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Alfaro, Raquel
- Assistant Professor of Spanish
- ralfaro@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 419 Lattimore Hall
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Bernardi, Joanne
- Professor of Japanese and Visual and Cultural Studies
- Head, Japanese Program
Project Director, Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th C. Visual and Material Culture
- joanne.bernardi@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 409 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Japanese cinema and culture, especially popular culture; film and media studies; visual and material culture; moving image archiving and preservation; travel and tourism studies; nuclear culture; digital humanities; ephemera studies; object-based learning


Bridges, William H., IV
- Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
- wbridges@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2235
- 407 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Modern Japanese language, literature, and culture; Race and ethnicity in modern Japanese literature and culture; Contemporary Japanese popular culture, especially anime; 20th-century African American literature; Literary theory, especially African American literary theory and the theory of the novel; Translation (theory and practice); Rhetoric and composition; Digital Humanities

Brown, Michelle Young
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Spanish
- michelleybrown@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 432A Lattimore Hall
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Cho, Myounghee
- Assistant Professor of Instruction in Korean
- Language Coordinator, Korean
- myounghee.cho@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 430 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Language pedagogy; language acquisition; Korean linguistics; socio-pragmatics; curriculum design; development of learning and teaching methodologies and materials
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Dolo, Louise
- Graduate Student
Teaching FREN 155: French Conversation and Composition
- mschruff@ur.rochester.edu
- 539 Lattimore Hall

Doran, Robert
- Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Affiliate Faculty in Music Theory (Eastman School of Music) - Head, French Program
Head, Comparative Literature Program
Undergraduate Advisor, French
Undergraduate Advisor, Comparative Literature
- robert.doran@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 414 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature and culture; the novel; continental philosophy; literary theory; aesthetics; intellectual history; European cinema; existentialism

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Fumino, Shino
- Senior Lecturer in Japanese
- fumino.mclaughlin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9247
- 407A Lattimore Hall
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Givens, Laura
- Professor of Instruction in Russian
- Language Coordinator, Russian
- laura.givens@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 423 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Russian language; translation

Givens, John
- Professor of Russian
- Head, Russian Program
- johngivens@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 423 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Russian language and literature; Russian film; translation

Gustafson, Susan E.
- Karl F. and Bertha A. Fuchs Professor of German Studies
Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures - Head, German Program
Director, Literary Translation Studies (MALTS)
- susangustafson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 425 Lattimore Hall
Interests: German literature of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries; feminism and gender studies; psychoanalysis
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Hardy, Shizuka
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Japanese
- shardy3@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 407A Lattimore Hall

Herminghouse, Patricia A.
- Karl F. and Bertha A. Fuchs Professor Emerita of German Studies


Hwang, June J.
- Associate Professor of German
- Director, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
- june.hwang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 538 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Twentieth-century film; literature and critical theory
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Kemedjio, Cilas
- Professor of French
- cilaskemedjio@rochester.edu | (585) 275--425
- 406 Lattimore
Interests: Francophone Caribbean and African literary and cultural studies; postcolonial theory; transnational black studies; humanitarianism

Komocki, Kirt
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Spanish
- kkomocki@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 427 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish theatre, particularly the works of Nicolás and Leandro Fernández de Moratín, and Ramón de la Cruz); nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Spanish poetry

Korn, Andrew
- Lecturer in Italian
- andrew.korn@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 430 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Modern culture and critical theories, particularly twentieth-century Italian literature and cinema, and issues of revolution and of bonds between men
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LeFebvre, Jesse
- Assistant Professor of Japanese
- jlefebv2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 411 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Premodern Japanese literature and culture; East Asian Buddhism; Shinto; Christianity in Japan; Japanese Illustrated Narrative Scrolls; Translation (theory and practice); Myth and Legend; Ritual and Religious Practice; Secularity and Modernity

Logan, Donna
- Director, Anne Moore and Arnold Lisio Italian Studies Programs in Arezzo and Procida, Italy
- donna.logan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251

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Maslennikov, Nikita
- Adjunct Instructor of Russian
- nmaslenn@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 424 Lattimore Hall

Maslennikova, Anna
- Professor of Instruction in Russian
- anna.maslennikova@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 424 Lattimore Hall

Mettner, Florian
- Graduate Student
Teaching GRMN 101: Elementary German I
- fmettner@ur.rochester.edu
- 539 Lattimore Hall

Murano, Teresa
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Italian
- teresamurano@gmail.com | (585) 275-8208
- 432A Lattimore Hall
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Nasra, Carole
- Associate Professor of Instruction in French
- Language Placement Coordinator, French
- cnasra@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7112
- 424 Lattimore Hall

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Papaioannou, Julie
- Professor of Instruction in French
- Language Pedagogy Coordinator, French
Study Abroad Advisor, French
- julie.papaioannou@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 427 Lattimore Hall
Interests: French language and culture; French and Francophone literature and film (twentieth and twenty-first centuries); French literary translation; French criticism, literary and postcolonial theory


Pian, Ping
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Chinese
- ping.pian@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 404 Lattimore Hall


Prendergast, Ryan
- Associate Professor of Spanish
- Chair, Modern Languages and Cultures
- ryan.prendergast@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4113
- 408A Lattimore Hall
Interests: Representations of identity and difference in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and Spanish America
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Rodríguez-Hernández, Raúl
- Associate Professor of Spanish
- Program Head, Spanish Program, Advisor to Minors, Clusters, Study Abroad credit for Clusters, Take-Fives, Placement Appeals
- raul.rodriguez-hernandez@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4257
- 420 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century Hispanic literatures and cultures; literary theory; Frankfurt School; European philosophical traditions in Latin America; Latin American cinema; the visual arts; the Baroque and Neo-Baroque; the Gothic tradition

Rojas-Rimachi, Luisa-Maria
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Spanish and Language Education
- l.rojas-rimachi@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7112
- 421 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Language ideology in higher education; foreign language learning; aesthetic judgment in cultures in contact; contemporary Latin American literature and cultural studies; cultural discourse analysis

Rosensweig, Anna
- Associate Professor of French and Visual and Cultural Studies
- Director, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies
- anna.rosensweig@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9249
- 508 Morey Hall
Interests: Early modern French literature and culture; Theater and performance studies; Political theory
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Safariants, Rita
- Assistant Professor of Russian
- msafaria@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 422 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Post-Soviet and contemporary Russian Literature and cinema; Soviet and Russian rock music and unofficial culture

Schaefer, Claudia
- Rush Rhees Professor
Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
Professor of Film and Media Studies - Advisor to majors, transfers, and study abroad credit
- claudia.schaefer@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5569
- 418 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Nineteenth-, twentieth- and twenty-first-century Hispanic literatures and cultures; Spanish cinema; critical theory; popular culture; the visual arts; Spanish modernity; the culture of science in Spain; surrealism in Spain; digital humanities

Schruff, Mira
- Graduate Student
Teaching GRMN 101: Elementary German I
- mschruff@ur.rochester.edu
- 539 Lattimore Hall

Siniscalco, Federico
- Adjunct Instructor of Italian (Arezzo)
- federico.siniscalco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5723
- 405 Lattimore Hall


Stocchi-Perucchio, Donatella
- Arnold Lisio ’56, ‘61M (MD) and Anne Moore Lisio, MD Endowed Distinguished Professor in Italian Language and Culture
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures - Head, Italian Program
- donatella.stocchi-perucchio@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 405 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Dante; nineteenth-century poetry and prose; fascism
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Taguchi, Yuki
- Assistant Professor of Instruction in Japanese
- yuki.taguchi@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 404 Lattimore Hall

Tamate, Mariko
- Professor of Instruction in Japanese
- Language Coordinator, Japanese
- mariko.tamate@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9247
- 428 Lattimore Hall

Tejada, Vialcary Crisóstomo
- Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
- vcrisost@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 412 Lattimore Hall


Tian, Guoming
- Associate Professor of Instruction in Chinese
- gtian2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8208
- 432A Lattimore Hall
Interests: Chinese language and culture; contemporary Chinese popular culture; Chinese in STEM and business; language teaching and learning pedagogy; curriculum design; language assessment; online teaching and learning

Totleben, Kristen
- Modern Languages & Cultures Librarian
- ktotleben@library.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9304
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Valdez, Maria Teresa
- Director of the Language Center
- Head, Portuguese Program
- tvaldez@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5156
- 305E Douglass Hall
Interests: Portuguese language instruction; foreign-language pedagogy; second- and foreign-language acquisition and development; heritage-language acquisition and development; teaching and learning methodologies for foreign, second, and heritage languages; second- and heritage-language learning materials; online language instruction
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Weber, Elizabeth E.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese
- e.e.weber@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4251
- 402 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Migration; race; labor; Asian American Studies; modern and late Qing Chinese literature; late Qing nationalism; late Qing history; international trade routes in the Age of Empire

Wojciechowska, Malgorzata
- Visiting Instructor of Polish
- wmalgorz@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1952
- 101 Harkness Hall