Faculty & Staff Directory
Administration | Arabic | Chinese | French | German | Hebrew | Hindi/Urdu | Italian | Japanese | Polish | Russian | Spanish
Administration
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Posner | Department Chair Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature | CC217D | 773.508.2866 dposner@luc.edu |
| Dr. D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J. | Associate Provost for Global and Community Engagement Associate Professor of Spanish | CC207 | 773.508.7364 dhendrickson@luc.edu |
| Dr. Ana Rodriguez Navas | Hispanic Studies Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture |
CC468 | 773.508.2171 arodrigueznavas@luc.edu |
| Paulina Dzieza | LLRC Manager | CC208B | 773.508.2846 pdzieza@luc.edu |
| Aurora Castañeda | Administrative Assistant | CC 217E | 773.508.2859 acastaneda3@luc.edu |
American Sign Language Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malinda Tran | Part-Time Instructor | mtran14@luc.edu |
Arabic Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sawsan Abbadi | Director of Arabic Language & Culture Minor Advanced Lecturer |
CC215 | sabbadi@luc.edu |
| Katherine Randazzo | Part-Time Instructor | Crown Center 213 | krandazzo1@luc.edu |
| Omer Mozaffar | Lecturer, Muslim Chaplain | Damen 217 | omozaffar@luc.edu |
Chinese Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Chen | Director of Chinese Language and Literature Program
Senior Lecturer |
CC107 | 773.508.7362 hchen4@luc.edu |
| Ryan Nowack | Part-Time Instructor | CC447 | rnowack@luc.edu |
| Alexa Welch | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | awelch1@luc.edu |
| Dr. John Trowbridge | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | jtrowbridge@luc.edu |
| Dr. Jie Wang | Part-Time Instructor | Lewis Towers 915C | jwang37@luc.edu |
French Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Mary Angelo | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | mangelo@luc.edu |
| Dr. Svetlana Dembovskaya | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | sdembov@luc.edu |
| Dr. Julia Elsky | Associate Professor | CC214 | 773.508.2703 jelsky@luc.edu |
| Dr. Andrew McKenna | Professor Emeritus | CC204 | amckenn@luc.edu |
| Linda McGowan | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | lmcgowan3@luc.edu |
| Teresa Moore | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | tmoore7@luc.edu |
| Dr. David Posner | Department Chair
Associate Professor |
CC217D | 773.508.2866 dposner@luc.edu |
| Dr. Eliana Vagalau | Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Program Director |
CC471 | 773.508.7604 evagalau@luc.edu |
German Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Reinhard Andress | Director of German Studies Minor Professor |
CC212 | 773.508.7365 randress@luc.edu |
| Mariel Robert | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | mrobert@luc.edu |
| Lorena Batiston | Part-Time Instructor | CC212 | lbatiston@luc.edu |
| Veronika Roth | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | vroth@luc.edu |
Hebrew Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|
Italian Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Cristina Lombardi-Diop | Undergraduate Program Director Assistant Professor of Italian |
CC202 | 773.508.2379 clombardidiop@luc.edu |
| Dr. Wiley Feinstein | Professor Emeritus | 773.508.2868 wfeinst@luc.edu |
|
| Anna Clara Ionta | Senior Lecturer | CC203 | 773.508.2858 aionta@luc.edu |
| Dennis Martinez | Lecturer | CC108A | dmartinez2@luc.edu |
| Dr. Carla Simonini | Director of Italian American Studies Associate Professor |
CC217G | 773.508.2891 csimonini@luc.edu |
| Claudia Defraia | Part-Time Instructor | Crown Center 206 | cdefraia@luc.edu |
| Antonio Romano | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | aromano1@luc.edu |
| Elena Spilioti | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | 773-508-2850 espilio@luc.edu |
Japanese Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Janet Fair | Director of Japanese Studies | Crown Center 206D | 773-508-8553 jfair@luc.edu |
| Linda Chessick | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | lchessick@luc.edu |
| Rika Kinoshita | Part-time instructor | CC206 | rkinoshita@luc.edu |
| Kanji Kitamura | Part-time Instructor | CC206 | kkitamura@luc.edu |
Polish Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozena Nowicka McLees | Director of Polish Studies | CC217F | 773.508.2864 bmclees@luc.edu |
| Dr. John Merchant | Advanced Lecturer | CC109 | 773.508.2991 jmerchant@luc.edu |
| Zbigniew Banas | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | zbanas@luc.edu |
| Dr. Jack Hutchens | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | 773.508.7368 jhutchens@luc.edu |
| Aleksandra Majkowska Smith | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | 773.508.7363 amajkowskasmith@luc.edu |
| Dr. Agnieszka Oskiera | Part-Time Instructor | CC 206C | 773.508.7368 aoskiera@luc.edu |
Russian Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Vinogradova | Part-Time Instructor | CC206 | nvinogradova@luc.edu |
Spanish Faculty
| Name | Title | Office # | Phone/E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Beltran | Lecturer | CC206A | 773.508.2861 dbeltran@luc.edu |
| Dr. Clara Burgo | Undergraduate Program Director
Associate Professor |
CC217B | 773.508.8296 cburgo@luc.edu |
| Cynthia Carrasco | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | ccarras@luc.edu |
| Brenda Carrillo | Part-Time Instructor | CC470 | bcarril@luc.edu |
| Dr. Susana Cavallo | Professor Professor |
CC217C | 773.508.2870 scavall@luc.edu |
| Adriana Diaz Lewis | Lecturer | CC213 | adiazlewis@luc.edu |
| Dr. Héctor García Chávez | Director of Graduate Program in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Senior Lecturer of Spanish |
CC206B | 773.508.2863 hgarci1@luc.edu |
| Dr. Olympia Gonzalez | Associate Professor Emerita | ogonzal@luc.edu | |
| Dr. D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J. | Associate Provost for Global and Community Engagement Associate Professor of Spanish |
CC 207 | 773-508-7364 dhendrickson@luc.edu |
| Dr. Denis Heyck | Professor Emerita | CC204 | 773.508.2867 dheyck@luc.edu |
| Dr. Alrick Knight | Associate Professor | CC217A | 773.508.2855 aknigh4@luc.edu |
| Elizabeth Maldonado | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | emaldonado@luc.edu |
| Miguel Mendez | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | mmendez4@luc.edu |
| Sarah Obrist | Instructor of Spanish | CC213 | sobrist@luc.edu |
| Neringa Pukelis | Part-Time Instructor | CC213 | npukelis@luc.edu |
| Dr. Ana Rodriguez Navas | Hispanic Studies Graduate Program Director Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture |
CC468 | 773.508.2171 arodrigueznavas@luc.edu |
| Dr. Natalia Valencia | Advanced Lecturer | CC467 | 773.508.3947 nvalencia@luc.edu |
| Dr. Gabriela Buitrón Vera | Lecturer | Crown 106 | gbuitronvera@luc.edu |
| Jose Tuesta | Teaching Assistant | CC 213 | jtuesta@luc.edu |
| Jacob Stuckert | Teaching Assistant | CC213 | jstuckert@luc.edu |
| Sarah Cummins | Teaching Assistant | CC 213 | scummins1@luc.edu |
| Lucia Pereyra | Teaching Assistant | CC213 | lpereyra@luc.edu |
