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Center Staff

Elizabeth H.D. Mazzocco, Director and Five College Professor of Italian

Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College. Professor Elizabeth H.D. Mazzocco is the founding director of the Five College Supervised Independent Language Program. She received her Ph.D. in 1988 and held visiting positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Mount Holyoke College before assuming the Five College position in 1990. In addition, she continues to explore ways of incorporating technology into language instruction. She has been project director for materials development grants received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The U.S. Department of Education, The National Security Education Program, The Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, The Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, The Booth Ferris Foundation, The New England Colleges Fund, and The Korea Research Foundation.

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Amy Wordelman, Associate Director and Technology Coordinator

Ph.D. Princeton University. Ms. Wordelman oversees the Center's everyday operations, coordinates the Supervised Independent and Mentored Language Programs, and serves as technology director and project manager for the LangMedia website.

Maral Charyeva, Project Development & Program Assistant

B.A. Smith College. Ms. Charyeva is the program assistant for the Mentored Language Program and for the CultureTalk project on LangMedia . In addition, Ms. Charyeva has special responsibility for the Central Asian section of the CultureTalk project.

Gretchen Fiordalice, International Scholar Coordinator & Program Assistant

B.A. Smith College. Ms. Fiordalice is the program assistant for the Supervised Independent Language Program, handles logistics for the visiting scholars connected with the Center, and manages the FCCSWL office operations and facilities.

Quick Links

Five College Supervised Independent Language Program

Five College Mentored Language Courses

Language and International Opportunities Web

LangMedia: The Five College Foreign Language Media Archive

Five College International and Regional Studies

Five College Language Departments

Language Resources on the Web

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