Pelin Basci
Professor of Humanities & Turkish Studies, University Honors
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
Research Interests
- Turkey
- Turkish as a foreign language
- Turkish literature (the novel)
Browse Experts
Cassio de Oliveira
Associate Professor, Russian
Disciplines
- Russian Linguistics
- Russian Literature
Research Interests
- Soviet literature
- Russian film
- Translation studies.
William Comer
Director, Russian Flagship Program
Disciplines
- Modern Languages
- Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
- Slavic Languages and Societies
Research Interests
- Russian Language
- Use of Technology in Foreign Language Instruction
- Russian Culture
DeLys Ostlund
Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Disciplines
- Medieval History
- Spanish Linguistics
- Spanish Literature
Research Interests
- Early modern Spanish theatre
- Community-based learning
- Spanish language
Eva Núñez-Méndez
Professor, Spanish Linguistics
Disciplines
- Spanish Linguistics
- Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
- Applied Linguistics
Research Interests
- Hispanic linguistics
- Phonetics
- Syntax
Yasmeen S. Hanoosh
Assistant Professor, Arabic
Disciplines
- Near Eastern Languages and Societies
- Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
Research Interests
- Iraqi literature
- Arabic literary translation
Jon P. Holt
Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
Disciplines
- Japanese Studies
Research Interests
- Modern Japanese poetry and children’s literature
Isabel Jaén Portillo
Professor, Spanish
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
- Interdisciplinary Arts and Media
- Film and Media Studies
Research Interests
- literature
- film
- cognition
Steven L. Thorne
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition, World Languages and Literatures
Disciplines
- Communication Technology and New Media
- First and Second Language Acquisition
Research Interests
- Second language development
- Indigenous language revitalization
- Cultural-historical activity theory
Suwako Watanabe
Professor, Japanese
Disciplines
- Modern Languages
Research Interests
- Japanese language
- Sociolinguistics
- Contemporary Japanese people