Faculty

Modern Languages Faculty

Alphabetical Order

Antonioli, Kathleen Associate Professor of French EH 108, kantonioli@ksu.edu Modern French literature, literary history, the sociology of literature, theories of modernism, women's writing, feminist theory, Québec literature and theories of francophone literature.
Ayanbode, Felix Teaching Assistant Professor of German and French EH 007, felixayanbode@ksu.edu Race and Identity in Postwar Europe; Migration and Memory Studies; Modern German Literature and Film; Afro-German Studies; Postcolonial Theory; Second Language Acquisition
Bender, Rebecca Associate Professor of Spanish, Director of Graduate Studies EH 107, rmbender@ksu.edu 19th–21st century Spanish literature; 20^th-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.
Chronister, Necia ON SABBATICAL Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Please contact Dr. Hillard (dhillard@ksu.edu) Professor of German EH 214, nchroni@ksu.edu German literature since 1989, contemporary German women writers, German film and television, Gender Studies, L2 Literature Pedagogy.
Courbou, Angélique Teaching Associate Professor of French & Spanish Director of Undergraduate Studies EH 217, angeli@ksu.edu Advising in post-secondary education; impact of service learning and study abroad. Current advisees, use SSC Navigate Not my advisee? Book a meeting
DePaoli, María Teresa Professor of Spanish EH 229, mmtzotz@ksu.edu Latin American Cultural Studies, Mexican Literature and Culture, Screenwriting Studies, and Latinas in the U.S.
Faber, Andrea Associate Professor of Spanish, Co-coordinator Spanish 1 through 4 EH 106, afaber@ksu.edu Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Language Pedagogy, Ungrading, Nominal Agreement Phenomena, Technology for language teaching & learning.
Ferrara, Massimo Instructor of Italian EH 004, massimof@ksu.edu
Gavigan, Yasmín Instructor of Spanish, Director Kirmser Language Center EH 006, yasedi@ksu.edu
Hale, Raelynne Assistant Professor of Spanish, Co-coordinator Spanish 1 through 4 EH 203, raehale@ksu.edu Contemporary Latin American and Peninsular Literature with a focus on ecocritical approaches.
Hillard, Derek Professor of German & Director of International and Areas Studies EH 215, dhillard@ksu.edu Modernism, German literature, emotion in the arts, poetry, Paul Celan.
Ishida, Yuki Instructor of Japanese EH 216, yishida@ksu.edu Japanese language and culture; second language acquisition; intercultural communication; language pedagogy
Kanost, Laura Professor of Spanish & Editor of STTCL EH 204, lakanost@ksu.edu Latin American literature from the 19th century to the present, translation, disability studies, women writers, and service-learning.
Loschky, Miki ON LEAVE Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Please contact Yuki Ishida (yishida@ksu.edu) Teaching Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Japanese Studies EH 216, mikil@ksu.edu 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
Luly, Sara Associate 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
McCloskey, Benjamin Associate 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).
Meritan, Camille Teaching Assistant Professor & Coordinator of French EH 005, cmeritan@ksu.edu Second Language Acquisition, L2 pronunciation, translanguaging, curriculum design.
Mossa Thuria Instructor & Coordinator for Arabic EH 003, child@ksu.edu
Nazario, Claudia Teaching Assistant Professor of Spanish EH 205, cnazario@ksu.edu Contemporary Latinx popular culture and literature. Focusing on the representation of intersectional identities (i.e., ethnicity, race, gender, and sexuality) in storytelling. Children's picture books and graphic novels as well as television programs.
Valentín Rivera, Laura Associate Professor & Coordinator of Spanish Heritage Learners EH 213, lvalentin@ksu.edu Spanish heritage language learners' literacy development and collaboration mediated by social tools (i.e., Google docs, Wikis, blogs)
Yang, Li Professor, 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.
Zamostny, Jeffrey Professor of Spanish, Department Head EH 208, jzamostny@ksu.edu 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.
Emeritus Faculty Dr. Robert Clark (in memoriam) Dr. Douglas Benson (in memoriam) Dr. Robert Corum (corum) Dr. Claire Dehon (dehoncl) Dr. Lucía Garavito (lugarav) Dr. Michael Ossar Dr. Silvia Sauter (silviae) Dr. Bradley Shaw (bradshaw) Dr. George Tunstall

Modern Languages Faculty by Language

Classical Studies

McCloskey, Benjamin

Associate 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).

French

Antonioli, Kathleen Associate Professor of French EH 108, kantonioli@ksu.edu Modern French literature, literary history, the sociology of literature, theories of modernism, women's writing, feminist theory, Québec literature and theories of francophone literature.
Ayanbode, Felix Teaching Assistant Professor of German and French EH 007, felixayanbode@ksu.edu Race and Identity in Postwar Europe; Migration and Memory Studies; Modern German Literature and Film; Afro-German Studies; Postcolonial Theory; Second Language Acquisition
Courbou, Angélique Teaching Associate Professor of French & Spanish Director of Undergraduate Studies EH 217, angeli@ksu.edu Advising in post-secondary education; impact of service learning and study abroad. Current advisees, use SSC Navigate Not my advisee? Book a meeting
Meritan, Camille Teaching Assistant Professor & Coordinator of French EH 005, cmeritan@ksu.edu Second Language Acquisition, L2 pronunciation, translanguaging, curriculum design.

German

Ayanbode, Felix

Teaching Assistant Professor of German and French

EH 007, felixayanbode@ksu.edu
Race and Identity in Postwar Europe; Migration and Memory Studies; Modern German Literature and Film; Afro-German Studies; Postcolonial Theory; Second Language Acquisition

Chronister, Necia

**ON SABBATICAL Fall 2025 & Spring 2026**

Please contact Dr. Hillard (dhillard@ksu.edu)

Professor of German
EH 214, nchroni@ksu.edu

German literature since 1989, contemporary German women writers, German film and television, Gender Studies, L2 Literature Pedagogy.

Hillard, Derek

Professor of German & Director of International and Areas Studies
EH 215, dhillard@ksu.edu
Modernism, German literature, emotion in the arts, poetry, Paul Celan.

Japanese

Ishida, Yuki

Instructor of Japanese

EH 216, yishida@ksu.edu

Japanese language and culture; second language acquisition; intercultural communication; language pedagogy

Loschky, Miki

**ON LEAVE Fall 2025 & Spring 2026**

Please contact Yuki Ishida (yishida@ksu.edu)

Teaching Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Japanese Studies
EH 216, mikil@ksu.edu

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

Spanish

Bender, Rebecca Associate Professor of Spanish, Director of Graduate Studies EH 107, rmbender@ksu.edu 19th–21st century Spanish literature; 20^th-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.
Courbou, Angélique Teaching Associate Professor of French & Spanish Director of Undergraduate Studies EH 217, angeli@ksu.edu Advising in post-secondary education; impact of service learning and study abroad. Current advisees, use SSC Navigate Not my advisee? Book a meeting
DePaoli, María Teresa Professor of Spanish EH 229, mmtzotz@ksu.edu Latin American Cultural Studies, Mexican Literature and Culture, Screenwriting Studies, and Latinas in the U.S.
Faber, Andrea Associate Professor of Spanish, Co-coordinator Spanish 1 through 4 EH 106, afaber@ksu.edu Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Language Pedagogy, Ungrading, Nominal Agreement Phenomena, Technology for language teaching & learning.
Gavigan, Yasmín Instructor of Spanish, Director Kirmser Language Center EH 006, yasedi@ksu.edu
Hale, Raelynne Assistant Professor of Spanish, Co-coordinator Spanish 1 through 4 EH 203, raehale@ksu.edu Contemporary Latin American and Peninsular Literature with a focus on ecocritical approaches.
Kanost, Laura Professor of Spanish & Editor of STTCL EH 204, lakanost@ksu.edu Latin American literature from the 19th century to the present, translation, disability studies, women writers, and service-learning.
Nazario, Claudia Teaching Assistant Professor of Spanish EH 205, cnazario@ksu.edu Contemporary Latinx popular culture and literature. Focusing on the representation of intersectional identities (i.e., ethnicity, race, gender, and sexuality) in storytelling. Children's picture books and graphic novels as well as television programs.
Valentín Rivera, Laura Associate Professor & Coordinator of Spanish Heritage Learners EH 213, lvalentin@ksu.edu Spanish heritage language learners' literacy development and collaboration mediated by social tools (i.e., Google docs, Wikis, blogs)
Zamostny, Jeffrey Professor of Spanish, Department Head EH 208, jzamostny@ksu.edu 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.

- Dr. Robert Clark (in memoriam)
- Dr. Douglas Benson (in memoriam)
- Dr. Robert Corum (corum)
- Dr. Claire Dehon (dehoncl)
- Dr. Lucía Garavito (lugarav)
- Dr. Michael Ossar
- Dr. Silvia Sauter (silviae)
- Dr. Bradley Shaw (bradshaw)
- Dr. George Tunstall