Modern Languages
Modern Languages Administration
School Director: Michael Rodgers
Assistant Director (Modern Languages): Carlos Valdez
Below, you will find a list of faculty, coordinators, and contract instructors currently teaching courses in the Modern Languages.
American Sign Language
Coordinator: Denise DeShaw (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Ari Black (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream)
Josee-Sarah Bower (ASL Interpreter)
Jane Lalonde (Contract Instructor)
Jessica Lynch (Contract Instructor)
David Morton (Lecturer, Teaching Stream)
Josee-Anna Tanner (Contract Instructor)
Todd Tobin (Contract Instructor)
Arabic (Not Offered in 2025-26)
Mandarin Chinese
Coordinator: Laura Luo (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Bin Li (Contract Instructor)
German
Coordinator: Cristina Finger (Contract Instructor)
Gillian Bose (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream); Sabbatical July 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
Italian
Coordinator: Cristina Trevisan (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Marcella Marceddu (Italian Lettrice)
Claudia Rocca (Contract Instructor)
Japanese
Coordinator: Mami Sasaki (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Yoriko Aizu (Contract Instructor)
Mizuki Hoshino (Contract Instructor)
Kaori Sugimura (Contract Instructor)
Korean
Coordinator: Hyounjeong Yoo (Contract Instructor)
Seunghee Chung (Contract Instructor)
LANG Cultural Courses
Soyoung Kang (Contract Instructor)
Yoriko Aizu (Contract Instructor)
Portuguese (Not Offered in 2025-26)
Russian
Coordinator: Tania Duneuskaya (Contract Instructor)
Marina Sabanadze (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Spanish
Coordinator: Janett Martinez-Amador (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Margarita Alfonso (Contract Instructor)
Ioana Dimitriu (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream); Sabbatical July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026
Luz-Patricia Lopez (Contract Instructor)
Martha Quijano (Contract Instructor)
Margaret Sikorska (Contract Instructor)
Carlos Valdez (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)