Julián Arribas
Professor of Spanish; Department Chair
University Hall 3170
(205) 975-5349
Research and Teaching Interests: History of Cultures and Literatures of the Hispanic World, Pre-1800 Hispanic Literature, Beauty and Love in Hispanic Literature
Read moreMaría Antonia Anderson de la Torre
University Hall 3171
Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish Medical interpreting, Spanish translation, Hispanic Contemporary Literature, Effects of violence in creation and reception of Literature in 20th Century Spain
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Timothy Ashe
Assistant Professor of Spanish & Linguistics
University Hall 3167
(205) 934-5349
Research and Teaching Interests: Pragmatics, Spanish/English for Specific Purposes, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Telecollaboration, Intercultural Competence, Heritage Language Education, Bilingualism, and Study Abroad Immersion Programs.
Read moreMaury Young Bruhn
Assistant Professor of French
University Hall
(205) 934-4652
Research and Teaching Interests: Marcel Proust, Nineteenth-Century French Literature, Cognitive Literary Studies, Visual Art and Art History, Ecocriticism, The Arabian Nights in French and Francophone literature, Media Studies, Science Fiction
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Instructor of French
University Hall 3120
Research and Teaching Interests: Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Applied Linguistics, Translation, Medical French, Investigative journalism, Ecology.
Read moreKrista Chambless
Associate Professor of French and Spanish
University Hall 3123
(205) 934-4652
Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish, French, Foreign Cultures, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Foreign Language Methods (Classroom Instruction), Teacher Development, Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom
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Instructor of Spanish; Coordinator of World Language Media Services
University Hall 3007
(205) 934-6035
Research and Teaching Interests: Technology, Spanish-English Translation, Translation Theory
Read moreCatherine F. Daniélou
Heritage Hall 560
(205) 934-5643
Research and Teaching Interests: History of Ideas; 17th-century French Literature; Moralistes Writers; Ancien Régime France; Aging in 17th-century French Women Writings; Rural France; Littérature du Terroir; French Culture; Franco-Americans
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Yoshiyuki Hara
Assistant Professor of Japanese
University Hall 3106
(205) 934-2214
Research and Teaching Interests: Applied Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Content-based Language Instruction
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Instructor of Chinese
University Hall 3118
(205) 934-1834
Research and Teaching Interests: language assessment, teaching materials development, distance education, modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture
Read moreJohn Maddox
University Hall 3116
(706) 372-7864
Research and Teaching Interests: Afro-Hispanic Literature and Culture, the Caribbean, US-Brazil-Hispanic Comparisons, Ways of Understanding the Body (Medicine, Gender, Race)
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John K. Moore, Jr.
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
University Hall 3166
(205) 934-8901
Research and Teaching Interests: Hispanic Cultural and Literary History, Ethnic Studies, the Road to Santiago and Pilgrimage, Film Studies, Art and Architecture
Malinda Blair O'Leary
University Hall 3121
(205) 996-4766
Research and Teaching Interests: Second Language Acquisition, Language Education, Languages for Specific Purposes
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Jenna Reynolds
University Hall 3114
(205) 934-4652
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Rhetoric, National Identity, Gender Studies, Feminism, Food Studies, Food Justice, 20th/21st Century Spanish Literature, Representations of Indigenous Women, Women Authors, Cultural Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Memory and Trauma, Caribbean Studies, Film and Television Studies, Technology and Comparative Art History
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Carolina Rodríguez Tsouroukdissian
Assistant Professor of Spanish
University Hall 3167
(205) 934-4652
Research and Teaching Interests: 19th and 20th century Latin American literature, nation building through literature, women’s literature, race representations, Spanish for the health professions
Read moreLourdes Sánchez-López
University Hall 3168
(205) 934-8281
Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish for Specific Purposes (Health and Business), Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Phonetics and Phonology, Cultural Studies, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Community Service-learning and Engaged Scholarship
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Yumi Takamiya
University Hall 3117
(205) 934-0910
Research and Teaching Interests: Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, Discourse/Conversation Analysis, Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Teacher Education
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Adam J. Toth
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
University Hall 3171
(205) 934-4652
Research and Teaching Interests: 20th and 21st Century German Literature and Film; Race Theory and German Orientalisms; Translation and Adaptation Studies; War and Literature; German-Jewish Studies; German Drama and Theater; German Culinary Culture; German Youth Culture; Sensuality, Sexuality and Psychoanalysis in Austrian Culture
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