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Faculty and Staff Directory
We're proud of our dedicated faculty and staff, who strive to advance an appreciation of languages and an understanding of diverse cultural perspectives from around the world. Our faculty specialize in a variety of areas and produce world-class research that advances the theory and practice of languages and literature.
Tenure-Track Faculty
Name | Area | Title | Phone | Office | |
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Shannon Becker | French | Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies | sbecker@niu.edu | N/A | WH 115 |
John Bentley | Japanese | Professor | jbentley1@niu.edu | 815-753-1259 | WH 113 |
Dennis Brain | German | Associate Professor | dbrain@niu.edu | 815-753-6445 | WH 308 |
Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz | German and Applied Linguistics | Associate Professor and Assistant Department Chair | jpcooke@niu.edu | 815-753-6448 | WH 118 |
Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg | Spanish Linguistics | Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies | mfs@niu.edu | 815-753-8396 | WH 117 |
Frances Jaeger | Spanish | Associate Professor | fjaeger@niu.edu | N/A | WH 311 |
Nancy Dominguez-Fret | Spanish Linguistics and Educator Licensure | Assistant Professor and Director of Educator Licensure | ndominguezfret@niu.edu | 815-753-6443 | WH 114 |
Christopher Nissen | French | Visiting Professor Emeritus | cnissen4@niu.edu | N/A | WH 314 |
Linda Saborío | Spanish | Associate Professor and Chair | lsaborio@niu.edu | 815-753-6451 | WH 111 |
Francisco Solares-Larrave | Spanish | Associate Professor | fsolares@niu.edu | N/A | WH 311 |
Tharaphi Than | Burmese | Associate Professor | tthan@niu.edu | 815-753-6453 | WH 122 |
Kanjana Thepboriruk | Thai | Associate Professor | kanjana@niu.edu | 815-753-6535 | WH 116 |
Laura Vilardell | Spanish | Associate Professor | lvilardell@niu.edu | N/A | WH 119 |
Stephen Vilaseca | Spanish | Professor | svilaseca@niu.edu | 815-753-6463 | WH 315 |
Instructional Faculty
Name | Area | Phone | Office | |
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Rahmi Aoyama | Indonesian | rhartati1@niu.edu | 815-753-6450 | WH 316 |
Emilio Aviles-Casquet | Spanish | eaviles@niu.edu | N/A | WH 313 |
Karla Castellanos | ASL | kcastellanos1@niu.edu | N/A | WH 310 |
Lady Cohen | Spanish | lcohen2@niu.edu | N/A | WH 313 |
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail | Tagalog | rgallocrail@niu.edu | 815-753-6457 | WH 309 |
Kathy Kuschman | Educator Licensure Assistant Coordinator | kkuschman@niu.edu | 815-753-6449 | WH 112 |
Kheang Leang | Khmer | kleang1@niu.edu | 815-753-7117 | N/A |
Dawn Rogodzinski-Lisa | Spanish | drogi@niu.edu | 815-753-6918 | WH 120 |
Dawn Westhoff | ASL | dwesthoff1@niu.edu | N/A | WH 312 |
Elizabeth Shultz | French | eshultz@niu.edu | N/A | WH 317 |
Teaching and Graduate Assistants
Name | Area | Title | Office | |
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Giorgia Fino | Spanish | Graduate Assistant | gfino1@niu.edu | WH 123 |
Alejandra Garcia | Spanish | Graduate Assistant | agarcia34@niu.edu | WH 123 |
Pattanachon Kokwarn | Thai | Fulbright Teaching Assistant | z2082579@students.niu.edu | WH 301 |
Devi Nurhayati | Indonesian | Fulbright Teaching Assistant | z2082507@students.niu.edu | WH 301 |
Yaniz Rodriguez | Spanish | Graduate Assistant | z1923614@students.niu.edu | WH 123 |
Staff
Name | Title | Phone | Office | |
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Karen Mantz | Office Manager | kmantz@niu.edu | 815-753-6441 | WH 111 |
Concepcion Gliesman | Coordinator, Foreign Language Residence Program | cgliesma@niu.edu | 815-753-6452 | WH 121 |
Emeritus
Name | Language | |
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Katharina Barbe | German | kbarbe1@niu.edu |
Louise Ciallella | Spanish | lciallella2@niu.edu |
Mary Lee Cozad | Spanish | mcozad1@niu.edu |
William Harrison | Spanish and Portuguese | wharrison@niu.edu |
John Hartmann | Thai | jhartmann@niu.edu |
Patricia Henry | Indonesian | phenry@niu.edu |
Joanna Kot | Russian | jkot1@niu.edu |
Maryline Lukacher | French | mlukache@niu.edu |
Eloy Merino | Spanish | emerino1@niu.edu |
Chris Nissen | Italian | cnissen4@niu.edu |
Grant Olson | Language Learning Center and Thai | golson@niu.edu |
Greg Ross | Foreign Language Residence Program and French | gross2@niu.edu |
Jack Weiner | Spanish | amalia1@rcn.com |
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