Contact Modern Languages
| Campus | Name | Phone | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlonega | Kristi Hislope, Ph.D., Department Head | kristi.hislope@ung.edu | 706-864-1427 | Dunlap Hall, 303-A, Dahlonega |
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Dahlonega Gainesville |
Olivier Le Blond, Ph.D., Associate Department Head |
678-717-3473 |
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4238, Gainesville
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| Dahlonega |
Alvaro Torres-Calderon, Ph.D., Associate Department Head
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706-867-2170 |
Dunlap Hall, 306-B, Dahlonega | |
| Dahlonega | Lara DeBlois, Program Specialist | lara.deblois@ung.edu | 706-864-1683 | Dunlap Hall, 303-B, Dahlonega |
Faculty & Staff



Dorina Apahidean, Ph.D.Profile page
Senior Lecturer of Spanish
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 2110,


Area(s) of Expertise: 20th and 21st Century Latin American Cultural Production, Latin American Studies, Literary and Film Theory, Continental Philosophy, Critical Theory

Maria Calatayud, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor, Spanish
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4246,
Area(s) of Expertise: Contemporary Latin American Women Artist

Area(s) of Expertise: East Asian Language and Literature, Chinese

Ran Chen, Ph.D.Profile page
Program Coordinator
Chinese Flagship Program
Office locationBarnes Hall, 313,

Area(s) of Expertise: Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL), linguistics, second language acquisition




Grace Gonzalez SanchezProfile page
Language Lab Coordinator
Office locationStudent Resource Center, 573,

David Hair, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor, Spanish
Director of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Spain
Office locationDunlap Hall, 314-D,
Area(s) of Expertise: History of Romance Languages (Spanish/French), Sociolinguistics, 3rd Language Acquisition

Area(s) of Expertise: Second language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, Chinese pedagogy.

Area(s) of Expertise: Spanish, Linguistics

Kristi Hislope, Ph.D.Profile page
Department Head
Professor, Spanish
Office locationDunlap Hall, 303-A,
Area(s) of Expertise: Spanish Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition

Area(s) of Expertise: Pedagogy, Language Technology, 19th Century Spanish Literature


Yi-Chiao Hung
Chinese Flagship Tutor
Office location

Area(s) of Expertise: Arabic language, persian language, middle eastern history


Hyeyeon Kang
Part Time Faculty
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4132,


Olivier Le Blond, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Department Head & Professor
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4238,
Dunlap Hall, 301A,
Area(s) of Expertise: French and Francophone literature, gender studies

Heewon LeeProfile page
Lecturer
Principal Investigator of Awesome Scholarship Program
Office locationDunlap Hall, 312,


An-Chi Lo
Chinese Flagship Tutor
Office location


Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American Short Narrative, Microfiction in Latin America and Spain, Creative Writing

Riccardo Marcangeli
Lecturer
Office location

Area(s) of Expertise: Russian Language, Culture, and Society; Curriculum Development; Foreign Language Teaching Methods; Self-Regulated Learning

Area(s) of Expertise: Contemporary Spanish-language

Rosaria Meek, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor, Spanish
Office locationStudent Resource Center, 590,

Garry Merritt, M.A.Profile page
Assistant Professor, Spanish
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4250,


Tomoe Nishio, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor, Japanese
Program Director, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Summer: Japanese Language and Culture
Office locationBarnes Hall, 304,
Area(s) of Expertise: Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, Japanese pedagogy

Daniel Noh
Language Lab Coordinator
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4201,

Raphael Palermo Dos Santos, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 2134,

Joseph Pecorelli, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor, Portuguese & Spanish
Office locationBarnes Hall, 129,
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4252,


Area(s) of Expertise: Chinese, Second Language Acquisition, Pedagogy and Assessment, Interlanguage Pragmatics

Jaime Salinas Zabalaga, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4114,
Academic, 2167,

Giuseppe SanfilippoProfile page
Lecturer, Italian
Program Director of Study Abroad in Italy
Office locationBarnes Hall, 108,
Area(s) of Expertise: Italian, Second Language Acquisition, Italian Linguistics and Contrastive Analysis, Foreign Language Teaching Methods

Chia-Yu Shao
Chinese Flagship Tutor
Office location

Area(s) of Expertise: Spanish, Second Language Acquisition, Pedagogy, Translation and Interpretation

Min-Hsuan Su
Chinese Flagship Tutor
Office location

Alvaro Torres-Calderon, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Department Head
Associate Professor, Spanish, Program Director of Study Abroad in Peru
Office locationDunlap Hall, 306-B,
Area(s) of Expertise: XIX and XX Latin American Literature, The Building of the Nation, Women, Identity and Progress in Latin America XIX and XX Century







Language Labs


Grace Gonzalez SanchezProfile page
Language Lab Coordinator
Office locationStudent Resource Center, 573,

Daniel Noh
Language Lab Coordinator
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4201,

Area(s) of Expertise: Hispanic and Lusophone Studies; African Diaspora Religions; Black Women’s Literature of the Americas; Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies; Translation Studies; Race, Gender, and Women’s Studies.