Faculty & Staff Directory

Arabic

Labanieh, Khuloud

Senior Teaching Faculty, Arabic

Masalkhi, Fahed

Senior Teaching Faculty, Arabic

Chinese

Cai, Lixin

Senior Teaching Faculty, Chinese

Chen, Jue

Associate Professor, Chinese

Yin, Lu

Senior Teaching Faculty, Chinese

Comparative Literature

Momcilovic, Drago

Senior Teaching Faculty, Global Studies & Comparative Literature programs

Pitt, Kristin

Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies

Seymour Jorn, Caroline

Professor, Comparative Literature & Global Studies Programs

csjorn@uwm.edu

Williams, Demetrius

Associate Professor, World Languages & Cultures: Comparative Literature

French

Alkhas, Anita

Associate Professor, French

Anderson, Eric

Senior Teaching Faculty, French

Emosivbe, Favour Chidinma

Teaching Assistant, French

fcjohn@uwm.edu

Greffioz, Alick Dorian Michel

Teaching Assistant, French

greffioz@uwm.edu

Kuiper, Lawrence

Associate Professor, French

Russell, Nicolas

Associate Professor, French

Smith, Ian

Teaching Assistant, French

itsmith@uwm.edu

German

Court, Justin

Teaching Faculty II, German

Kirchman, Catherine

Lecturer, German

May-Chu, Karolina

Associate Professor, German

Tieszen, Bozena

Teaching Faculty III, Linguistics
Teaching Faculty III, German
Teaching Faculty III, Classics

Williamson, Jason

Senior Teaching Faculty, German

jaskwill@uwm.edu

Wipplinger, Jonathan

Associate Professor, German
Associate Professor, Scandinavian Studies

wippling@uwm.edu

Global Studies

Momcilovic, Drago

Senior Teaching Faculty, Global Studies & Comparative Literature programs

Seymour Jorn, Caroline

Professor, Comparative Literature & Global Studies Programs

csjorn@uwm.edu

Wolf, Christine

Assistant Director, Global Studies
Assistant Director, International Studies

Hebrew

Baum, Rachel

Senior Teaching Faculty, Coordinator, Hebrew
Deputy Director, Center for Jewish Studies

Gal-Ben Yitschak, Yael

Senior Teaching Faculty, Hebrew

Italian

Ferrentino, Alison

Senior Teaching Faculty, Italian

Iaquinta, Mary

Senior Teaching Faculty, Italian

Milli Konewko, Simonetta

Professor, Italian

Japanese

Jiang, Yuyan

Lecturer, Japanese

jiang62@uwm.edu

Lackey, Masako

Senior Teaching Faculty, Japanese

Quinn, Aragorn

Associate Professor, Japanese

Wert, Yuko

Senior Teaching Faculty, Japanese

Korean

Song, Sooho

Associate Professor, Coordinator, Korean

Portuguese

Ammerman, Ryan

Teaching Faculty, Portuguese & Spanish

ammerma9@uwm.edu

Antunes, Susana

Program Coordinator, Portuguese
Associate Professor, Portuguese

Russian

Murphy-Lee, Meghan

Senior Teaching Faculty, Russian

murphyle@uwm.edu

Peschio, Joseph

Associate Professor, Russian
Coordinator, Russian

Spanish

Alvey, Will

Teaching Assistant, Spanish

wralvey@uwm.edu

Ammerman, Ryan

Teaching Faculty, Portuguese & Spanish

ammerma9@uwm.edu

Bzeniuk, Daria

Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish

Carrillo, Andrea

Lecturer, Spanish

carrillj@uwm.edu

Czerwinski, James

Teaching Faculty, Spanish

czerwi38@uwm.edu

Ferreira, Cesar

Professor, Spanish

Hanson, Mark

Teaching Faculty, Spanish

Kairys, Rachel

Project Assistant, Spanish

rakairys@uwm.edu

Libbey, Allison

Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish

Martinez-Geijo Roman, Laura

Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish

marti825@uwm.edu

Mccaw, Robert

Associate Professor, Spanish

Milia, Sarah

Lecturer, Spanish

fenwicks@uwm.edu

Munoz, Blanca

Teaching Faculty, Spanish

Palmer, Aiden

Teaching Assistant, Spanish

anpalmer@uwm.edu

Sotomayor, Maria

Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish

Vater, Katie

Associate Professor, Spanish

Zeise, Magaly

Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Bilić, Viktorija

Associate Professor, Translation & Interpreting

Olen, Amy

Assistant Professor, Translation & Interpreting

Scholz, Kathryn

Senior Teaching Faculty, Translation & Interpreting

Terando, Lorena

Professor, Translation & Interpreting

Administrative Staff

Ebarp, Erik

Administrative Assistant III, Ancient & Modern Languages, Literature, and Culture
Financial and Systems Support, Women's and Gender Studies

Jacques, Michael

Administrative Assistant II, Ancient & Modern Languages, Literature, and Culture

Marquardt, Kay

Program Assistant, World Languages & Cultures

Language Resource Center

Kairys, Rachel

Project Assistant, Spanish

rakairys@uwm.edu

Linvik, Larry

Media Technician, Language Resource Center

Sun, Mingyu

Director, Language Resource Center

Emeriti Faculty

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Location
Baldassaro, Lawrence	Professor Emeritus of Italian	larryb@uwm.edu
Bird-Soto, Nancy	Professor, Spanish	birdsoto@uwm.edu	414-229-5234
Davies Cordova, Sarah	Professor Emerita, French & Francophone Studies	cordovas@uwm.edu	414-251-8299	Curtin Hall 793
Daydi-Tolson, Santiago	Professor Emeritus, Spanish & Portuguese	dayditol@uwm.edu
Marquez, Ismael	Professor Emeritus, Spanish & Portuguese	imarquez@uwm.edu	414-229-4257
Mendez-Santalla, I	Emerita Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish	zam@uwm.edu
Mikos, Michael	Professor Emeritus, Foreign Languages & Linguistics	mikos@uwm.edu	414-251-6574
Mileham, James	Associate Professor Emeritus of French	jmile@uwm.edu
Pickering-Iazzi, R	Professor Emerita, French, Italian & Comp Literature	rpi2@uwm.edu	414-229-4382
Rodriguez-Luis, Julio	Professor Emeritus, Spanish & Portuguese	jrluis@uwm.edu
Schwertfeger, Ruth	Professor Emerita, German	sword@uwm.edu
Soldati, Lucia	Senior Teaching Faculty Emerita, Italian	lsoldati@uwm.edu	414-229-4382
Suarez-Felipe, Ester	Emerita Senior Teaching Faculty, Spanish & Portuguese	ester@uwm.edu	414-229-2828
Velguth, Madeleine	Professor Emerita of French	velguth@uwm.edu
Verdier, Gabrielle	Professor Emerita of French	verdier@uwm.edu
Wheatley, Kathleen	Associate Professor, Spanish	wheatley@uwm.edu	414-251-7078
Xu, Jian	Associate Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature	jianxu@uwm.edu	414-229-4382

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