Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Amy Singleton Adams

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Department Chair, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Professor, Russian Studies

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Fields: Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
Emailaadams@holycross.edu 
Office: 
Stein 454     Phone: 508-793-2543
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Arabic

Ibrahim Abdessalam 

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Program Coordinator, Arabic Studies
Lecturer of Arabic

M. A. American University, Cairo, Egypt
Fields: Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, Corpus Linguistics, Translation
Emailiabdessa@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 429   Phone: 508-793-3042
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Chinese

Ji Hao

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Coordinator of Chinese Studies 
Associate Professor, Chinese Studies

Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Fields: Premodern Chinese Literature
Emailjhao@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 427     Phone: 508-793-2608
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Miao  Dou 

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Visiting Lecturer,  Chinese Studies
Email: mdou@holycross.edu
Office:
Stein  445

 

 

Yongli Li

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa BarbaraFields: Chinese Film and Media Studies
Emailyonglili@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 426

 

 

Yu-Jung Lin

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Assistant Professor, Chinese Studies
Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Fields: Phonology and phonetics (syllable structure, tones, rhythm), Psycholinguistics (the influence of orthography on sound processing), Second language acquisition
(tense and lax vowel distinction by L1 and L2 learners, diphthong production and perception by L1 and L2 learners)
Email: yjlin@holycross.edu
Office: Stein Hall 427    
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Deaf Studies and Sign Languages

Stephanie Clark

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Program Coordinator, Deaf Studies and Sign Languages
Lecturer, Deaf Studies and Sign Languages

M.Ed., University of Massachusetts
Email: sclark@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 444      

 

 

 

Ying Li

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Lecturer, Deaf Studies and Sign Languages
Email: 
yli@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 444   

 

 

 Aidan Mack 

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Visiting Instructor, Deaf Studies and Sign Languages
Email:   amack@holycross.edu
Office:  Stein 445

 

 

Minh Vo     

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Teaching Assistant,  Deaf Studies and Sign Languages
Email:   mvo@holycross.edu
Office:   Stein 460

 

 

French & Francophone Studies

Emma Burston

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Assistant Professor, French and Francophone Studies
Ph.D., Rutgers University / Université Paris 8
Fields: Nineteenth-Century French Literature, Visual Culture, Environmental Humanities, Contemporary French Literature and Culture, Language
Email: eburston@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 415  Phone: (508) 793-2457
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Mary Ann Coppolino

Visiting Lecturer, French & Francophone Studies
Email: 
mcoppoli@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 426

 

 

 

Jean Ouédraogo

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Eleanor Howard O’Leary Chair in French & Francophone Studies
Ph.D., University of Georgia-Athens
Fields: African and Caribbean Francophone Literatures and Cultures
Email: ojean@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 443     Phone: 508-793-2795
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Adele Parker

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Lecturer, French & Francophone Studies
Ph.D., Brown University
Fields: French Literature and Culture, Language
Emailaparker@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 426  Phone: 508-793-2457

 

 

 

Thibaut Schilt

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Professor, French & Francophone Studies
Program Coordinator, French & Francophone Studies
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Fields: French Cinema, Contemporary French Literature and Culture, Gender Studies
Emailtschilt@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 413    Phone: 508-793-2609
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German

Sylvia M. Schmitz-Burgard

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Associate Professor, German Studies
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Fields: 20th-, 19th-, and 18th-Century German Literature and Culture, Austrian Cultural History, 18th-Century European Novel, Women Writers, Law and Literature, Contemporary Literary Theory
Emailsschmitz@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 461     Phone: 508-793-3305
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Heidi Grek  

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Visiting Assistant Professor, German Studies
Email
hgrek@holycross.edu
Office:  Stein 453

 

 

 

Italian

Susan Amatangelo

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Professor, Italian Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields:  Modern Italian Literature, Giovanni Verga, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Email: samatang@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 404    Phone: 508-793-3347
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Daniel Armenti

Visiting Assistant Professor, Italian Studies
Email: darmenti@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 453      Phone: 508-793-3438   

 

 

Giulia Andreoni 

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Visiting Assistant Professor, Italian Studies
Email:  gandreon@holycross.edu
Office: 453

 

 

Giusy Di Filippo

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Email: 
gdifilip@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 430   Phone: 508-793-3438

 

 

Giovanni Spani

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Program Coordinator, Italian Studies
Coordinator, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Associate Professor, Italian Studies 
Pedagogical Coordinator

Ph.D., Indiana University
Fields: Medieval & Renaissance Italian Literature
Emailgspani@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 452    Phone: 508-793-3834
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Russian 

Olga S. Partan

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Associate Professor, Russian Studies
Ph.D., Brown University
Fields: Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
Emailopartan@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 457      Phone: 508-793-3832
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Victoria Richter

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Visiting Assistant Professor, Russian Studies
Email  vrichter@holycross.edu
Office  Stein 445

 

 

Diana Dukhanova

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Visiting Assistant Professor, Russian Studies
Email: ddukhano@holycross.edu
Office: Stein 453  PO Box: 46A

 

 

 

Staff

Carolyn Leeman

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Academic Administrative Assistant
Emailcleeman@holycross.edu 
Office: Stein 401 Phone: (508) 793-2447

 

 

 

Faculty Emeriti

Charlie Baker

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Associate Professor Emeritus

 

 

 

 

Baozhang He

     

    Associate Professor Emeritus

 

 

Claudia N. Ross

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Professor, Emerita
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Fields: Linguistics (lexical and semantic structure), Chinese language pedagogy
Emailcross@holycross.edu