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Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau

Languages and Culture Studies

Associate Professor of German and Associate Chair

COED 441
aaliagab@uncc.edu

David Arcia

Spanish Lecturer

COED 422
darcia@uncc.edu

Born and raised in El Salvador, David moved to Charlotte in 2014. He holds a Mayor and a Master in Environmental Studies, with specialization in Education. Interested in environmental issues, community development, photography, and technology....

Whitney Baggs

wmbaggs@uncc.edu

Academic Interests Young adult fiction translation, Consumer electronics and technology translation, History of the Spanish language Other Interests Orchid growing

Enika Banerjee

Japanese Lecturer

COED 444B
ebanerje@uncc.edu

José Manuel Batista

Associate Professor of Spanish

COED 405
Jose.Batista@uncc.edu

Anna Berges

Languages and Culture Studies

DAAD for German

COED 421
a.berges@uncc.edu

Michèle Bissière

Department Chair, Professor of French

COED 435
mhbissie@uncc.edu

Jordan Bledsoe

Japanese Lecturer

COED 466
jbleds11@uncc.edu

Hugo Pascual Bordon

Spanish Lecturer

COED 421
hpascual@uncc.edu

Basma Botros

Languages and Culture Studies

Arabic Lecturer

COED 422
bbotros@uncc.edu

David Boyd

Languages and Culture Studies

Assistant Professor of Japanese

COED 404
davidboyd@uncc.edu

Allison Braden

Languages and Culture Studies

MA Fellow of Spanish

411B
abraden1@uncc.edu

Isabelle Buhot-Batista

French Lecturer

COED 422
ibuhot@uncc.edu

Anna Gallant Carter

anna@gallanttranslator.com

After working on Habitat for Humanity International projects in Latin America, Anna developed an intense curiosity for the Spanish language and became involved in the Latino community not only in Latin America, but also at home in the U.S. It was with...

Renee Cave

rcave@uncc.edu

Renee received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a minor in Business Administration from Winthrop University. She is now pursuing a graduate degree in Spanish with a concentration in translation at UNC Charlotte where she is a member of the Mu Chapter...

Susan Cernyak-Spatz

Professor Emerita

SECernya@uncc.edu

Dr. Cernyak-Spatz lived in Berlin from 1929-1936, attending grade school until age 10 and then attending Lyceum (higher education girls’ school). In 1936 her parents moved to Vienna where the family business had a branch. Hitler’s occupation...

Susan Cernyak-Spatz

SECernya@uncc.edu

Education Ph.D. and M.A., University of Kansas, 1972 B.A., Southwest Missouri State College, 1968 Honors Honors: S.M.S. Regents Fellowship: 1966-68 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship: 1968 Who’s Who in U.S. Colleges: 1968 Fulbright Seminar Scholarship:...

Susana Cisneros

Senior Lecturer of Spanish

COED 444A
scisner1@uncc.edu

In addition to teaching, Ms. Cisneros has worked as a interpreter/translator for the Mecklenbury County Courthouse. Ms. Cisneros has been teaching for the Department of Languages and Culture Studies since 2008.

Carlos M. Coria-Sánchez

Languages and Culture Studies

Associate Professor of Spanish

COED 417
cmcoria@uncc.edu

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Daniela Cunico Dal Pra

Italian Teaching Professor

COED 459B
dcunicod@uncc.edu

David Dalton

Assistant Professor of Spanish

COED 463
ddalto14@uncc.edu

Edwin Dávila

Spanish Lecturer

COED 422
edavila1@uncc.edu

Will Davis

Languages and Culture Studies

Lecturer in Film Studies

COED 406B
wsdavis@uncc.edu

Biography:

William S. Davis is an Full-Time Professor for the Film Studies Program in the Department of Languages and Culture Studies. He received his Bachelor's in Art with a concentration in Photography and Film Studies Minor from UNC Charlotte in 2004, and his Master's in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Film and Technology from UNC Charlotte in 2009.

William is CEO of Small Creatures LLC, an award-winning film production company and creative marketing firm based in Charlotte, NC. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies, non-profits,...

Lorena Delgadillo

Spanish Lecturer

COED 464
mldelgad@uncc.edu

Amber Donley

adonley@uncc.edu

Amber Donley obtained her bachellor's degree in Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Michael Scott Doyle

Professor of Spanish

COED 424B
msdoyle@uncc.edu

Delfina Erochenko

Languages and Culture Studies

Graduate Teaching Assistant

COED 421
derochen@uncc.edu

Paloma Fernández Sánchez

Spanish Lecturer / Spanish Advisor

COED 459A
704-687-6017
pfernan2@uncc.edu

Garrett Fisher

gfisher6@uncc.edu

Originally from Salisbury, North Carolina, Garrett obtained his B.S. in Spanish Education from Western Carolina University. He also studied at ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico and taught for two years in Franklin, NC as a high school Spanish teacher and...

Javier García León

Languages and Culture Studies

Assistant Professor of Spanish

COED 458
jgarci53@uncc.edu

Julia Geaney-Moore

Languages and Culture Studies

Administrative Support Associate

COED 439
704-687-8754
jgeaneym@uncc.edu

Noha Ghali

Arabic Lecturer

COED 430D
704-687-8754
nghali@uncc.edu

Robert Gleaves

Associate Professor Emeritus

rgleaves@uncc.edu

Concepción Godev

Professor of Spanish and Graduate Director

COED 408
704-687-8486
cgodev@uncc.edu

Nhora Gomez-Saxon

Languages and Culture Studies

Spanish Lecturer

COED 422
nssaxon@uncc.edu

Susanne Gomoluch

German Lecturer

COED 459C
sgomoluc@uncc.edu

Ann González

Professor of Spanish

COED 423
704-687-8761
abgonzal@uncc.edu

Dale Grote

Associate Professor of Classical Studies

COED 450
dagrote@uncc.edu

Candace Reese Haithcox

candacehaithcox@gmail.com

Candace is a high school Spanish teacher in Alexander County. In 2012, she earned her National Board Certification for Teaching. She lives in Taylorsville, NC with her husband, Adam.

Carol Hartley

Business Services Coordinator

COED 442
704-687-8786
CarolHartley@uncc.edu

Bobby Hobgood

Director, Language Resource Center

COED 443
704-687-8762
bobbyhobgood@uncc.edu

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Jane Houston

Lecturer in French

COED 422
jbhousto@uncc.edu

Ms. Houston has taught for the Department of Languages and Culture Studies since 1982.

Angela Jakeway

Senior Lecturer, German Coordinator and Adviser, Coordinator of Certificate of German for Business

COED 403B
ajakeway@uncc.edu

Verónica Janis

vjanis@uncc.edu

Phillip Kaffen

Assistant Professor of Japanese

COED 455
pkaffen@uncc.edu

Fumie Kato

Associate Professor of Japanese

COED 451
fkato@uncc.edu

Jeffrey A. Killman

Assistant Professor of Spanish

COED 462
jkillman@uncc.edu

Anastasia Koralova

Teaching Professor of Russian

COED 448
alkoralo@uncc.edu

Luca Lai

Languages and Culture Studies

Italian Lecturer

COED 421
llai1@uncc.edu

Mary LaMarca

French Lecturer

COED 459D
mlamarca@uncc.edu

Aura Lawson-Alonso

Spanish Lecturer

COED 406A
allawson@uncc.edu

Aura Lawson-Alonso

allawson@uncc.edu

Tianran Liu

Chinese Lecturer

COED 409A
tsavaiin@uncc.edu

Maryrica Ortiz Lottman

Associate Professor - Spanish; Affiliate Professor- Latin American Studies and International Studies; Adjunct Professor- Women's Studies

COED 457
mlottman@uncc.edu

Natalie Love

nmlove2@uncc.edu

Maria Mahaffey

Senior Lecturer and Intermediate Spanish Coordinator

COED 403D
memahaff@uncc.edu

Austin McComas

Coordinator, Language Resource Center

COED 434D
704-687-8790
rmccomas@uncc.edu

Shanna-Kay McKenzie

smckenz9@uncc.edu

Shanna is a Jamaican student with a passion for languages. She has studied abroad in Mexico where she lived with a host family for a semester. She has a particular interest in Medical Interpreting. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Academic Honor...

Korinne Meier

Languages and Culture Studies

Film Studies Lecturer

COED 420
kmeier5@uncc.edu

Luis Mejia Diaz

Languages and Culture Studies

MA Fellow of Spanish

COED 421
lmejiadi@uncc.edu

Education

B.S., Biotechnology Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (2016)
M.S., Analytical Chemistry, University of Guanajuato (2018)

Courses Taught

SPAN 1101 Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 1102 Elementary Spanish II
LBST 2102-Global Connections

Research Interests

Second...

Christopher Mellinger

Assistant Professor of Spanish Interpreting and Translation Studies

COED 461
704 687-6016
cmelling@uncc.edu

Martha Miller

Professor Emerita

mlmiller@uncc.edu

Chikako Mori

Senior Lecturer of Japanese

COED 445
704-687-8217
cmori@uncc.edu

Seirin Nagano

Japanese Lecturer

COED 420
snagano@uncc.edu

Irma J. Navarro

inavarr1@uncc.edu

Irma graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Spanish from Davidson College in 2007. She currently serves as Assistant Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Assistant Director of Multicultural Admission, and Associate Director of July Experience at her alma...

Marie-Thérèse Noiset

Professor Emerita

mtnoiset@uncc.edu

Olga Padilla-Falto

Elementary Spanish Coordinator

COED 446
opadill1@uncc.edu

Laura Pagani

Languages and Culture Studies

Lecturer in Italian

421
lpagani@uncc.edu

Sofia Paiva de Araujo

Languages and Culture Studies

MA Fellow of Portuguese

412
spaivade@uncc.edu

Education

2019 M.A. Latin American Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2015 B.A. English Language, Linguistics and Literatures, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
2008 B.S. Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri

Courses Offered

LTAM 1100 Introduction to Latin America
...

Yennica Palmer

Languages and Culture Studies

Spanish Graduate Teaching Assistant

COED 421
ypalmer@uncc.edu

Andrew Parkhurst

aparkhur@uncc.edu

A native of Chattanooga, TN, Andrew developed an interest in Spanish while in high school. He completed his BA in Spanish in 2009 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and came to Charlotte shortly thereafter to begin his MA in the Translating...

Bianca Potrykus

Senior Lecturer of German

COED 430E
bpotryku@uncc.edu

Bianca Potrykus is a Lecturer of German and Coordinator of Elementary German. She studied Applied Linguistics, German Language and North American Studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Vienna, Austria. She holds a Master’s...

Anton Pujol

Associate Professor of Spanish

COED 456
apujol@uncc.edu

Maria Teresa Rains

Lecturer in Italian

COED 421
mtrains@uncc.edu

Ms. Rains has business, translating/interpreting and volunteer experience in the United States, Germany and Italy. She has been teaching for the Department of Languages and Culture Studies since 2002.

Maria Ramos-Perozo

Languages and Culture Studies

MA Fellow of Spanish

COED 409B
mramospe@uncc.edu

Educational Background

M.A. in Spanish Language Literature and Culture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2019)
B.S. in Business Administration-Accounting, New Jersey City University (2010)
B.A. in Spanish, New Jersey City University (2010)

Courses Taught

SPAN 1201: Elementary Spanish I (50% online)
SPAN 1202: Elementary Spanish II (50% online)
SPAN 1101: Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 1102: Elementary Spanish II

Teaching...

Robert C. Reimer

Professor of German and Film Studies

COED 423A
704-687-8779
rcreimer@uncc.edu

Mónica Rodríguez-Castro

Associate Professor of Spanish

COED 410
monica.rodriguez@uncc.edu

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Nashaly Ruiz-Gonzalez

Languages and Culture Studies

MA Fellow of Spanish

412
nruiz3@uncc.edu

Education

BA in Spanish (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017)
Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 2018)
MA in Spanish (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019)
MA in Latin American Studies (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019)

Courses taught

LTAM 1100 - Introduction to Latin America
SPAN 1201 - Elementary Spanish I: 50% Online
SPAN 1101 - Elementary Spanish I
SPAN...

Robert Sandarg

Associate Professor Emeritus

rmsandar@uncc.edu

Cassidy Schenley

wschenle@uncc.edu

Cassidy graduated from Penn State University in 2009 with degrees in Spanish, English, and Comparative Literature. He entered the translation program at UNCC in 2011 after two years as a high school teacher. He has spent time in Spain and Mexico. ...

Valeria Schmid Queiroz

Graduate Assisstant

COED 460
vschmidq@uncc.edu

Kazue Shamburg

Languages and Culture Studies

Japanese Lecturer

COED 420
khara1@uncc.edu

Megan Sharpe

msharp19@uncc.edu

Megan received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2012. As an undergraduate, she also completed two minors in Geography and Latin American studies. Megan entered the Translation and Translation Studies program...

Kate Skorodinskaya

Lecturer in Russian

COED 422
yskorodi@uncc.edu

Kate Skorodinskaya is an instructor of Russian studies. She graduated in 1995 from Moscow State University with a M.A. degree in Journalism. She worked for Russian national TV channels (ORT, RTR) as a screen writer and editor of TV-programs,...

Allison Stedman

Professor of French

COED 416
astedman@uncc.edu

Katherine Stephenson

Professor Emerita

COED 458
ksstephe@uncc.edu

Bridget Stipicevic

Administrative Assistant

COED 439
704-687-8754
bstipice@uncc.edu

Shaun Stone

Spanish Lecturer

COED 403A
sstone24@uncc.edu

Shaun Stone

sstone24@uncc.edu

Rodney Stringfellow

Languages and Culture Studies

Film Studies Lecturer

COED 420
rstringf@uncc.edu

Saundra Swain

saundrals@gmail.com

Saundra Swain lives in Wilmington, NC and is currently an Executive Assistant in the Business Development department at PPD. She hopes to transition into a bilingual position in the Medical Communications or Clinical department soon. Saundra received a...

Ekaterina Terentieva

Lecturer in French

COED 421
eterenti@uncc.edu

Christine Vance

Associate Professor Emerita

cwvance@uncc.edu

Victor D. Vazquez

Vvazque1@uncc.edu

Victor was born in the United States and comes from a Spanish and Puerto Rican family. He completed his B.A. in Spanish at Virginia Tech in 2013 and is now starting his M. A. in Spanish (LLC). Academic Interests Southern Cone Literature Other Interests...

Sandra Watts

Spanish Teaching Professor

COED 449
swatts2@uncc.edu

Jillian Mourning Wegner

Languages and Culture Studies

Adjunct Instructor and Internship Coordinator

jlmourni@uncc.edu

Jillian is an alumni of UNCC in International Studies and German with a minor in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights and holds a master's degree magma cum laude from La Universidad para la Paz in Sustainable Peace with a concentration in media studies. At UNCC, she has taught both in-person and online courses in global connections focusing on media and peace and arts & society film with an emphasis on social justice issues through foreign films. She served for two years on...

Kai-Uwe Werbeck

Associate Professor of German

COED 452
kwerbeck@uncc.edu

Samuel White Jr.

sam@lengualounge.com

Sam graduated in 2012 (MA, Spanish, TTS track) and founded Lengua Lounge right afterwards, specializing in translation of business, legal and medical documents into English, editing...

Svanny Wong

Languages and Culture Studies

Spanish Lecturer

COED 422
swong7@uncc.edu

Shirley Wright

Spanish Lecturer

COED 460
shwright@uncc.edu

Yukiko Yokono

Japanese Lecturer

COED 403C
yyokono@uncc.edu

Melody Zayas-Peña

mzayaspe@uncc.edu

Melody received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Italian from Ithaca College. She is currently working on a Spanish M.A. with a focus on Translation and Translation Studies. Academic Interests 20th century Latin American Literature, Legal and...

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Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau

Languages and Culture Studies

Associate Professor of German and Associate Chair

David Arcia

Spanish Lecturer

Whitney Baggs

Enika Banerjee

Japanese Lecturer

José Manuel Batista

Associate Professor of Spanish

Anna Berges

Languages and Culture Studies

DAAD for German

Michèle Bissière

Department Chair, Professor of French

Jordan Bledsoe

Japanese Lecturer

Hugo Pascual Bordon

Spanish Lecturer

Basma Botros

Languages and Culture Studies

Arabic Lecturer

David Boyd

Languages and Culture Studies

Assistant Professor of Japanese

Allison Braden

Languages and Culture Studies

MA Fellow of Spanish

Isabelle Buhot-Batista

French Lecturer

Anna Gallant Carter

Renee Cave

Susan Cernyak-Spatz

Professor Emerita

Susan Cernyak-Spatz

Susana Cisneros

Senior Lecturer of Spanish

Carlos M. Coria-Sánchez

Languages and Culture Studies

Associate Professor of Spanish

Daniela Cunico Dal Pra

Italian Teaching Professor

David Dalton

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Edwin Dávila

Spanish Lecturer

Will Davis

Languages and Culture Studies

Lecturer in Film Studies

Lorena Delgadillo

Spanish Lecturer

Amber Donley

Michael Scott Doyle

Professor of Spanish

Delfina Erochenko

Languages and Culture Studies

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Paloma Fernández Sánchez

Spanish Lecturer / Spanish Advisor

Garrett Fisher

Javier García León

Languages and Culture Studies

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Julia Geaney-Moore

Languages and Culture Studies

Administrative Support Associate

Noha Ghali

Arabic Lecturer

Robert Gleaves

Associate Professor Emeritus

Concepción Godev