Faculty
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Nabil Abdelfattah, Associate Teaching Professor of Arabic
Office: None, teaches via video-conference; Email: nabil.abdelfattah@sbcglobal.net
Patricia Catoira, Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 118C; Phone: 406-994-4447; Email: pcatoira@montana.edu
Research Interests: Latin American literature and culture; Cuba (antislavery narratives, exile, Special Period); National identity; Women's and gender studies; Print culture; Latin American migration to and cultural production in Spain since the 1990s
Rex C. Dahl, Professor Emeritus of German
Email: rdahl2@gmail.com
Doug Daniels, Professor Emeritus of French, MLRC Coordinator
Office: Gaines 117C; Phone: 406-994-6450; Email: ddaniels@montana.edu
Katharina Frank Bernstein, Instructor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: k.frankbernstein@hotmail.com
Veronica Garcia Moreno, Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-6445; Email: verikalobas@hotmail.com
Ada Giusti, Professor of French, Coordinator of French Section
Office: Gaines 117B; Phone: 406-994-6442; Email: agiusti@montana.edu
Research Interests: Nineteenth-Century French literature; Contemporary French Civilization (immigration, poverty, French NGOs); Michel Serres
Yuka Hara, Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese, Curriculum Coordinator of Japanese Language Instruction
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: yhara@montana.edu
Pascale Hickman, Visiting Associate Teaching Professor of French
Office: Gaines 117C; Phone: 406-994-6444; Email: pascale.hickman@montana.edu
Jack B. Jelinski, Professor Emeritus of Spanish & Interim Department Head
Phone: 406-994-6448; Home phone: 406-587-8367; Email: umljj@montana.edu
Research Interests: Cervantine studies, linguistics, socio-biology, origins of aesthetic pleasure, poetry
Bridget Kevane, Professor of Spanish, Coordinator of Latin American & Latino Studies
Office: Gaines 118B; Phone: 406-994-6446; Email: umlbk@montana.edu
Research Interests: Latino/a Studies, especially literature, and cultural expressions of faith and spirituality in this literature
Barbara Komlos, Instructor of Spanish
Email: bkomlos@montana.edu
Karoline Krauss, Associate Teaching Professor of German
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: kakrauss@gmail.com
Mark Lehman, Instructor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: lehmanmark@hotmail.com
Hua Li, Assistant Professor of Chinese, Coordinator of Chinese Section
Office: Gaines 118A; Phone: 406-994-6449; Email: huali@montana.edu
Research Interests: Contemporary Chinese Literature; Su Tong and Yu Hua's coming-of-age stories; contemporary Chinese army-writer fictions
James Martin, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 115B; Phone: 406-994-6447; Email: jameswm@montana.edu
Research Interests: Travel and tourism; U.S.-Latin American relations; modern Latin American history; Latin American literature.
Brigitte Morris, Instructor of French
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: brigitte@montana.edu
Marc James Mueller, Assistant Professor of German
Office: Gaines 118F; Phone: 406-994-5502; Email: mueller@montana.edu
Research Interests: Intercultural Literatures & Identity Policies, Translation Studies
Michael Myers, Professor Emeritus of German
Email: in care of tracy@montana.edu
Susanne Pannwitz, Instructor of German
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: pannwitz@montana.edu
Carolyn Pinet, Retired Instructor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: umlcp@montana.edu
The late Christopher Pinet, Professor Emeritus of French
Sally Sanchez, Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: ssanchez@montana.edu
LaTrelle Scherffius, Instructor of Spanish
Office: History graduate student carrels in south east corner of 2nd Floor, Wilson Hall
Email: latrelleinmt@gmail.com
Patricia Simpson, Professor of German, Coordinator of German Section
Office: Gaines 115A; Phone: 406-994-6443; Email: psimpson.msu@gmail.com
John Thompson, Associate Professor of Spanish, Coordinator of Spanish Section
Office: Gaines 118E; Phone: 406-994-6445; Email: john.thompson166@gmail.com
Peter Tillack, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Coordinator of Japanese Section
Office: Gaines 118D; Phone: 406-994-6441; Email: tillack@montana.edu
Research Interests: Modern & contemporary Japanese literature; literary/filmic representations of social space during Japan's "economic miracle."
Philip Williams, Visiting Associate Teaching Professor of Japan Studies
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: philip.williams@montana.edu
Research Interests: Monsoon Asia, especially East Asia; cultural history; human rights and prisoners of conscience.
Adim Zaazaa, Arabic Teaching Assistant
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: abdeladim.zaazaa@gmail.com
Houda Zaazaa, Arabic Teaching Assistant
Office: Gaines 118; Phone: 406-994-5136; Email: houda.zaazaa@msu.montana.edu