People

 

RGRLL faculty and staff

 

Department Chair

Aparna Nayak, Ph.D.

Aprana Nayak

Department Chair
Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2006

20th century France; literature of Fascism and
the Resistance; Literature, History, and Memory.

 

Faculty

 

Jeannette Acevedo Rivera

Jeannette Acevedo Rivera, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish

Ph.D. in Romance Studies, Duke University, 2014

Nineteenth century Spanish and French literature, focusing on the intersection
of gender constructions, material culture, and notions of writing and collection.

Robert Blankenship

Robert Blankenship, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of German

Ph.D. in German, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011

Nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century German literature and cinema,
and East German literature

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Alicia del Campo, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish

Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1998

Latin American Literature and Culture, Latin American Theater,
Cultural Studies in Latin America, Literature and Human Rights,
Memory, Politics and Theatre.

Clorinda Donato

Clorinda Donato, Ph.D.

Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Italian Studies
Director, The Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1987

The Enlightenment and Romanticism in France and Italy

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Shelley Dykstra, Ph.D.

RGRLL Teaching Assistant Coordinator
Assistant Director of Lower-Division Language Programs
Lecturer of Spanish

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2023

Second Language Acquisition, Writing, Rhetoric & Composition
Writing Anxiety and Enjoyment in Spanish Second/Heritage Language University Learners

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Bonnie Gasior, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2001

Early Modern Spain and Colonial Spanish America
Women writers, literary feminism, ecocriticism, comedia, transatlantic studies, mental health, high-impact practices

Nele Hemple-Lamer

Nele Hemple-Lamer, Ph.D.

Professor of German

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1998

20th-Century German Literature and Culture, Contemporary Austrian Studies, Feminism, Service Learning, and Community Engagement.

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Daniel Herrera Cepero, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish

Ph.D. University of California at Davis, 2014

20th century avant-garde poetry and film.

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Jeffrey High, Ph.D.

Professor of German

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001

18th century German Literature, Revolution, Aesthetic Theory,
and Moral Philosophy.

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Adrià Martín-Mor, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Translation Studies

Ph.D. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2011

Translation technologies, with a focus on machine translation and
free and open-source software. Minoritized languages, mainly Catalan and
Sardinian, and how technologies contribute to preserving language diversity.

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Markus Muller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1998

Teaching Methodology (TA training), Second Language Acquisition,
19th Cent. French literature (the novel and the fantastic)

Aprana Nayak

Aparna Nayak, Ph.D.

Department Chair
Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2006

20th century France; literature of Fascism and
the Resistance; Literature, History, and Memory.

Maria Sanchez-Reyes

Maria Sanchez-Reyes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Ph.D. New York University, 2021

French Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Dainela Suarez

Daniela Suarez, Ph.D.

RGRLL Undergraduate Advisor
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2018

Giulia Togato

Giulia Togato, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Translation Studies

Ph.D. University of Granada (Spain), 2016

Cognitive processes and emotionality in Translation and Bilingualism.

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Enrico Vettore, Ph.D.

Professor of Italian Studies
The George L. Graziadio Chair for Italian Studies

Ph.D. University of Oregon, 2005

19th and 20th century Italian Literature; Italian Cinema;
Literature and philosophy, Literature and Ethics; Jungian Literary criticism.

Part Time Faculty

Patricia Amezcua

Lecturer of Spanish

M.A. Spanish, California State University, Long Beach, 2005

Patricia Arteaga

Lecturer of Spanish

M.A. Spanish, California State University, Long Beach, 2002

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Alessandra Balzani

Lecturer of Italian & Translation Studies

M.A. Italian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2021

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Nicolas Bordage, Ph.D.

Lecturer of French and Francophone Studies, Spanish & Film and Electronic Arts

Ph.D., University of Miami, 2020

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Diego Brol Batres

Assistant to the George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies Lecturer of Italian

M.A. Italian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2022

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Elizabeth Chan

Lecturer of Italian

M.A. Italian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2018

Jesse Garcia, Ph.D.

Lecturer of French and Francophone Studies & Spanish

Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2023

Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture: French and Francophone Studies

M.A. Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture: French and Francophone Studies, University of Southern California, 2018
M.A. French & Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2013

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Maria Nelly Goswitz, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Spanish

Ph.D. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid, Spain), 2018

Nineteenth Century Latin American Women Writers with emphasis in the
essay genre, the literary salons and tertulias and the Pan-Hispanic Women Networking.

Co-founder and Co-editor of  Escritoras Latinoamericanas del Diecinueve: www.eladd.org

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Iman Hashem

Lecturer of Arabic

M.A. TESOL, University of California Los Angeles, 2003

Leydi Hernandez

Lecturer of Spanish

M.A. Spanish, California State University, Long Beach, 2021

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Sienna Hopkins, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Italian Studies

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2016

Isabelle Kelman

Isabelle Kelman

Lecturer of French & Francophone Studies

M.A., French & Francophone Studies, CSULB, 2021

Juliette Malandain

Lecturer of French & Francophone Studies

M.A., University of Rouen (France), 2020

Ana Gabriela Gonzalez Meade

Lecturer of Translation Studies

M.A., University of Portsmouth, 2014

Jesse O’Dell, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Russian

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2019

Soviet and Post-Soviet Literature, Film, and Culture; Twenty-First Century Russian Cinema; Science Fiction, Fantasy,
and Postmodernism in Eastern Europe

Jessica Powell

Jessica Powell, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Spanish and Translation Studies

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006

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Manuel Romero

Associate Director: Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies
Lecturer of Translation Studies

M.A. Italian, California State University, Long Beach 2017

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Joanna Tatro

Lecturer of French & Italian

M.A. French and Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2016

M.A. Italian, California State University, Long Beach, 2020

Jaclyn Taylor

Jaclyn Taylor

Lecturer of Italian

M.A., Italian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2022

Arpine Vardazaryan

Lecturer of French and Francophone Studies

M.A. French and Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2012

Claire Ziamandanis, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Translation Studies, Internships

Ph.D. University at Albany, 1995

Single Subject Credential: World Languages 

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Cynthia Leathers

Single Subject Credential Program Coordinator
World Languages: LOTE Single Subject Credential Program

 

Tina Livingstone

Student Teacher Supervisor
World Languages: LOTE Single Subject Credential Program

Robert Harrell

Lecturer and Student Teacher Supervisor,
World Languages: LOTE Single Subject Credential Program

Shari Kaulig

Lecturer and Student Teacher Supervisor
World Languages: LOTE Single Subject Credential Program

 

  • Tina Elmore
  • Lynda Fine
  • Robert Harrell
  • Shari Kaulig
  • Tina Livingston
  • Gayle Trager
  • Janet Wallenrod

RGRLL Administrative Staff

Administrative Analyst/Specialist

Marcy Bacani

Administrative Coordinator 

Jutta Birmele
E-mail: Jutta.Birmele@csulb.edu

Harold Cannon

Maria M. Carreira
E-mail: Maria.Carreira@csulb.edu

Carlo Chiarenza
E-mail: Carlo.Chiarenza@csulb.edu

Stephen Fleck
E-mail: Stephen.Fleck@csulb.edu

Jean Jacques Jura
E-mail: Jean.Jura@csulb.edu

Claire Martin
E-mail: Claire.Martin@csulb.edu

Leslie Nord
E-mail: Leslie.Nord@csulb.edu

Harold Schefski
E-mail: Harold.Schefski@csulb.edu

Alex Rainof
E-mail: Alexander.Rainof@csulb.edu

Daniela Zappador Guerra
E-mail: Daniela.ZappadorGuerra@csulb.edu