Faculty
Gina Greco (1992) Ph.D.
Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures; Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 Princeton University.
Daria Aleeva, (2016) M.A.
Senior Instructor I of Russian. M.A. 2012 Portland State University.
Anna Alsufieva (2009) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2001 Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg (Russia).
Pelin Basci (1997) Ph.D.
Professor of Turkish. Ph.D. 1995 University of Texas-Austin.
Thomas Birnie (1990) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies. Ph.D. 1999 University of Washington.
Silvia Boero (2007) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Italian. Ph.D. 2005 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Clifford Breedlove (1998) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Arabic. M.A. 1995 Western Seminary and M.A.T. 1998 Portland State University.
Jenny Ceciliano (2009) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Spanish. M.A. 2006 and M.A. 2015 Portland State University.
Justin Coleman (2008) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of American Sign Language. M.A. 2007 Portland State University.
William Comer (2014) Ph.D.
Director Russian Flagship Center; Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 1992 University of California, Berkeley.
Carrie Collenberg-Gonzalez (2015) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of German. Ph.D. 2011 University of Minnesota.
Enrique Cortez (2011) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2011 Georgetown University.
Laurie Cosgriff (1999) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek. Ph.D. 1994 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Karen Curtin (2016) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2016 Ohio State University.
Cassio de Oliveira (2016) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2014 Yale University.
Annabelle Dolidon (2008) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French. Ph.D. 2008 University of California, Davis.
Jonah Eleweke (2013) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of American Sign Language. Ph.D. 1997 University of Manchester (U.K.). and Ph.D. 2004 University of Alberta (Canada).
Craig Epplin (2012) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2009 University of Pennsylvania.
Nila Friedberg (2004) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2002 University of Toronto (Canada).
Steven Fuller (1990) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German. Ph.D. 1990 Stanford University.
Kathie Godfrey (2000) Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of German. Ed.D. 2013 Portland State University.
Lina Gomaa (2012) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Arabic. M.A. 2012 University of Salford (U.K.).
Yasmeen Hanoosh (2010) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Arabic. Ph.D. 2008 University of Michigan.
Jon Holt (2010) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2010 University of Washington.
Isabel Jaen-Portillo (2010) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2006 Purdue University and Ph.D. 2016 Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).
Laurence R. Kominz (1983) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1985 Columbia University.
Christina Kreft-Tengblad (2007) M.A.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Swedish. M.A. 1989 University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
Quy Nguyen (2006) M.Ed.
Adjunct Senior Instructor of Vietnamese. M.Ed. 2004 Portland State University.
Timothy Nidever (2009) M.A.
Senior Instructor I of Latin. M.A. 2009 University of Oregon.
Eva Núñez-Méndez (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1998 University of Salamanca (Spain).
DeLys Ostlund (1991) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1993 University of Maryland.
Jonathan O. Pease (1986) Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1986 University of Washington.
Jennifer Perlmutter (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of French. Ph.D. 2001 Duke University.
Moshe Rachmuth (2012) Ph.D.
Senior Instructor II of Hebrew. Ph.D. 2010 University of Oregon.
Stephanie Roulon (2011) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of French. M.A. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Robert Sanders (2001) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2001 University of Arizona.
Anousha Sedighi (2005) Ph.D.
Professor of Persian. Ph.D. 2005 University of Ottawa (Canada).
Cynthia Sloan (1992) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese. Ph.D. 1995 Vanderbilt University.
Shayna Snyder (2011), M.A.
World Languages and Literatures Undergraduate Adviser and Spanish Undergraduate Adviser. M.A. 2011 Portland State University.
Steven L. Thorne (2010) Ph.D.
Professor of Second Language Acquisition. Ph.D. 1999 University of California, Berkeley.
Stephen Wadley (1991) Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1987 University of Washington.
Stephen Walton (1995) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Inés Warnock (2001) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Spanish. M.A. 2000 Portland State University.
Suwako Watanabe (1990) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1990 Georgetown University.
Angela Zagarella (1993) M.A.
Senior Instructor II of Italian. M.A. 1984 University of Catania (Italy).