Modern Languages
School Director: Geoff Pinchbeck (Interim)
Assistant Director (Modern Languages): Carlos Valdez (Interim)
Below, you will find a list of faculty and contract instructors currently teaching courses in the Modern Languages.
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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)
David Morton (Lecturer, Teaching Stream)
Marina Petrova (Contract Instructor)
Todd Tobin (Contract Instructor)
Arabic (Not Offered Winter 2025)
Mandarin Chinese
Coordinator: Laura Luo (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Bin Li (Contract Instructor)
German
Coordinator: Gillian Bose (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Cristina Finger (Contract Instructor)
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)
Ando, Orie (Contract Instructor)
Yoko Azuma-Prikryl (Contract Instructor)
Elizabeth Sowka (Associate Professor, Teaching Professor)
Kaori Sugimura (Contract Instructor)
Korean
Coordinator: Hyounjeong Yoo (Contract Instructor)
Seunghee Chung (Contract Instructor)
Soyoung Kang (Contract Instructor)
Portuguese (Not Offered 2024-2025)
Russian
Coordinator: Marina Sabanadze (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Spanish
Coordinator: Janett Martinez-Amador (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Margarita Alfonso (Contract Instructor)
Ioana Dimitriu (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream; Assistant Director of Modern Languages)
Martha Quijano (Contract Instructor)
Margaret Sikorska (Contract Instructor)
Carlos Valdez (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)