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, Winter 2025)
David Morton (Lecturer, Teaching Stream)
Marina Petrova (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Todd Tobin (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Arabic (Not Offered Winter 2025)
Mandarin Chinese
Coordinator: Laura Luo (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Bin Li (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
German
Coordinator: Gillian Bose (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Cristina Finger (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Italian
Coordinator: Cristina Trevisan (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Marcella Marceddu (Italian Lettrice)
Claudia Rocca (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Japanese
Coordinator: Mami Sasaki (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
Yoriko Aizu (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Orie Ando (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Yoko Azuma-Prikryl (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Elizabeth Sowka (Associate Professor, Teaching Professor)
Kaori Sugimura (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Korean
Coordinator: Hyounjeong Yoo (Contract Instructor)
Seunghee Chung (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Soyoung Kang (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
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, Winter 2025)
Ioana Dimitriu (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream; Assistant Director of Modern Languages)
Martha Quijano (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Margaret Sikorska (Contract Instructor, Winter 2025)
Carlos Valdez (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)