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Jorge Ata

Latin American studies, cross-cultural studies, and international studies

Lilian Baeza-Mendoza

The use of media as a language learning tool and learning disabilities in the language classroom

Naomi Baron

Student usage and attitudes towards mobile phones in Sweden, the US, Japan, and Korea

George Berg

Empirical research in applied linguistics with a focus on the development of communicative-based teaching materials for students of Arabic

Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi

Sixteenth century Italian Hospitaller Knights and twentieth century literature and modern cinema

Jack Child

Cultural studies and conflict resolution in Latin America and South American Antarctica

Abdullah Daouk

Comparative study of melodrama and humor in American and Lebanese cultures

Nadia Harris

Representations of the body in French Caribbean literature and identity issues in multicultural contexts

Shaghaf Hazimeh Glueck

Teaching speaking and using authentic material in teaching foreign languages

Consuelo Hernandez

Latin American poetry, Colombian and Central American studies, Afro-Latin American culture and music

Esther Holtermann

Immigration and the Latino community

Alina Israeli

Russian linguistics and literature

Jeffrey Killman

Specialist translation and the relationship of documentation with the field of discourse, development of translation know-how and the contributions of theory, the experimentation of the compilation of statistics on the mechanisms and strategies implemented in the analysis and translation of texts, and linguistic variation in both English and Spanish

Elizabeth Lang

Political, economic, social and cultural issues in Francophone Africa and international development

Amy Oliver

Marginality, feminism, nepantlismo, and transfronterismo in Latin America

Marie Pineiro

Study of instructional methods of Spanish as a Second Language and literature of Latin American and Spanish women writers

Gail Riley

Second language reading development and assessment and content-based language learning

Daniele Rodamar

16th- and 17th-century French literature, the history of ideas, international studies, and language teaching and methodology

Olga Rojer 

Marginalized literature of the German speaking exile in Latin America

Ana Serra

Intersection between culture and political identity in Cuba, radical politics in Latin America, cultural relations between Spain and the Caribbean, and the make-up of cities and cultural representation

Younghee Sheen

Instructed second language acquisition, in particular, the role of form-focused instruction and corrective feedback in language learning

Kristi Velleman

Language and linguistics and cultural studies, particularly the impact and evolution of dance in Hispanic societies

Brenda Werth

Professor Werth specializes in contemporary Latin American Theatre. Her areas of interest include performance, memory studies, documentary theatre, and film. She teaches courses on diverse aspects of the Southern Cone, including Postdictatorial literature, performance, and human rights.

Noriko Williams

Japanese phonology, Japanese language pedagogy and material preparations, Kanji study


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