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 2026-2027

Arabic 

  • Al-Hasoo, Basam 
  • AlHassan, Lina
  • Ali, Sara
  • Akl, Joyce 
  • Kawalit, Alia
  • Tayem, Areej 

Celtic 

  • Cronin, Siobhán
  • Guérin, Isabelle
  • Waugh, Randolph

Chinese 

  • Kai, Tian
  • Peng, Yukang 
  • Sun, Xiangyu
  • Xu, Ran

German 

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

Italian 

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

Japanese 

  • Aizu, Yoriko 
  • Kubota, Mami 
  • Michael Chateauneuf
  • Kaori Sugimura

Polish

  • Ogrodnik, Dominika

Portuguese 

  • Marques, Danilo
  • Muniz Vieira, Barbara

Russian 

  • Amossava, Tanya 
  • Klioutchanski, Arkadi (LTA)
  • Vesselova, Natalia

Spanish 

  • Abellán, Maria Pilar 
  • Cancino, Carlos
  • García, Carlos
  • Leal, Natalia Jeniffer 
  • Romero, Gabriela
  • Ramos, Andrés
  • Sánchez, Gabriela

World Languages and Cultures

  •  Mehranirad, Mehdi

Yiddish 

  • Vesselova, Natalia

Professors Emeriti 

Adjunct Professors

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