Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty

Julie Candler Hayes, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., Austin College, 1977; M.A., Northwestern, 1979; Ph.D., 1982.

Philippe Baillargeon, Lecturer, B.A., McGill, Canada, 1998; M.A., Princeton, 2001; Ph.D., 2006.

Bruce P. Baird, Assistant Professor, B.A., Columbia, 1992; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 2004.

Nerissa Balce, Assistant Professor, De La Salle University, Philippines, 1986; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2002.

Maria Soledad Barbón, Assistant Professor, M.A., Colgne, Germany, 1993; Ph.D., 2000.

Doris G. Bargen, Professor, B.A., Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1971; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1972; Ph.D., Universität Tubingen, 1978.

Luke Bouvier, Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Adviser for French, B.A., Rutgers, 1986; M.A., Cornell, 1990; Ph.D. 1993.

Barton Byg, Professor, B.A., Drake, 1975; M.A., Washington at St. Louis, 1977, 1978; Ph.D., 1982.

James E. Cathey, Professor and Director of the German and Scandinavian Studies Program, B.S., Oregon State, 1962; M.A., Washington, 1964; Ph.D., 1967.

Susan Cocalis, Professor, B.A., Douglass, 1969; M.A., Princeton, 1971; Ph.D., 1974.

N. C. Christopher Couch, Lecturer, B.A., Columbia, 1976; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1987.

Laszlo Dienes, Professor, A.M., Harvard, 1972; Ph.D., 1977.

Francesco D’Introno, Professor, B.A., Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela, 1967; M.A., Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1970; Ph.D., Sorbonne, 1971.

Andrew Donson, Assistant Professor, B.A., Cornell, 1991; M.A., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1995; Ph.D., 2000.

Frank C. Fagundes, Professor, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1972; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1976.

Arthur Figliola, Lecturer, B.A., Dartmouth, 1973; M.A., Middlebury, 1978; Ph.D., Masachusetts at Amherst, 2001.

Stephen M. Forrest, Lecturer, B.A., Oxford, England, 1987; M.A., 1991; Ph.D., Harvard, 2005.

Edwin Gentzler, Professor, B.A., Kenyon, 1973; Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 1990.

Donald E. Gjertson, Professor, B.A., Washington, 1970; M.A., Stanford, 1972; Ph.D., 1975.

Patricia Gubitosi, Assistant Professor, B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991; M.A., Houston, 2004; Ph.D., 2006.

James Hicks, Lecturer, B.A., B.S., Michigan State, 1982; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1987; Ph.D., 1992.

Nancy E. Lamb, Assistant Professor, B.A., Mount Holyoke, 1959; M.A., Middlebury, 1960; D.M.L., 1970.

Sara J. Lennox, Professor, B.A., DePauw, 1965; M.A., Wisconsin, 1966; Ph.D., 1973.

David Lenson, Professor, B.A., Princeton, 1967; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., 1971.

Don E. Levine, Associate Professor, B.A., Columbia, 1964; M.A., Princeton, 1967; Ph.D., 1972.

Nicolina LoRusso-Dillon, Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Adviser for Italian, B.A., Westfield State, 1971; M.A., Middlebury, 1973.

Roberto Ludovico, Assistant Professor, Laurea, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy, 1993; M.A., McGill, 1997; Ph.D., Brown, 2003.

Donald Maddox, Professor, B.A., Kansas, 1966; M.A., Duke, 1969; Ph.D., 1970.

Luis A. Marentes, Associate Professor, B.A., Texas at Austin, 1987; M.A., 1990; Ph.D., 1994.

Elizabeth H. D. Mazzocco, Professor, B.A., Texas A&M, Commerce, 1980; M.A., Bryn Mawr, 1983; Ph.D., 1988.

Patrick Mensah, Associate Professor and Director of the French Studies Program, B.A., Leson, Ghana, 1980; M.A., Cornell, 1989; Ph.D., 1991.

Stephen D. Miller, Assistant Professor, B.A., Ohio State, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1983; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1993.

C. William Moebius, Professor and Director of the Comparative Literature Program, D.Sup., Sorbonne, 1962; B.A., Lawrence (Wis.), 1963; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1970.

José N. Ornelas, Professor and Director of the Spanish and Portuguese Program, B.A., Queens, 1969; M.A., 1972; Ph.D., City University of New York, 1976.

Michael Papio, Assistant Professor and Director of the Italian Studies Program, B.A., Florida State, 1990; M.A., Virginia, 1993; Ph.D., 1998.

Daphne Patai, Professor, B.A., Indiana, 1965; M.A., 1971; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1977.

Elizabeth P. Petroff, Professor, B.S.,Ed., Northwestern, 1960; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1964; Ph.D., 1972.

Catherine Portuges, Professor, and Graduate Programs Director of Comparative Literature, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1964; M.A., 1966; Ph.D., 1982.

Emma Rivera-Rábago, Lecturer, B.A., Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, 1988; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1998.

Clara Ronderos, Lecturer, B.A., Los Andes, Colombia, 1992; M.A., Javeriana, Colombia, 1997; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001; Ph.D., 2005.

Robert A. Rothstein, Walter Raleigh Amesbury, Jr., and Cecile Dudley Amesbury Professor of Teaching and Research in Polish Language, Literature and Culture, B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; M.A., Harvard, 1961; Ph.D., 1967.

Márgara Russotto, Associate Professor, B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1977; M.A., Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela, 1983; Ph.D., Universidade Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1987.

David Schneider, Assistant Professor, B.A., Colorado at Boulder, 1980; M.A. Columbia, 1987; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2005.

Amanda C. Seaman, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1988; M.A., Chicago, 1994; Ph.D., 2001.

Dianne E. Sears, Associate Professor, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1979; M.A., Yale, 1981; Ph.D., 1990.

Zhongwei Shen, Assistant Professor and Director of the Asian Languages and Literatures Program, B.A., Fudan, China, 1982; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1988; Ph.D., 1993.

Jonathan Skolnik, Assistant Professor, B.A., Columbia College, 1990; M.A., Columbia, 1994; Ph.D., 1999.

Curtis Small, Lecturer, B.A., Temple, 1987; M.A., New York University in France, 1990; Ph.D., New York University, 2001.

Reiko Sono, Lecturer, B.A., Tsukuba, 1988; M.A., 1991.

Robert Sullivan, Associate Professor, B.A., McGill, 1983; M.A., 1985; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1991.

Rhonda Tarr, Lecturer, Connecticut, 1973; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1982; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1995.

Maria Tymoczko, Professor, B.A., Radcliffe, 1965; M.A., Harvard, 1968; Ph.D., 1973

Barbara Zecchi, Assistant Professor, B.A., Ca’Foscari, 1986; M.A., California at San Diego, 1990; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1994; Ph.D., 1998.

Enhua Zhang, Assistant Professor, B.A., Nankai, China, 1997; M.A., 2000; M.Phil., Colombia, 2003; Ph.D., 2007.