Faculty members

Arabic, Celtic languages, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish, and cultures around the World. Here's what the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers to help you carve out a special place in today's world.

Full-time Professors

Cross-appointed

Lecturers 2025-2026

Arabic 

  • Al-Hasoo, Basam 
  • AlHassan, Lina
  • Ali, Sara
  • Areej Tayem
  • Ben Naji, Haifa
  • Kawalit, Alia 
  • Zaki, Radamis

Celtic 

  • Cronin, Siobhán
  • Guérin, Isabelle 
  • Leblanc, Julie 
  • O'Brien, Rosemary 
  • Oflaherty, Rosemary 
  • Waugh, Randolph

Chinese 

  • Kai, Tian
  • Peng, Yukang 
  • Zhao, Zixuan

German 

  • Bruckel-Lichtenoecker, Angela 
  • Gallina, Jeanette
  • Polkinghorne, Thomas
  • Schwaiger, Elizabeth 
  • Wirz-Endry, Birgit

Hebrew

  • Amir, Liad

Italian 

  • Cultrera, Isabella
  • Ghdaye, Katarina 
  • Giardina, Vincenzo 
  • Lukes, Daniel

Japanese 

  • Aizu, Yoriko 
  • Ando, Orie
  • Kubota, Mami 
  • Michael Chateauneuf

Portuguese 

  • Albano Scopinho, Raquel
  • Custódio, Mariana
  • Muniz Vieira, Barbara

Russian 

  • Vesselova, Natalia
  • Klioutchanski, Arkadi (LTA)

Spanish 

  • Cancino, Carlos
  • Cornejo, Carlos 
  • Cybanski, Kara 
  • Escalante Rengifo, Guadalupe 
  • Hamani, Younes
  • Hermosilla, Pamela
  • Manzo, Juan José 
  • Olivares, Andrea 
  • Romero, Gabriela
  • Ruiz, Daniel  

Yiddish 

  • Vesselova, Natalia
  • Winestock, Brett

Professors Emeriti 

Adjunct Professors

  • Pimentel, Joana 
  • Vesselova, Natalia 
  • Ramírez, Goretti (Université de Montréal) 
  • Rubiera, Javier (Université de Montréal)