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Brenda Werth’s research interests include Latin American theater, performance, documentary film, memory studies, human rights, gender, social movements, and translation. She teaches courses on Latin A…
Professor Holtermann is interested in immigration, day labor and the Latino community. She teaches language and topic courses in Spanish at American University, and is currently the associate director…
Professor Lilian Baeza-Mendoza teaches Spanish language, Latin American Studies, and translation at the Department of World Languages and Cultures. For many years, she served as the Associate Director…
Naomi Baron’s research interests include language and technology, reading, first language acquisition, the relationship between speech and writing, the history and structure of English, and higher edu…
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Prof. Barr holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard with concentrations in both Indo-European and psycholinguistics. Her research on morphology involves the relationship between language learning and l…
Professor Berg has served as a faculty advisor for the Arabic Club and faculty supervisor for visiting Fulbright student teaching assistants for the past two years. His teaching and research interests…
Professor Cai received his BA in Chinese from Shanghai Normal University in China and his MA and MLS from the University of Iowa. Prior to joining AU, he had taught all levels of Chinese for over 16 y…
Professor Cavaceppi teaches various levels of Italian at American University, including beginner, intermediate, conversation & composition, and topics courses. As Director of the Italian Program, he s…
Dr. Cerezo is Associate professor of applied linguistics and Director of the Spanish language program at American University. He has been a consultant for institutions like the Fulbright Commission an…
A life-long Francophile, Courtney began her international adventure on a summer study abroad program while she was in high school in Annecy, France. After that experience, she decided to pursue her lo…
Dr. Gotea was born and raised in Brasov, Romania where she earned her BA degree specializing in Eugene Ionesco's theater of the absurd. Right after earning her degree, she went to Penn State to pursue…
Ludy Grandas’ research interests include issues of national identity in Latin America and in the Hispanic communities in the U.S. Her teaching interests include the Studies of Culture in Latin America…
Dr. Hachad’s research focuses on issues of gender and sexuality, autobiography and testimony, and the representation and memorialization of violence in cultural productions of the Maghreb and the Cari…
Professor Hernández Gil de Lamadrid teaches Spanish language at the Department of World Languages & Cultures. She served as the Associate Director of the Spanish Language Program coordinating Spanish …
Professor Holtermann is interested in immigration, day labor and the Latino community. She teaches language and topic courses in Spanish at American University, and is currently the associate director…
Professor Israeli received her PhD in Slavic Linguistics from Yale University. Prior to coming to the United States she received a BA equivalent in Russian Language and Literature from Leningrad State…
Professor Karina Jeronimides Krilla was born in South America but was raised in Italy and France. She speaks five languages fluently and has lived and studied in Europe, South America and the United S…
Professor Kateeb, Arabic Language Instructor, has a BA in English for Specific Purposes and an MA in Applied Linguistic from Jordan University of Science and Technology. She has previously taught vari…
Tabitha Kidwell is a language teacher and teacher educator interested in innovative approaches to language teaching, language teacher education, and the development of intercultural competence. She ha…
Interests: L2 Japanese phonology; minority languages of Japan; diaspora and language attrition; minority languages and national language policy
Sarah Young Knowles specializes in second language acquisition, language teaching methods and teacher education, and instructional design. She earned her doctorate in applied linguistics at Georgetown…
Elizabeth Lang has taught French language courses at AU since 1991 and will retire at the end of AY 2023-2024. Her primary interests are political, economic, social and cultural issues in Francophone …
Professor Martin received her M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction degree from George Mason University, concentration in Korean as a foreign language and ESOL education. In the past, she worked as a Korean …
Professor Martínez focuses on the intersection of violence and body politics in Latin America. Her two main areas of research are: representation of historical violence recent cultural production; and…
Professor Patricia Montilla Keeling has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration-Marketing from University of Maryland. She also obtained a Master of Arts, Spanish: Latin American Studies an…
Professor Morandi research interests include language change of minority languages and more specifically language shift in Germanic speech islands and its socio-historical correlates. She finds the in…
Erez Naaman specializes in classical Arabic literature and culture. In addition, his research interests include the intellectual history of the premodern Islamic world. His scholarly work has focused …
Research Interests: Factors influencing the 19th Century Arab Literary Revivalism in the Levant; Ottoman influence on Arab culture and language (15th-19th centuries); Arabic morphology, syntax and pho…
Professor Oliver's teaching and research on Latin America explore philosophical topics such as marginality, feminism, nepantlismo, and transfronterismo. She works on the Hispanic ess…
Dr. Quirk is Director of the German Program at AU. He has scholarly interests in German, English and French from the late eighteenth century to the present. Within German he focuses on the Age of Goet…
Isabel Rivero-Vilá is a Senior Professorial Lecturer of French and Spanish at American University (Washington, D.C) and an independent filmmaker. She has been recently named Chevalier de l’ordre des P…
Professor Ro received a master’s degree in Foreign/World Language Education from George Mason. As a native Korean, she has taught both heritage and non-heritage students in various settings. She is cu…
Olga Elaine Rojer is Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures. Her teaching and research interests include modern German history, literature, and film, Dutch Caribbean studies, and literary…
Professor Carmen Helena Ruzza received her undergraduate degree at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Conservatorio Lino Gallardo. She obtained a M.A in Latin A…
Professorial Lecturer Anthropologist and Linguist
Ms. Keegan Sweeney who took Japanese classes did the stage play translation:https://youtu.be/fuMIUaJF0rw?si=EW4CGNBwqQmro5oBStudents who took my Japanese classes are studying at Ritsumeikan University…
Dr. Shin received her PhD in Multilingual and Multicultural Education from George Mason University and Master’s degree in TESOL from American University. As a native Korean, she has taught both herita…
Research Interests:Japanese heritage language educationCurriculum DevelopmentProject-based approachMulticultural/socio-cultural identity
Prof. Suñé Minguella teaches Spanish language, literature and cinema. Her areas of interest focus on the relationship between poetry and philosophy, as well as literary and film criticism.
Dr. Amelia Tseng is Assistant Professor in Spanish and Linguistics. Her research addresses how language shapes and is shaped by identity across immigrant generations in Latinx diasporic contexts, focu…
Christine van Berten teaches French and Francophone cultures, Literature and French language at university level in Europe and the United States for over 15 years. After a ten-year career as a Profess…
Charly Verstraet's research and teaching interests include Caribbean and Indian Ocean Studies, Environmental Studies, Graphic Novels, Soccer and Politics, and Translation. His co-translation of award-…
Núria Vilanova teaches Latin American Culture, Literature and Cinema. Her research is devoted to the impact of social change and migration on cultural production. She works on textual and cinematic na…
Dr. Vinogradova is interested in the use of digital technology, specifically digital stories, in language education and in postmethod pedagogy and advocacy in language teacher development. Her recent …
Brenda Werth’s research interests include Latin American theater, performance, documentary film, memory studies, human rights, gender, social movements, and translation. She teaches courses on Latin A…
Rebecca joins the AU Faculty and Staff after serving as a Senior English Language Fellow in Panama City, Panama, where she was the Academic Director of the Center for English Language Immersion (CELI)…
Dr. Xu has an extensive background as a linguist in both Chinese and Russian, with an emphasis in the areas of philosophy, literature, culture and communication.Possessing an impressive academic backg…
Xiaoquan Raphael Zhang received his PhD in Chinese and ComparativeLiterature from Washington University in St. Louis. His primary researchfield is literature, culture, and history of late imperial Chi…