Current Faculty
Huang, Junliang
(2015) Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 2001, M.A. 2004, East China Normal University; M.A. 2007, The Ohio State University; Ph.D. 2015, Cornell University.
Icardo Isasa, Ane
(2020) Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 2013, University of the Basque Country; M.A. 2015, Ph.D. 2020, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Langford, Drake
(2011) Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1994, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. 2000, Ph.D. 2009, Yale University.
Montepeque, Axel
(2016) Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 2001, Occidental College; M.A. 2005, Ph.D. 2011, University of California, San Diego.
Perez-Boluda, Adrian
(2007) Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. M.A. 2001, University of Nevada, Reno; Ph.D. 2006, University of California, Davis.
Shemmassian, Vahram L.
(2004) Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1973, Haigazian College; M.A. 1979, Southern Illinois University; Ph.D. 1996, University of California, Los Angeles.
Tyutina, Svetlana
(2015) Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 2004, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia; M.A. 2006, University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D. 2010, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia; Ph.D. 2014, Florida International University.
Watson, Tim
(2017) Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1999, M.A. 2001, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Riverside.
Emeriti
Adams, John P.
(1989) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. A.B. 1968, Fordham University; M.Ph. 1971, Ph.D. 1976, Yale University.
Baca, Albert R.
(1962) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1953, M.A. 1958, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 1965, University of Southern California.
Bauml, Betty Jean
(1961) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1951, M.A. 1953, The Ohio State University; Ph.D. 1957, University of California, Berkeley.
Bouguarche, Ahmed
(2000) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. D.E.A. 1984, Universite De Montpellier; M.A., Ph.D. 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Castronovo, Brian J.
(1988) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1971, Trinity College; M.A. 1976, Middlebury College; Ph.D. 1984, University of Wisconsin.
Costantini, Anthony G.
(1988) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1972, Queens College; Ph.D. 1984, Rutgers University.
Dimo, Edith
(1995) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1985, California State University, Dominguez Hills; M.A. 1990, California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. 1995, University of California, Riverside.
Hirota, Akiko
(1988) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1966, Fukuoka Women’s University; M.A. 1979, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Los Angeles.
Irving, John
(1961) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1953, Stanford University; M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1964, University of California, Los Angeles.
Luttge, John E.
(1966) Associate Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1951, M.A. 1956, Ph.D. 1966, University of California, Los Angeles.
Mandel, Adrienne S.
(1965) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1954, Hunter College; M.A. 1955, Columbia University; Ph.D. 1970, University of California, Los Angeles.
Nelson, Esther W.
(1986) Associate Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1966, M.A. 1968, University of New Mexico; Ph.D. 1974, University of Texas.
Pellarolo, Sirena
(1999) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. M.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1994, University of California, Los Angeles.
Reid, Maria D.
(1966) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1958, M.A. 1960, Ph.D. 1969, University of California, Los Angeles.
Roberts, Raymond R.
(1966) Assistant Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1957, M.A. 1963, University of California, Los Angeles.
Rosas, Yolanda T.
(1987) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1977, California State University, Fullerton; M.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1984, University of California, Irvine.
Seldis, Anna
(1968) Professor Emerita of Foreign Language and Literature. 1950, Dottore in Lingue e Letterature Stranier, Inst. Univ. Ca Foscari, Italy; M.A. 1958, Ph.D. 1967, University of California, Los Angeles.
Spielmann, Edda
(1969) Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. B.A. 1964, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1971, University of California, Los Angeles.
Zakarian, Richard H.
(1961) Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. A.B. 1949, Bates College; M.A. 1950, Middlebury College; Ph.D. 1960, Northwestern University.