Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

O'Dowd Hall, Room 372
586 Pioneer Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2060
Fax: (248) 370-3170

Meet the Faculty and Staff

Department Chair
& Staff

Department Office

Phone: (248) 370-2060
Fax: (248) 370-3170
O'Dowd Hall, Room 372
586 Pioneer Drive
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan 48309-4482

Department Chairperson

Prof. Stephen Filler 
 375 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2070
filler@oakland.edu

Administrative Staff

Ms. Marilyn Uban
 Administrative Secretary
373 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2061
 uban@oakland.edu
Arabic

FACULTY IN ARABIC

Malik Balla
Adjunct Associate professor		balla@oakland.edu
310 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-4606
Dunya Mikhail
Special Lecturer		mikhail@oakland.edu357 O'Dowd Hall
Chinese

FACULTY IN CHINESE

Hsiang-Hua (Melanie) Chang, Ph.D. 张相华

Associate Professor
Director for "Chinese Language and Culture in Taiwan" and Partnership Program at National Dong Hwa University
Advisor for "Spring in Beijing" and Exchange Program at China Foreign Affairs University, and GEO and CIEE programs in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan

chang23@oakland.edu
368 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-4248

Mingming Liu, Ph.D. 刘明明

Assistant Professor
Director for "Spring in Beijing" and Exchange Program at China Foreign Affairs University

mingmingliu@oakland.edu
354 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2050

Chensi Wang, M.A. 王晨思

Lecturer

chensiwang@oakland.edu 355 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2060

ASIAN PROFESSORS EMERITI


Carlo Coppola
Professor Emerita of Hindi-Urdu
Munibur Rahman
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Hindi-Urdu
Amitendranath Tagore
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chinese
 
French

FACULTY IN FRENCH

Dikka Berven

Special Instructor
Advisor for GEO program in Angers, France,
and CIEE programs in Toulouse, Rennes and Paris, France		dberven@oakland.edu
353 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2043
Rebecca Josephy

Assistant Professor		rjosephy@oakland.edu
352 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2081

Jennifer Law-Sullivan

Associate Professor
Director of University of Orléans / Oakland University Exchange Program
Advisor for study abroad program in Montréal, Canada

law@oakland.edu
366 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2080

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Bernadette Donohue
Special Lecturer		donohue@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060
Jamila Doppke
Special Lecturer		doppke@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060
Christine Mouawad-Azzi
Lecturer		cmouawadazzi@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060
Maissa Saker
Special Lecturer		msaker@oakland.edu
(248) 370-2060
Emily Stow
Special Lecturer		stow@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

PROFESSORS EMERITI

Dolores Burdick
Professor Emerita
Stacey Hahn
Professor Emerita
Don R. Iodice (in memoriam)
Professor Emeritus
David Jaymes
Professor Emeritus
German

FACULTY IN GERMAN

Angineh Djavadghazaryans

Assistant Professor

350 O’Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2063

Anja Wieden

Associate Professor
Director of the Universität Oldenburg / Oakland University Student Exchange Program
Director of the Summer Study Abroad Program at Kapito in Münster

wieden@oakland.edu
358 O’Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2071

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Tanita Ey
Lecturer		ey@oakland.edu133 O'Dowd Hall
Cornelia Schaible
Special Lecturer		schaible@oakalnd.edu357 O'Dowd Hall
Ulrike Treder
Special Lecturer		treder@oakland.edu133 O'Dowd Hall

PROFESSORS EMERITI

Jack Barthel
Professor Emeritus
Christopher Clason
Professor Emeritus
Renate Gerulatitis
Professor Emerita
Barbara Mabee
Professor Emerita
Jack R. Moeller
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Robert Simmons
Professor Emeritus
Hebrew

FACULTY IN HEBREW

Nira Lev
Lecturer		lev@oakland.edu376 O'Dowd Hall
Italian

FACULTY IN ITALIAN

Caterina Pieri

Special Lecturer
Advisor for Italian Study Abroad Programs		pieri@oakland.edu(248) 370-4304
Gregory Tokarski

Special Lecturer		tokarski@oakland.edu(248) 370-4304122 O'Dowd Hall
Japanese

FACULTY IN JAPANESE

Robert Del Greco

Assistant Professor

delgreco@oakland.edu
359 O’Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2066

Stephen Filler

Associate Professor
Director of Nanzan University / Oakland University Exchange Program,
Advisor for Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU) and CIEE study-in-Japan programs		filler@oakland.edu
375 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2070
Akiko Kashiwagi-Wood

Associate Professor		kashiwag@oakland.edu
360 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-4565

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Yukiko Arima
Special Lecturer		arima@oakland.edu(248) 370-2732111 O'Dowd Hall
Michele Plattenberger
Special Lecturer		plattenb@oakland.edu(248) 370-2732111 O'Dowd Hall
Robert Thompson
Lecturer		rethompson@oakland.edu(248) 370-2732111 O'Dowd Hall

PROFESSORS EMERITI

Seigo Nakao
Professor Emeritus
Spanish

FACULTY IN SPANISH

Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo

Associate Professor		campoycu@oakland.edu314 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2073
Mary Hartson

Associate Professor		hartson@oakland.edu312 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2001
Daniel Lorca

Associate Professor

lorca@oakland.edu

359 O’Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2007
Aldona Pobutsky

Professor		pobutsky@oakland.edu356 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2069
Raquel Prieta

Assistant Professor of Foreign Language Education		rprieta@oakland.edu373 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2153
Cecilia Saenz-Roby

Associate Professor		saenzrob@oakland.edu364 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2072
 

PROFESSORS EMERITI

Estela Moreno-Mazolli
Associate Professor Emerita
Frances Meuser
Associate Professor Emerita
Ronald F. Rapin
Associate Professor Emeritus
Carmen Urla
Professor Emerita

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Elizabeth Anderson
Lecturer

eanderso@oakland.edu(248) 370-4129

Fatima Ferreira
Special Lecturer

ferreira@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Tara Gardner
Special Lecturer

gardner@oakland.edu(248) 370-4258

Angela Miliken Arrieta
Special Lecturer

milliken@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Lisa Montes
Lecturer

lmontes@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Maria Ploof
Special Lecturer

ploof@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Dario Puñal
Lecturer

dpunal@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Jose Saenz
Special Lecturer

saenz@oakland.edu(248) 370-2072

Mayra Schmalzried
Special Lecturer

schmalzr@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Emily Stow
Special Lecturer

stow@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Eyda Vaughn
Lecturer

eevaughn@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060

Holly Walker-Cote
Special Lecturer

walker2@oakland.edu(248) 370-2060
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