Faculty Directory

Department Chair

Gina L. Greco, Ph.D. - Professor of French

Office Staff

Faculty by Language

American Sign Language (ASL)
Arabic
Chinese
French
German
Hebrew - Modern
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Norwegian
Persian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Vietnamese - (Heritage)
Second Language Acquisition

Emeriti Faculty

American Sign Language

Sherry Andrus, B.S.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of American Sign Language
Office: FMH 316
Phone: 503) 725-5226
Email: sherrya@pdx.edu

Justin Coleman, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of American Sign Language
Office: FMH M317
Email: jcoleman@pdx.edu

C. Jonah Eleweke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of American Sign Language
Office: FMH M319
Phone: (503) 444-8138
Email: jeleweke@pdx.edu

Marie Fernstrom, B.S.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of American Sign Language
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: marif@pdx.edu

Morris Ellayna, M.A. & M.B.A.
Adjunct Instructor of American Sign Language
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: elmorris@pdx.edu

Sara Weiner-Collier,MSW
Adjunct Senior Instructor of American Sign Language
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: sbw5@pdx.edu

Arabic

Afaf Azar, B.A.
Adjunct Instructor of Arabic
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: afaf2@pdx.edu

Clifford Breedlove, M.A. & M.A.T.
Senior Instructor II of Arabic
Office: FMH M424
Phone: (503) 725-3506
Email: cliffb@pdx.edu

Abdulrahman Eissa, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of Arabic
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: abeissa@pdx.edu

Yasmeen Hanoosh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Arabic
Office: FMH M320
Phone: (503) 725-5217
Email: yhanoosh@pdx.edu

Chinese

Jonathan O. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese
Office: FMH 430J
Phone: (503) 725-5292
Email: peasej@pdx.edu

Stephen Wadley, Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese
Office: FMH M433
Phone: (503) 725-5293
Email: wadleys@pdx.edu

French

Annabelle Dolidon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French
Office: FMH M322
Email: dolidon@pdx.edu

Lisa Friedli, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of French
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: lfriedli@pdx.edu

Gina L. Greco, Ph.D
Department Chair and Professor of French
Office: FMH 430H
Phone: (503) 725-5287
Email: grecog@pdx.edu

Chrystele Luneau, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of French
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: cluneau@pdx.edu

Brian Mather, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of French
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: bsm@pdx.edu

Julie Nelson, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of French
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: julie6@pdx.edu

Ida Nyberg, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of French
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: ida2@pdx.edu

Jennifer Perlmutter, Ph.D.
Professor of French
Office: FMH M326
Phone: (503) 725-8783
Email: jrp@pdx.edu

Stephanie Roulon, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of French
Office: FMH M429
Phone: (503) 725-9589
Email: stephanie.roulon@pdx.edu

Stephen Walton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of French
Office: FMH 430F
Phone: (503) 725-5278
Email: swalton@pdx.edu

German

Dana Capage
Adjunct Senior Instructor of German
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: dcapage@pdx.edu

Carrie Collenberg-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Director of Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik and Assistant Professor of German
Office: FMH 430B
Phone: (503) 725-5285
Email: carrie23@pdx.edu

Steven Fuller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German
Office: FMH M433
Phone: (503) 725-9570
Email: fullers@pdx.edu

Kathleen Godfrey, Ed.D.
Assist. Director of Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik and Assist. Professor of German
Office: FMH 430G
Phone: (503) 725-5294
Email: godfreyk@pdx.edu

Verena Hutter, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of German
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: vhutter@pdx.edu

Johanna Morris
Adjunct Instructor of German
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: wippich@pdx.edu

Sarah Schoettler, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of German
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: schoettl@pdx.edu

Hebrew - Modern

Sharon Erez-Shai, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Modern Hebrew
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: sharon29@pdx.edu

Moshe Rachmuth, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew
Office: FMH M427
Phone: (503) 725-9776
Email: rachmuth@pdx.edu

Italian

Cinzia Di Vasta
Adjunct Instructor of Italian
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: divasta@pdx.edu

Nobuko Wingard
Adjunct Instructor of Italian
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: nwingard@pdx.edu

Angela Zagarella, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Italian
Office: FMH 430D
Phone: (503) 725-9576
Email: zagarea@pdx.edu

Japanese

Karen Curtin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese
Office: FMH M417
Phone: (503) 725-5288
Email: ukaren@pdx.edu

Peter Fodor
Adjunct Instructor of Japanese
Office: FMH 345
Phone: (503) 725-5297
Email: fodor@pdx.edu

Saki Hirozane
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Japanese
Office: FMH 345
Phone: (503) 725-5297
Email: hiozane@pdx.edu

Jon Holt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Japanese
Office: FMH M332
Phone: (503) 725-5936
Email: joholt@pdx.edu

Elsiemae Ito
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Japanese
Office: FMH 345
Phone: (503) 725-5297
Email: elsiemae@pdx.edu

Narumi Iwasaki, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Japanese
Office: FMH 345
Phone: (503) 725-5297
Email: niwasaki@pdx.edu

Laurence R. Kominz, Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese
Office: FMH M422
Phone: (503) 725-5277
Email: kominzl@pdx.edu

Natsuko Llewellyn
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Japanese Office: FMH 345
Phone: (503) 725-5297
Email: lnatsuko@pdx.edu

Tetsuko Sugawara
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Japanese
Office: FMH 345
Phone: (503) 725-5297
Email: tetsuko@pdx.edu

Suwako Watanabe, Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Professor of Japanese, and Director of Institute for Asian Studies
Office: FMH M432
Phone: (503) 725-5284
Email: suwako@pdx.edu

Korean

Jihye Kim, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Korean
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: jihye@pdx.edu

Young-Juo Han, M.A.
Instructor of Korean
Office: FMH M321
Phone: (503) 725-5937
Email: yhan@pdx.edu

Latin

Timothy Nidever, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Latin
Office: FMH 430A
Phone: (503) 725-5212
Email: tnidever@pdx.edu

Norwegian

Thomas Birnie, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: birnie@pdx.edu

Persian

Bahar Jaberi, M.A.
Instructor of Persian
Office: CH 217
Phone: (503) 725-3956
Email: bhbj@pdx.edu

Anousha Sedighi, Ph.D.
Professor of Persian
Office: FMH M330
Phone: (503) 725-8784
Email: sedighi@pdx.edu

Portuguese

Cynthia Sloan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese
Office: FMH 430E
Phone: (503) 725-5283
Email: sloanc@pdx.edu

Russian

Daria Aleeva, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Russian
Office: FMH M323
Phone: (503) 725-5229
Email: daleeva@pdx.edu

Anna Alsufieva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian
Office: FMH M324
Phone: (503) 725-5282
Email: alsufiev@pdx.edu

William Comer, Ph.D.
Director of Russian Flagship Center and Professor of Russian
Office: FMH 315G
Phone: (503) 725-3539
Email: wcomer@pdx.edu

Cassio de Oliveira, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian
Office: FMH 430L
Phone: (503) 725-8728
Email: cassio@pdx.edu

Nila Friedberg, Ph.D.
Interim Director of Russian Flagship Center and Associate Professor of Russian
Office: FMH M426
Phone: (503) 725-5290
Email: nfriedbe@pdx.edu

Daria Smirnova, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Russian
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: smirnova@pdx.edu

Spanish

Fationa Aliaj, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: aliaj@pdx.edu

Yadira (Aimee) Carreon-Serna, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: yadira@pdx.edu

Jenny Ceciliano, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Office: FMH M328
Phone: (503) 725-5263
Email: ceciliano@pdx.edu

Yuliana Cerrud-Castillo
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: yrc2@pdx.edu

Lyndsie Compton, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: lyndsie@pdx.edu

Enrique E. Cortez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH M419
Phone: (503) 725-5289
Email: ecortez@pdx.edu

Roselia Ekhause, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: roselia@pdx.edu

Craig Epplin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH 430C
Phone: (503) 725-5206
Email: epplin@pdx.edu

Indira Funk
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: indifunk@pdx.edu

Simon Garay
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: sigara2@pdx.edu

Elizabeth Giannone, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: eliz4@pdx.edu

Carolina Gomez-Montoya, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: cg25@pdx.edu

Jennifer Hensley, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: jhensley@pdx.edu

Isabel Jaén Portillo, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH M421
Phone: (503) 725-3541
Email: jaen@pdx.edu

Claudia Lainez
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: clainez@pdx.edu

Gabriel Lehrburger
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: glehr2@pdx.edu

Antonia Lespin, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: alespin@pdx.edu

Charo Loa
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: charo@pdx.edu

Arturo Martinez, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: arturo2@pdx.edu

Adrian Miller, M.A. Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: adrian.rose.miller@pdx.edu

Lisa Notman, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: lnotman@pdx.edu

Eva Núñez-Méndez, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH M430
Phone: (503) 725-8785
Email: enunez@pdx.edu

DeLys Ostlund, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of CLAS and Professor of Spanish
Office: CH 341
Phone: (503) 725-9840
Email: delys@pdx.edu

Melissa Patiño-Vega, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar in Spanish and Chicano/Latino Studies
Office: FMH M329
Phone: (503) 725-5273
Email: mpatino2@pdx.edu

Lindsay Perwak, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: lperwak@pdx.edu

Alma (Lucy) Philipp, Ed.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: aldiaz@pdx.edu

Melissa Pineda, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: mp8@pdx.edu

Lina Quiroga-Gonzalez, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: lina@pdx.edu

Eli Ronick, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: ronick@pdx.edu

Robert Sanders, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: FMH M418
Phone: (503) 725-5296
Email: rsanders@pdx.edu

Eli Sears, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: esears@pdx.edu

Veronica Short, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Spanish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: vshort@pdx.edu

Liseth Soracipa Ortiz
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: lsorac2@pdx.edu

Jose Valdivia
Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish
Office: FMH 317
Phone: (503) 725-5228
Email: valdivia@pdx.edu

Cynthia Sloan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese
Office: FMH 430E
Phone: (503) 725-5283
Email: sloanc@pdx.edu

Shayna Snyder, M.A.
Capstone Instructor
Office: FMH 365K
Phone: (503) 725-8780

Ines Warnock, M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Office: FMH M428
Phone: (503) 725-9846
Email: iwarnock@pdx.edu

Swedish

Christina Kreft-Tengblad, M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Swedish
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: kreftc@pdx.edu

Swahili

Josphat Waruhiu, MPA & MA
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Swahili
Email: waruhiuj@pdx.edu

Vietnamese - Heritage

Quy Nguyen, M.Ed.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Vietnamese
Office: FMH 316
Phone: (503) 725-5226
Email: quy@pdx.edu

Second Language Acquisition

Steven Thorne, Ph.D.
Professor of Second Language Acquisition
Office: FMH M423
Phone: (503) 725-5979
Email: steven.thorne@pdx.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Cabello, George T., Spanish - Emeritus
Diman, Roderic., Spanish - Emeritus
Fischer, William, German - Emeritus
Fisher, Claudine G., French - Emerita
Freels, Sandra, Russian - Emerita
Hickey, Martha, Russian - Emerita
Kogan, Galina, Russian - Emerita
Menke, Timm, German - Emeritus
Nussbaum, Laureen, German - Emerita
Parshall, Linda, German - Emerita
Rees, Earl L., Spanish - Emeritus
Sbait, Dirgham, Arabic - Emeritus
Swenson, Eric, French - Emeritus
Vistica, Sister Rita Rose, French - Emerita
Wetzel, Patricia J., Japanese - Emerita

Staff

ZoeAnn Dimond
Office Coordinator & World Language Requirements Specialist
Office: FMH 315A
Phone: (503) 725-5291
Email: zd@pdx.edu

Kelli Martin
Scheduling Coordinator & Graduate Admissions Specialist
Office: FMH 315D
Phone: (503) 725-3243
Email: kmarti@pdx.edu

Dzuan (John) Nguyen
Department Manager
Office: FMH 315E
Phone: (503) 725-5280
Email: dzuann@pdx.edu

Thalia Sophiana - Russian Flagship Center Coordinator
Office: FMH 315H
Phone: (503) 725-5275
Email: tsophiana@pdx.edu

Zahra Abukar - Student Office Assistant
Office: FMH 315
Phone: (503) 725-3522

Yessica Castillo - Student Office Assistant
Office: FMH 315
Phone: (503) 725-3522

Gabriela Herhandez Garcia - Student Office Assistant
Office: FMH 315
Phone: (503) 725-3522

Haden Ngo - Student Office Assistant
Office: FMH 315
Phone: (503) 725-3522

Sarah Quay - Student Office Assistant
Office: FMH 315
Phone: (503) 725-3522

Sierra Robinson - Student Office Assistant
Office: FMH 315
Phone: (503) 725-3522