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Robert (Moses) Fritz
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Faculty Hall 4A-3
Ph.D. Indiana University Bloomington. M.A. Indiana University Bloomington. M.A. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Areas of Interest: Early Modern Spanish Literature, History of Science, Cognitive Literary Studies

Yoko Hatakeyama
Senior Instructor of Japanese
Faculty Hall 4A-1
M.A.: Murray State University. M.A.: Murray State University. Areas of Interest: Second Language Acquisition, Study Abroad

M.A.: Miami University. Areas of Interest: Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature, Language Assessment, Second Language Acquisition
Kenneth Olson
American Sign Language Adjunct

Stephanie Peck
Administrative Assistant
Faculty Hall 4A

Elena Picech
Associate Professor of Spanish
Faculty Hall 4A-2
Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins University. M.Ed.: Millersville University. Areas of Interest: Latin American Culture, 20th-Century Literature, Film, Modernity
Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Madison. M.A.: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Areas of Interest: Colonial Latin America, Religion and Literature, Theater
Roxane Riegler
Associate Professor of French and German
Faculty Hall 4A-8
Ph.D.: University of Maryland. M.A.: University of Salzburg. Areas of Interest: 20th- and 21st-Century Germanophone Literature, Holocaust Studies, Migration Studies

Tanya Romero-González
Associate Professor of Spanish, Global Languages Coordinator
Faculty Hall 4A-5
Ph.D.: Yale University. M.Phil.: Yale University. M.A.: Yale University. M.A.: Miami University. Areas of Interest: 19th- through 21st-Century Peninsular Literature and Film, Spanish Civil War, Interdisciplinary Studies, Teaching Methodology, Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning

Thérèse Saint Paul
Associate Professor of French
Faculty Hall 4A-9
Ph.D.: The University of Edinburgh. M.Lit. The University of Edinburgh. M.A.: Université de Liège. Areas of Interest: Comparative Medieval Arthurian-Celtic Literature, French Language and Civilization, French for Business

Akane Shirata
Japanese Adjunct Faculty
M.Ed.: George Mason University. Areas of Interest: Heritage Language Education, Cultural Identity Development

Ph.D.: University of Washington. M.A.: University of Washington. M.A.: University of Colorado. Areas of Interest: Traditional Chinese Poetry, Literary and Textual Criticism, Philology, Literary and Cultural History