-1pm (in person)

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French

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Annabelle Dolidon, Ph.D.	Professor	dolidon@pdx.edu	503-725-5294	FMH 430G	W 2-3pm (in person), or by appointment
Gina L. Greco, Ph.D	Professor; Section Head	grecog@pdx.edu	503-725-5287	FMH 430H	T 10:50-11am (in person) R 2-3pm (in person)
Chrystèle Luneau, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	cluneau@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	T/R 8:45-9:15am (in person) T 12-1pm (in person)
Brian Mather, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	bsm@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	T/R 1-2pm (online via Zoom - link in Canvas)
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	On sabbatical
Stéphanie Roulon, M.A.	Teaching Assistant Professor; First- and Second-Year Coordinator	sroulon@pdx.edu	503-725-9589	FMH M429	TBD

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German

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Dana Capage, M.A.	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; Section Head	carrie23@pdx.edu	503-725-5285	FMH 430B	T 2:15-3pm (in person in FMH 430B) W 1:30-3:15 (in person in FMH 333) Online by appointment
Steven Fuller, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	fullers@pdx.edu	503-725-9570	FMH M333	W 11am-1pm (in person) Or by appointment

Name

Title

Email

Phone

Office

Student Hours

Dana Capage, M.A.

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; Section Head

carrie23@pdx.edu

503-725-5285

FMH 430B

T 2:15-3pm (in person in FMH 430B)

W 1:30-3:15 (in person in FMH 333)

Online by appointment

Steven Fuller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

fullers@pdx.edu

503-725-9570

FMH M333

W 11am-1pm (in person)

Or by appointment

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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	T/R 3-4pm (in person) Or by appointment via Zoom

Name

Title

Email

Phone

Office

Student Hours

Angela Zagarella, M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor; Section Head

zagarea@pdx.edu

503-725-9576

FMH 430D

T/R 3-4pm (in person)

Or by appointment via Zoom

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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	M 12:45-2:45 (in person and online via Zoom)
Shizuka Fukuo	Graduate Teaching Assistant	sfukuo@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	M 1-3pm (in person and online via Zoom)
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	T 9-10am (in person) R 2-3pm (in person)
Keerthy Suthari	Graduate Teaching Assistant	keerthy@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Koichiro Uno	Graduate Teaching Assistant	koichuno@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 345	TBD
Suwako Watanabe, Ph.D.	Department Chair; Professor	suwako@pdx.edu	503- 725-5284	FMH 315	M 1-2pm (in person) R 2-3pm (in person) Or by appointment

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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	M/W 10:30-11am (in person) F 10-11am (online)
Young-Juo Han, M.A.	Senior Instructor I; Section Head	yhan@pdx.edu	503-725-5937	FMH M321	M/W 1-2pm (in person, by appointment)
Youn Joo Jang, Ph.D.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	younjoo@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	M/W 10:30-11:30am (in person)

Name

Title

Email

Phone

Office

Student Hours

Jihye Kim Ameling, M.A.

Adjunct Senior Instructor

jihye@pdx.edu

503-725-5226

FMH 316

M/W 10:30-11am (in person)

F 10-11am (online)

Young-Juo Han, M.A.

Senior Instructor I; Section Head

yhan@pdx.edu

503-725-5937

FMH M321

M/W 1-2pm (in person, by appointment)

Youn Joo Jang, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

younjoo@pdx.edu

503-725-5226

FMH 316

M/W 10:30-11:30am (in person)

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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	M/W 2-3pm (in person) Or by appointment

Name

Title

Email

Phone

Office

Student Hours

Timothy Nidever, M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor; Section Head

tnidever@pdx.edu

503-725-5212

FMH 430A

M/W 2-3pm (in person)

Or by appointment

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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	T/R 11am-12pm (online via Zoom)

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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
Daria Aleeva, M.A.	Senior Instructor II	daleeva@pdx.edu	503-725-5229	FMH M323	TBD
Anna Alsufieva, Ph.D.	Teaching Associate Professor	alsufiev@pdx.edu	503-725-5282	FMH M324	T 1-2:30pm (online via Zoom) Or by appointment (in person or online)
William Comer, Ph.D.	Director, Russian Flagship; Professor; Section Head	wcomer@pdx.edu	503- 725-3539	FMH 315G	M 4-5pm (in person) W 1-2pm (in person) Or by appointment
Cassio de Oliveira, Ph.D.	WLL Associate Chair; Associate Professor	cassio@pdx.edu	503-725-8727	FMH 430L	By appointment in person (limited availability) or via Zoom. Please email for an appointment.
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	R 11am-12pm (in person F 10-11am (in person)

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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	TBD
Craig Epplin, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	epplin@pdx.edu	503-725-5602	FMH 430C	T/R 2-3pm (in person)
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	M/W 12:30-1:30pm (in person) Or by appointment
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	On sabbatical
Adrian Miller, M.A.	Adjunct Senior Instructor	adrian.rose.miller@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	M 10:30-11:30 (online via Zoom)
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	F 12-2pm (online via Google Meet) Or by appointment
Emili Ortiz Villanueva, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	or8@pdx.edu	503-725-5226	FMH 316	M 10-11am (in person and by appointment) W 1:30-2:30pm (in person and by appointment)
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	T/R 1-2pm (in person)
Robert Sanders, Ph.D.	Associate Professor; Section Head	rsanders@pdx.edu	503-725-5296	FMH M418	T/R 11am-12pm (in person), or online by appointment
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	M/W 10-11am (in person)

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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	T/R 2:30-4:30pm (by appointment)

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Vietnamese - Heritage

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office	Student Hours
Daniel Dai, M.A.	Adjunct Instructor	daitan@pdx.edu	503-725-5297	FMH 316	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	On sabbatical

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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	World Language Requirements Specialist and Office Coordinator	world@pdx.edu	503-725-5291	FMH 315
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
Cam Nguyen	Student Office Assistant	cn25@pdx.edu	503-725-3522	FMH 315

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

Tutoring schedule

Name	Language
Ash Gard	American Sign Language
Khloud Zamzami	Arabic
Jiansheng Li	Chinese
Betty Lopez	French
Nina Martin	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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