Wayne State University

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Chair

Winters, Margaret E. Title Professor & Chair  Office# 487 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-6244 E-Mail ak5236@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/winters

Full-time Faculty

Barrette, Catherine Title Associate Professor  Office# Research Area Technology, Assessment, Pedagogy, Program articulation Phone (313) 577-6263 E-Mail aa1471@wayne.edu

Brostrom, Kenneth Norman Title Associate Professor (Russian) Office# 451 Manoogian Hall Research Area Medieval Russian literature, 19th and 20th century Russian literature, Russian culture and literary theory Phone (313) 577-6238 E-Mail ad5537@wayne.edu

Casielles, Eugenia Title Associate Professor  Office# 303 Manoogian Research Area Syntax, Pragmatics, Spanish Linguistics, Bilingual Language Acquisition Phone (313) 577-6250 E-Mail aa0979@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/casielles

Cherry, Alina Title Assistant Professor  Office# 479 Manoogian Research Area 20th and 21st-century French literature and critical theory, Nouveau Roman, narration and temporality. Phone (313) 577-6241 E-Mail ee1491@wayne.edu

Cobbs, Alfred L. Title Associate Professor / Undergraduate Advisor (German) Office# Research Area 20th century drama, German-American relations, literature of minorities in Germany, literature and technology, foreign language pedagogy Phone (313) 577-6246 E-Mail aa2845@wayne.edu

Corbatta, Jorgelina Title Professor  Office# 323 Manoogian Research Area Hispanic-American Literature; Woman's Studies Phone (313) 577-6259 E-Mail aa2331@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/corbatta

Covensky, Edith Michaeli Title Lecturer  Office# 455 Manoogian Research Area Modern and Contemporary Hebrew Poetry, Hebrew Poetry and Drama, French Theatre by Alexander Dumas (the father) Phone (313) 577-6267 E-Mail EdithPoet@aol.com Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/covensky

DeBenedictis, Raffaele Title Assistant Professor  Office# 415 Manoogian Research Area Italian Medieval and Renaissance Literature, Culture, and Civilization (areas of concentration: Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio, Castiglione, Machiavelli). Phone (313) 577-6258 E-Mail ad7858@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/debenedictis

DeGifis, Vanessa Title Assistant Professor  Office# 569 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-8979 E-Mail dx5081@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/degifis

Duggan, Anne E. Title Associate Professor  Office# 477 Manoogian Research Area French Early Modern Literature and Culture Phone (313) 577-6240 E-Mail a.duggan@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/duggan/

Ferguson, Mark A. Title Senior Lecturer (German) Office# Research Area German intellectual and cultural history, 18th and 20th century aesthetics, Frankfurt School, Grossstadtliteratur, psychoanalysis and narration (Rilke), early German film (im Ruhrgebiet), cross-cultural education Phone (313) 577-4605 E-Mail ad4366@wayne.edu

Figueroa, Victor Title Assistant Professor  Office# 459 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-6232 E-Mail an7664@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/figueroa

Fukuchi, Isamu Title Senior Lecturer  Office# Research Area Japanese Literature, Modernity, Literary Theory Phone (313) 577-3018 E-Mail ak4971@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/Fukuchi

Giordano, Michael Joseph Title Associate Professor  Office# 469 Manoogian Research Area 16th and early 17th-Century French Literature Phone (313) 577-3051 E-Mail aa2144@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/giordano

Goldman, Max Title Lecturer  Office# 430 Manoogian Research Area Ancient Novel, Latin Literature, Literary Theory Phone (313) 577-5081 E-Mail eg7178@wayne.edu

Green, Connie Jean Title Lecturer  Office# 325 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-2455 E-Mail ab9276@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/green

Haase, Donald Title Professor (German) Office# 445 Manoogian Hall Research Area Folktales and Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm, Children's Literature and Film, Reception Studies, European Romanticism, Comparative Literature. Editor, Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies. Editor, Series in Fairy-Tale Studies. Phone (313) 577-3025 E-Mail aa3969@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/haase

Higgins, Annie Title Assistant Professor  Office# 567 Manoogian Research Area Arabic literature, early Islam Phone (313) 577-5131 E-Mail dx7292@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/higgins

Higuero, Francisco J. Title Professor  Office# 313 Manoogian Research Area Twentieth and Twenty First Centuries' Literature of Spain: essay, fiction and narrative of ideas; the detective and historical novel; short story, poetry, theater and autobiographical writing. Philosophical approaches to literary theory and criticism. Phone (313) 577-2566 E-Mail aa1340@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/Higuero/

Hobbs, Sandra Claire Title Assistant Professor  Office# 475 Manoogian Research Area Francophone and Quebec Studies Phone (313) 577-3008 E-Mail ao0537@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/hobbs

Hock, Lisabeth M. Title Associate Professor (German) Office# 457 Manoogian Research Area 19th century literature and culture, women writers, intersections of literature and psychiatry, Bettina von Arnim, Gabriele Reuter, information literacy and the German curriculum. Phone (313) 577-3514 E-Mail aj6784@wayne.edu Web Site www.langlab.wayne.edu/lhock/index.html

Itzkowitz, Joel B. Title Associate Professor / Undergraduate Advisor  Office# 429 Manoogian Research Area Greek and Latin linguistics; Greek and Roman interaction with India Phone (313) 577-6591 E-Mail aa1529@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/Itzkowitz

Kauffmann, Leisa Title Assistant Professor  Office# 327 Manoogian Research Area Colonial Latin American Literature & Culture Phone (313) 577-5324 E-Mail dz7338@wayne.edu

Klin, Alina W. Title Senior Lecturer/Undergraduate Advisor (Polish) Office# 411 Manoogian Hall Research Area Contemporary Polish culture, literature, and film Phone (313) 577-6245 E-Mail ad7484@wayne.edu

Kline, Laura A. Title Senior Lecturer/Undergraduate Advisor (Russian) Office# 450 Manoogian Hall Research Area Contemporary Russian literature, Russian culture, Russian camp prose, Russian women's fiction Phone (313) 577-2666 E-Mail af7585@wayne.edu

Kohn, Thomas Title Assistant Professor  Office# 417 Manoogian Research Area Latin poetry, ancient theater, mythology Phone (313) 577-4740 E-Mail tdkohn@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/Kohn

Liu, Haiyong Title Assistant Professor of Chinese Linguistics Office# 471 Manoogian Research Area Chinese Syntax, First- and Second-Language Acquisition, and Pedagogy Phone (313) 577-9937 E-Mail an1884@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/liu

Lucht, Felecia Title Assistant Professor /Coordinator of Basic Language Courses Office# 405 Manoogian Research Area German-American Studies, Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Shift, Language Contact Phone (313) 577-3152 E-Mail felecialucht@wayne.edu

Masuda, Rie Title Lecturer  Office# Room 567 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-8728 E-Mail ad9560@wayne.edu

McNamee, Kathleen Title Professor  Office# 431 Manoogian Research Area Literary papyrology Phone (313) 577-3032 E-Mail aa2046@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/McNamee

Michels, James Title Assistant Professor  Office# 421 Manoogian Research Area Literature, French & Italian cultures, Dario Fo, environment, English, media, politics Phone (313) 577-4612 E-Mail ac8341@wayne.edu

Ming, Yue Title Lecturer  Office# 452 Manoogian / 1120.4 5057 Woodward Phone (313) 577-0317 E-Mail ah3850@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/ming

Moss, Jennifer Sheridan Title Associate Professor  Office# 419 Manoogian Research Area Documentary papyrology; Greco-Roman Egypt Phone (313) 577-6227 E-Mail aa2191@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/moss

Paesani, Kate Title Associate Professor  Office# 479 Manoogian Research Area French Linguistics, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Program Articulation Phone (313) 577-3012 E-Mail k.paesani@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/paesani

Past, Elena Title Assistant Professor  Office# 413 Manoogian Research Area Contemporary Italian crime fiction, cinema Phone (313) 577-3219 E-Mail elenapast@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/past/

Pittos, Leonidas Title Lecturer  Office# 440 Manoogian Research Area Byzantium, Modern Greek Culture, Gregory Palamas Phone (313) 577-3032 E-Mail dz4556@wayne.edy

Quintero, Luisa Title Lecturer  Office# Room 321 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-3339 E-Mail ah9941@wayne.edu

Rashid, Marilynn A. Title Lecturer  Office# 301 Manoogian Research Area Comparative Literature, Contemporary Spanish and Latin American poetry, essay and short story; Literary Translation; Cultural Studies. Courses taught: Basic and intermediate language, conversation and composition, introductory literature. Phone (313) 993-7640 E-Mail ac5026@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/rashid

Rico-Ferrer, Jose A. Title Assistant Professor  Office# 317 Manoogian Research Area Early Modern Spanish Literature, Medieval Literature Phone (313) 577-6247 E-Mail bb0839@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/rico-ferrer

Ronnick, Michele Valerie Title Professor  Office# 305 Manoogian Research Area Latin Literature, Classical Tradition, Black Classicism Phone (313) 577-3250 E-Mail aa3276@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/Ronnick

Rothe, Anne Title Assistant Professor (German) Office# Room 453 Manoogian Research Area memory, trauma, the Holocaust, German-Jewish literature and culture, as well as East German literature, film and culture Phone (313) 577-6237 E-Mail au8313@wayne.edu

Saatchi, Soraya (Layla) Title Lecturer  Office# 437.1 Manoogian Research Area Contemporary developments in Islamic law and theology and their affects on gender relations and human rights; comparative religion studies Phone (313) 577-3016 E-Mail ai7911@wayne.edu

Saker, Maha Title Lecturer  Office# Room 321 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-1933 E-Mail ad9812@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/saker

Schindler, Roslyn Title Associate Professor  Office# 379 Manoogian Research Area Languages, Nazi holocaust, interdisciplinarity Phone (313) 577-7762 E-Mail aa1461@wayne.edu

Schneider, Laura Title Lecturer  Office# 463 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-1560 E-Mail aw3722@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/schneider

Schurlknight, Donald Title Professor  Office# 311 Manoogian Research Area Specializations: 18th Century Spanish Literature & 19th Century Spanish Literature (Romanticism), all genres, with special emphasis on theater. Most recent work on Espronceda, Larra, Martínez de la Rosa, Rivas and Zorrilla. Phone (313) 577-6249 E-Mail aa3125@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/schurlknight

Seikaly, May Title Professor  Office# Research Area Modern and Contemporary History of the Middle East and North Africa, General History, Women Studies, Oral History Phone (313) 577-3016 E-Mail ad6006@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/seikaly

Stivale, Charles J. Title Distinguished Professor  Office# 361 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-0970 E-Mail ad4928@wayne.edu Web Site www.langlab.wayne.edu/CStivale/index.html

Verhelle, Carole Ann Title Lecturer  Office# 463 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-9944 E-Mail ad5493@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/verhelle

Walters, Kenneth Russell Title Associate Professor  Office# 327 Manoogian Research Area the unpublished work of George N. Olcott, an early 20th century classicist and numismatist Phone (313) 577-6593 E-Mail aa0957@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/Walters

Weldt-Basson, Helene Title Associate Professor / Undergraduate Advisor  Office# 315 Manoogian Research Area 20th-Century Latin American Studies, Augusto Roa Bastos. Phone (313) 577-6252 E-Mail aj0502@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/weldt-basson

Zouhir, Abderrahman Title Assistant Professor  Office# 461 Manoogian Research Area Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Critical Language Testing, Second Language Acquisition and Language Pedagogy Phone (313) 993-9667 E-Mail zouhir@wayne.edu

Part Time Faculty

Barrett, Andrew Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 440 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-5081 E-Mail aj5320@wayne.edu

Ellens, J. Harold Title Part-time Faculty  Office# Oakland Center Phone E-Mail jharoldellens@juno.com

Farrow, James Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 430 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-5081 E-Mail FarrowJ@macomb.edu

Feeney, John Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 430 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-6262 E-Mail ad7273@wayne.edu

Li, Yang Title Part-time Faculty Chinese Office# Phone E-Mail dx1252@wayne.edu

Mayes, Curt Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 440 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-5081 E-Mail ad9487@wayne.edu

Meyer, Jennifer Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 430 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-5058 E-Mail ba5079@wayne.edu

Nagae, Makiko Title Part-time Faculty Japanese Office# Phone E-Mail bb7310@wayne.edu

Saeed, Khan Title Part-time Faculty  Office# Phone E-Mail ao4999@wayne.edu

Smith, David Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 430 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-5081 E-Mail dbsmith@wayne.edu

Toumajan, Dickran Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 157 Manoogian Hall Research Area Pre-historic Armenia, Armenian language and its relationship to Indo-European linguistics, Armenian dialectology Phone (313) 577-6237 E-Mail aa0804@wayne.edu

Yasuda, Masae Title Part-time Faculty Japanese Office# Phone E-Mail a08661@wayne.edu

Professor Emeritus / Retired Faculty

DiTommaso, Andrea Title Professor Emeritus  Office# 307 Manoogian Research Area Italian Literature and Culture; Middle Ages and Early Modern - Dante, Renaissance epic, lyric poetry; film; semiotics and critical theory. Phone (313) 577-1449 E-Mail aa4523@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/ditommaso

Jefferson, Louise Title Professor Emeritus  Office# 463 Manoogian Hall Research Area Twentieth-century literature of France, black francophone literature Phone (313) 577-3050 E-Mail aa1847@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/jefferson

Kibler, Louis W. Title Professor Emeritus  Office# 307 Manoogian Research Area Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Italian literature. Medieval and Renaissance theater in Italy. Phone (313) 577-1449 E-Mail aa2831@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/kibler

Rouchdy, Aleya Title Professor Emeritus  Office# 437 Manoogian Research Area First and Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistic dialectology, Arabic in the Diaspora, Arabic humor Phone E-Mail ad5006@waynd.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/rouchdy

Stern, Guy Title Distinguished Professor Emeritus  Office# Room 409 Manoogian Research Area Age of Enlightenment, 18th and 20th century fiction, Exile Literature, German-English literary relations, German cultural history Phone (313) 577-3129 E-Mail ad5422@wayne.edu

Staff

Brockway, Darrell Title Academic Services Officer III Office# 445 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-3025 E-Mail ab2371@wayne.edu

Campbell-Jones, Cyndi Title Secretary III Office# 437 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-3015 E-Mail aj0373@wayne.edu

Donigian, Amanda Title Administrative Assistant I Office# Phone (313) 577-7997 E-Mail ad1129@wayne.edu

Ordonez, Esperanza Title Secretary III Office# 487 Manoogian Hall Phone (313) 577-8332 E-Mail ac2634@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/ordonez

Pickering, Terrie Title Academic Services Officer I Office# 487 Manoogian Hall Phone (313) 577-3003 E-Mail ac2875@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/pickering

GTA / GRA

Dudek, Jaclyn Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 433 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-9705 E-Mail al5204@wayne.edu

Essak, Amal Title Graduate Teaching Assistant Arabic Office# Phone E-Mail aq2261@wayne.edu

Jaber, Aoun Title Graduate Teaching Assistant Arabic Office# Phone E-Mail bb2082@wayne.edu

Jeruzal, Tim Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 433 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-9705 E-Mail ab8463@wayne.edu

Jordan, Theresa Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 348 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-2029 E-Mail ah3351@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/jordan

Novobilsky, Stefan Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 433 Manoogian Phone (313) 577-9705 E-Mail ec6714@wayne.edu

Ramadan, Tareq Title Graduate Teaching Assistant Middle-eastern History Office# Phone E-Mail ah8216@wayne.edu