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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 | sbecker@niu.edu | N/A | WH 115 |
John Bentley | Japanese | Professor and Chair | jbentley1@niu.edu | 815-753-1259 | WH 111 |
Dennis Brain | German | Associate Professor | dbrain@niu.edu | 815-753-6445 | WH 308 |
Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz | German and FL Tech | Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies | jpcooke@niu.edu | 815-753-6448 | WH 118 |
Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg | Spanish Linguistics | Associate Professor and Director of Basic Language Program | mfs@niu.edu | 815-753-8396 | WH 117 |
Frances Jaeger | Spanish | Associate Professor | fjaeger@niu.edu | N/A | WH 311 |
Joanna Kot | Russian | Professor | jkot@niu.edu | N/A | WH 312 |
Karen Lichtman | Spanish Linguistics and Educator Licensure | Adjunct Professor | klichtman@niu.edu | 815-753-6443 | WH 114 |
Linda Saborío | Spanish | Associate Professor and Assistant Chair | lsaborio@niu.edu | 815-753-6441 | WH 120 |
Matthew Smith | French | Associate Professor | msmith6@niu.edu | 815-753-6462 | WH 314 |
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 | Assistant 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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Lucinda Alwa | Classics | lalwa@niu.edu | 815-753-6464 | WH 309 |
Rahmi Aoyama | Indonesian | rhartati1@niu.edu | 815-753-6450 | WH 316 |
Emilio Aviles-Casquet | Spanish | eaviles@niu.edu | N/A | WH 313 |
Lady Cohen | Spanish | lcohen2@niu.edu | N/A | WH 309 |
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail | Tagalog | rgallocrail@niu.edu | 815-753-6457 | WH 309 |
Taylor Hartman | ASL | thartman3@niu.edu | N/A | WH 325 |
Sam Inthaly | Lao | sinthaly@niu.edu | N/A | N/A |
Kathy Kuschman | Educator Licensure Assistant Coordinator | kkuschman@niu.edu | 815-753-6449 | WH 112 |
Kheang Leang | Khmer | kleang1@niu.edu | 815-753-6458 | WH 310 |
Candace Medina | Spanish | cmedina@niu.edu | 815-753-6464 | WH 316 |
Dawn Rogodzinski-Lisa | Spanish | drogi@niu.edu | 815-753-6918 | WH 301 |
Lanhui Zhang Ryder | Chinese | lryder@niu.edu | 815-753-6458 | WH 310 |
Misato Sekita | Japanese | msekita@niu.edu | N/A | WH 123 |
Emily Teising | French | eteising@niu.edu | N/A | WH 317 |
Dawn Westhoff | ASL | dwesthoff1@niu.edu | N/A | WH 340 |
Teaching and Graduate Assistants
Name | Area | Title | Office | |
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Reza Fahlevi | Indonesian | Fulbright Teaching Assistant | rfahlevi@niu.edu | ZH 620/622 |
Candy Barrientos Jiménez | Spanish Translation and Tutoring | Graduate Assistant | cbarrientosjimenez@niu.edu | N/A |
Fortunata Msilu | Swahili | Teaching Assistant | fmsilu1@niu.edu | DU 137 |
Maw Maw Tun | Burmese | Teaching Assistant | mtun@niu.edu | ZH 620/622 |
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 |
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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