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Modern Languages Faculty & Graduate Teaching Assistants (2023-24)
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![]() Antonioli, KathleenAssociate Professor of French |
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![]() Bender, RebeccaAssociate Professor of Spanish, Director of Graduate Studies 19th–21st century Spanish literature; 20th-century Spanish Women’s narrative; First-Wave Spanish Feminism; Cultural and Literary representations of Motherhood; the Spanish Avant-Garde; Spanish and Hispanic Art and Visual Culture; Second-Language (L2) Literature Pedagogy; Digital Humanities. |
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![]() Chronister, NeciaProfessor of German -- on sabbatical leave F25-S26 --German literature since 1989, contemporary German women writers, German film and television, Gender Studies, L2 Literature Pedagogy. |
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![]() Courbou, AngéliqueTeaching Associate Professor of French & Spanish, Director of Undergraduate Studies |
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![]() DePaoli, María TeresaProfessor of Spanish |
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![]() Faber, AndreaAssociate Professor of Spanish, Co-coordinator Spanish 1 through 4 |
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![]() Gavigan, YasmínInstructor of Spanish, Director Kirmser Language Center |
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![]() Hale, RaelynneAssistant Professor of Spanish, Co-coordinator Spanish 1 through 4 |
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![]() Hillard, DerekProfessor of German & Director of International and Areas Studies |
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![]() Kanost, LauraProfessor of Spanish & Editor of STTCL EH 204, lakanost@ksu.edu |
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![]() Loschky, MikiTeaching Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Japanese Studies -- on sabbatical leave F25-S26 -- Applied linguistics; psycholinguistic approach to second language reading; language processing (how learners make cognitive connections to comprehend and produce target language structures); bilingualism and its sociolinguistic implications |
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![]() Luly, SaraAssociate Professor & Director, University Honors Programs Leadership Studies 203, srluly@ksu.edu German Romanticism, German Gothic literature, theories of mental health and illness around 1800, women's writing, gender studies, the works of Caroline de la Motte Fouqué |
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![]() McCloskey, BenjaminAssociate Professor & Coordinator of Classical Studies EH 202, mccloskey@ksu.edu Intersection of philosophy and historiography in Socratic literature of the 4th century BCE, impact of narratological approaches on our understanding of philosophy and authority in Xenophon’s corpus, construction of ethnic and gender identities in the literature of the Second Sophistic (1st to 3rd centuries CE). |
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![]() Valentín Rivera, LauraAssociate Professor & Coordinator of Spanish Heritage Learners EH 213, lvalentin@ksu.edu |
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Yang, LiProfessor, Coordinator of Chinese Studies, and TEFL advisor EH 013, lyang1@ksu.edu Second language (L2) pragmatics acquisition and computer-assisted pragmatics instruction, learners’ pragmatic and intercultural competence in study abroad settings, Chinese L2 learners’ development of writing skills. |
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![]() Zamostny, JeffreyProfessor of Spanish, Department Head Zamostny's research studies questions of gender, sexuality, celebrity, and fandom in Silver Age Spain (1898-1936). He is interested in how understudied forms such as kiosk novels, illustrated magazines, silent film, and modern dance open new windows onto the study of early twentieth-century Spanish culture. |
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Emeritus Faculty
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Staff
![]() Charlotte StephensOffice Specialist III |
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![]() Alyvia JohnsonSocial Media and Office Assistant |