Contact Modern Languages

Campus Name Email Phone Location
Dahlonega Kristi Hislope, Ph.D., Department Head kristi.hislope@ung.edu 706-864-1427 Dunlap Hall, 303-A, Dahlonega

Dahlonega

Gainesville

Olivier Le Blond, Ph.D., Associate Department Head

olivier.leblond@ung.edu

678-717-3473

Nesbitt Academic Building, 4238, Gainesville


Dunlap Hall, 301A, Dahlonega

Dahlonega

Alvaro Torres-Calderon, Ph.D., Associate Department Head

 

alvaro.torrescalderon@ung.edu

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

Ashley Andrews
Ashley AndrewsProfile page

Language Lab Coordinator

Phone706-864-1682

Office locationDunlap Hall, 319-A, Dahlonega

Dorina Apahidean
Dorina Apahidean, Ph.D.Profile page

Senior Lecturer of Spanish

Phone678-717-2266

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 2110, Gainesville

Irina Avkhimovich
Irina Avkhimovich, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Russian

Phone706-864-1774

Office locationDunlap Hall, 312, Dahlonega

Derek Beaudry
Derek Beaudry, Ph.D.Profile page

Lecturer, Spanish

Phone706-310-6375

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 524, Oconee

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
Maria Calatayud, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Professor, Spanish

Phone678-717-3893

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4246, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Contemporary Latin American Women Artist

Chi-Hsuan Catterson
Chi-Hsuan CattersonProfile page

Senior Lecturer, Chinese

Phone706-864-1823

Office locationDunlap Hall, 305B, Dahlonega

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

Wen-Hua Chang
Wen-Hua Chang

Chinese Flagship Online Tutor

Office location Online

Ran Chen
Ran Chen, Ph.D.Profile page

Program Coordinator

Chinese Flagship Program

Phone706-867-2464

Office locationBarnes Hall, 313, Dahlonega

Jiyoung Daniel
Jiyoung Daniel, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Professor, Korean

Phone706-867-4553

Office locationDunlap Hall, 314-C, Dahlonega

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

Lara DeBlois
Lara DeBlois

Program Specialist

Phone706-864-1683

Office locationDunlap Hall, 303-B, Dahlonega

Mahmoud Elsedawy
Mahmoud ElsedawyProfile page

Lecturer, Arabic

Office locationBarnes Hall, 110, Dahlonega

Shane Emplaincourt
Shane Emplaincourt, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, French

Phone706-864-2726

Office locationDunlap Hall, 322, Dahlonega

Fenton Gardner
Fenton Gardner

Lecturer

Office location Dahlonega

David Hair
David Hair, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Spanish

Director of UNG in Spain

Phone706-864-1978

Office locationDunlap Hall, 314-D,  Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: History of Romance Languages (Spanish/French), Sociolinguistics, 3rd Language Acquisition

Yunjuan He
Yunjuan He, Ph.DProfile page

Professor, Chinese

Phone706-867-4554

Office locationDunlap Hall, 216-D,  Dahlonega

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

Amy Hernandez
Amy Hernandez, MAProfile page

Lecturer, Spanish

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 552, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Spanish, Linguistics

Alfonso Hernandez Linos
Alfonso Hernandez Linos, M.A.Profile page

Language Lab Coordinator

Phone706-310-6296

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 573, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Spanish, Internal and External Audit, Accounting, Finance

Kristi Hislope
Kristi Hislope, Ph.D.Profile page

Department Head

Professor, Spanish

Phone706-864-1427

Office locationDunlap Hall, 303-A, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Spanish Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition

Nicolas Hu
Nicolas Hu, M.A.Profile page

Lecturer, Spanish

Office locationDunlap Hall, 311,  Dahlonega

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

Sarah Hubbel
Sarah HubbelProfile page

Assistant Professor

Office location Dahlonega

Hassan Hussain
Hassan HussainProfile page

Lecturer, Arabic

Phone706-864-1864

Office locationBarnes Hall, 104, Dahlonega

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

Eman Hussein
Eman HusseinProfile page

Part Time Faculty

Office locationBarnes Hall, 110, Dahlonega

Kasi Ives
Kasi IvesProfile page

Lecturer

Phone706-310-6215

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 524, Oconee

Chih-Ning Jao
Chih-Ning Jao

Coordinator of Transfer and Return to UNG Programs

Office location Dahlonega

Hyeyeon Kang
Hyeyeon Kang

Part Time Faculty

Office location Dahlonega

Jinny Kim
Jinny KimProfile page

Part Time Faculty

Office location Dahlonega

Kihoon Kim
Kihoon KimProfile page

Lecturer, Japanese

Office location Online
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4172, Gainesville

Somin Kim
Somin Kim

Part Time Faculty

Office location Dahlonega

Pin-Wei Lan
Pin-Wei Lan

Chinese Flagship Teaching Assistant

Office location Dahlonega

Olivier Le Blond
Olivier Le Blond, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Department Head

Associate Professor, French, Program Director of Study Abroad in France

Phone678-717-3473

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4238, Gainesville
Dunlap Hall, 301A, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: French and Francophone literature, gender studies

Teresa Lee
Teresa Lee

Lecturer

Office location Dahlonega

Jou Li
Jou LiProfile page

Lecturer

Office location Dahlonega

Jui-Yu Liao
Jui-Yu Liao

Chinese Flagship Teaching Assistant

Office location Dahlonega

Maria Jose Maguire
Maria Jose MaguireProfile page

Limited Term Faculty, Spanish

Office location Cumming

Ary Malaver
Ary Malaver, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Professor, Spanish

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4248, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American Short Narrative, Microfiction in Latin America and Spain, Latinx Literature and Culture in the United States

D. Brian Mann
D. Brian Mann, Ph.D.Profile page

Professor, French

Phone706-864-1773

Office locationDunlap Hall, 322C, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: French, Francophone, and Hispanophone languages, cultures, and pedagogy; French literature and 20th century narrative of France and Latin America

Tatiana Maslova
Tatiana Maslova, Ed.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Russian

Program Director of Study Abroad in Armenia

Phone706-864-1774

Office locationDunlap Hall, 312, Dahlonega

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

Gordon McNeer
Gordon McNeer, Ph.D.Profile page

Professor, Spanish

Phone706-864-1788

Office locationDunlap Hall, 319B, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Contemporary Spanish-language

Rosaria Meek
Rosaria Meek, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Spanish

Phone706-310-6212

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 590, Oconee

Garry Merritt
Garry Merritt, M.A.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Spanish

Phone678-717-3913

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4250, Gainesville

Christine Micancin
Christine Micancin

Part Time Faculty

Office location Blue Ridge

Ekaterina Mushurueva
Ekaterina Mushurueva

Lecturer

Office location Dahlonega

Tomoe Nishio
Tomoe Nishio, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Professor, Japanese

Program Director, UNG Summer: Japanese Language and Culture

Phone706-867-4595

Office locationBarnes Hall, 304, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, Japanese pedagogy

Raphael Palermo Dos Santos
Raphael Palermo Dos Santos, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Portuguese & Spanish

Phone678-717-3763

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 2134, Gainesville

Joseph Pecorelli
Joseph Pecorelli, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Professor, Portuguese & Spanish

Phone678-717-3637

Office locationBarnes Hall, 129, Daholonega
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4252, Gainesville

Alfredo Poggi
Alfredo Poggi, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Professor, Spanish

Phone706-864-2725

Office locationDunlap Hall, 322A,  Dahlonega

Tianyu Qin
Tianyu Qin, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Chinese

Phone706-864-1841

Office locationDunlap Hall, 106D, Dahlonega

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

Longping Qu
Longping Qu

PT Chinese Flagship Teaching Assistant

Office location Online

Jaime Salinas Zabalaga
Jaime Salinas Zabalaga, Ph.D.Profile page

Assistant Professor, Spanish

Phone678-717-2714

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4114, Gainesville
University Center 400, 267, Cumming

Giuseppe Sanfilippo
Giuseppe SanfilippoProfile page

Lecturer, Italian

Program Director of Study Abroad in Italy

Office locationBarnes Hall, 108, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Italian, Second Language Acquisition, Italian Linguistics and Contrastive Analysis, Foreign Language Teaching Methods

Mariana Stone
Mariana StoneProfile page

Assistant Professor, Spanish

Phone706-867-4567

Office locationDunlap Hall, 310, Dahlonega

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

Alvaro Torres-Calderon
Alvaro Torres-Calderon, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Department Head

Associate Professor, Spanish, Program Director of Study Abroad in Peru

Phone706-867-2170

Office locationDunlap Hall, 306-B, Dahlonega

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

Sawako Tsutsumi
Sawako TsutsumiProfile page

Lecturer, Japanese

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4112, Gainesville

Yandan Wang
Yandan WangProfile page

Lecturer, Chinese

Phone706-864-1849

Office locationDunlap Hall, 106F, Dahlonega

Nicola Whitley
Nicola Whitley, M.A.Profile page

Lecturer, Spanish

Phone706-867-4567

Office locationDunlap Hall, 314A, Dahlonega

Bartholomew Wisniewski
Bartholomew WisniewskiProfile page

Lecturer, German

Phone678-717-3714

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 2130, Gainesville

Brandon Wyatt
Brandon Wyatt

Lecturer, German

Phone706-864-1965

Office locationDunlap Hall 311, Dahlonega

C. Noelle Wynne
C. Noelle Wynne, Ph.D.Profile page

Lecturer, French

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4254, Gainesville

Language Lab

Campus Name Email Phone Location
Dahlonega Ashley Andews, Language Lab Coordinator ashley.andrews@ung.edu 706-864-1682 Dunlap Hall, 319-A, Dahlonega

Gainesville

Daniel Noh, Tutoring Lab Coordinator

daniel.noh@ung.edu

678-717-3868

Nesbitt Academic Building, 4201, Gainesville

Oconee

Alfonso Hernandez Linos, M.A., Tutoring Lab Coordinator 

alfonso.hernandezlinos@ung.edu

706-310-6296

Student Resource Center, 573, Oconee
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