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