Faculty & Staff
ADMINISTRATION
Angel T. Tuninetti
Department Chair
Ph.D.
Specialization: Latin American travel literature, Latin American culture
Email: angel.tuninetti@mail.wvu.edu
Web site:
Susan Braidi
Associate Chair
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Specialization: Applied linguistics, Second language acquisition, and Syntax
Email: sbraidi@wvu.edu
Web site: www.as.wvu.edu/%7esbraidi
FACULTY
Maria Jesus Amores
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Specialization: Spanish, Applied linguistics, Foreign Language Pedagogy
Email: mamores@as.wvu.edu
Personal Web site: www.as.wvu.edu/forlang/amores
Susan Braidi
Associate Chair
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Specialization: Applied linguistics, Second language acquisition, and Syntax
Email: sbraidi@wvu.edu
Web site: www.as.wvu.edu/%7esbraidi
Jeffrey Bruner
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Rutgers University
Specialization: Contemporary Spanish Literature and Culture
Email: jbruner@wvu.edu
Web site: www.as.wvu.edu/jbruner
Cynthia Chalupa
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Specialization: Fin-de-si German and Austrian literature, Poetry, Foreign Language Pedagogy.
Email: cychalupa@mail.wvu.edu
Lisa DiBartolomeo
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialization: Russian and Polish languages and literatures, Slavic folklore, science fiction, film, Eastern European cinema, Holocaust literature and cinema
Email: Lisa.DiBartolomeo@mail.wvu.edu
Sandra Dixon
Assitant Professor
Ph.D. Brown University
Specialization: Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian literature.
Email: sdixon@wvu.edu
Ahmed Fakhri
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Specialization: Applied linguistics, syntax, discourse analysis
Email: afakhri@wvu.edu
Daniel F. Ferreras
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Specialization: Romance languages and literature
Email: dferrera@wvu.edu
Pablo Gonzalez
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D.University of Madrid
Specialization: Latin American literature and culture
Email: Pablo.Gonzalez@mail.wvu.edu
Deborah Janson
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Specialization: GDR and post-Wende Literature; Minority Literature of the German-speaking countries; German Enlightenment-Romanticism; Ecofeminism
Email: djanson@wvu.edu
Xiangying Jiang
Assistant Professor of TESOL
Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, 2007
Specialization: Applied linguistics, language assessment, second language reading
Email: Xiangying.Jiang@mail.wvu.edu
Michael Lastinger
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Specialization: French Culture and Civilization, 19th-Century Culture
Email: Michael.Lastinger@mail.wvu.edu
Web site: www.as.wvu.edu/mlastinger
Valerie Lastinger
Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Specialization: 18th-century French literature,
French women writers, French civilization.
Email: vlasting@wvu.edu
Web site: www.as.wvu.edu/vlastinger
Huey Hannah Lin
Johnson Assistant Professor
Chinese Program Coordinator
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Specialization: Chinese linguistics and pedagogy
Email: huey.lin@mail.wvu.edu
Web site: http://community.wvu.edu/~hhl001/
Kathleen E. McNerney
Professor
Ph.D. University of New Mexico
Specialization: Catalan language and literature,
Women Writers, Spanish literature and culture
Email: kmcnerney@as.wvu.edu
Twyla Meding
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Specialization: French, 17th-century French literature
Email: tmeding2@wvu.edu
Frank W. Medley, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Purdue University
Specialization Spanish, Language Teaching Methods
Email: fmedley@wvu.edu
Web site:www.as.wvu.edu/fmedley
Johan Seynnaeve
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Specialization: General linguistics, sociolinguistics,
phonology
Email: jseynnae@wvu.edu
Janice S. Spleth
Professor
Ph.D. Rice University
Specialization: French, Francophone literature and culture,
19th-century French drama
Email: jspleth@wvu.edu
Sandra Stjepanovic
Assistant Professor
Ph. D. University of Connecticut
Specialization: Linguistics, Syntax, Psycholinguistics.
Email: sastjepanovic@mail.wvu.edu
Annastella Vester
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph. D. UCLA
Specialization: Contemporary Italian Literature
Email: annastella.vester@mail.wvu.edu
Wendy Xie
Senior Lecturer
A.B.D (Comparative Literature), Yale University
Specialization: Modern and contemporary Chinese literature and film; Traditional Chinese fiction and drama.
Email: Wendy.Xie@mail.wvu.edu
LECTURERS
Tracy Dingess
Technology Coordinator
M.A. West Virginia University
Specialization: TESOL / CALL
Email: tdingess@mail.wvu.edu
Web site:
Stacy Fint
IEP Assistant Director
M.A. West Virginia University
Email: sfint@att.net
Jennifer Lawrence
French Language Lecturer
Asako No
Japanese Language Lecturer
M.A.. West Virginia University
Specialization: TESOL/Japanese Language Instruction
Email: Asako.No@mail.wvu.edu
STAFF
Charlie Hall
Administrative Associate
Email: charlie.hall@mail.wvu.edu
Penny Thompson
Administrative Secretary
Email: Mary.Thompson@mail.wvu.edu
Robyn Wade
Administrative Secretary Senior
Email: robyn.wade@mail.wvu.edu