Meet Us
Staff
Dr. Curtis Smith
Chair, World Languages & Literatures Department Language Area Head, Chinese
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2059
- Phone: (916) 278-6333
- curtis.smith@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Thurs. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Chinese
Valeria Herrera
Department Coordinator
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2051
- Phone: (916) 278-6333
- valherrera@csus.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Dr. Viola Ardeni
Language Area Head, Italian
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2057
- viola.ardeni@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed. 2 - 3 p.m. or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Italian
Dr. Edward Baranowski
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2039
- ebaranow@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Wed. 1 - 2:30 p.m. or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Miguel Bota
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2037
- bota@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Wed. 3 - 4:30 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Jonathan Fleck
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2029
- jonathan.fleck@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. noon - 12:50 p.m. Zoom
Tues. 11 - 11:50 a.m. Zoom
Thurs. 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Euisuk Kim
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2033
- euisuk.kim@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Mon./Tues./Wed. 1 p.m. - 2:30 or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Kazue Masuyama
Language Area Head, Japanese
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2061
- masuyama@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Maria Mayberry
Language Area Head, Spanish| HEALS Program Coordinator
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2041
- mayberry@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish (Unavailable as of February 17, 2025)
Dr. Brenda Romero
Graduate Coordinator, Spanish Program
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2027
- brenda.romero@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. noon - 1:30 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Beatrice Russell
Language Area Head, French
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2055
- bkelley@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: French (UNAVAILABLE SPRING 2025)
Dr. Kristina Vassil
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2063
- vassil@csus.edu
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese (UNAVAILABLE SPRING 2025)
Part-Time Faculty
Dr. Vanessa Arnaud
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2031
- arnaud@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. noon - 1:30 p.m. or by appointment Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: French
Alba Boyer
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2050
- ab3767@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 3 - 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Italian, Spanish
Catherine Fox-Anderson
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2043
- fox-anderson@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 10 - 11 a.m.
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Monica Garcia
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2035
- garciamr@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Heeju Han
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2015
- heeju.han@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 11 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Korean & Spanish
Abram (Avi) Jones
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2023
- a.jones@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 5 - 6 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: French
Dr. Clovis Karam
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2035
- c.karam@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thurs. noon - 1 p.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Arabic
Eliot Kelly
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2058
- eliot.kelly@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 9 - 9:30 a.m. and by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Stavroula Kyritsi
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2019
- s.kyritsi@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon./Tues. 1 - 2 p.m.
Thurs. 1 - 2:00 p.m. via Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Greek, Latin
Dr. Juan Miranda
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2043
- j.miranda@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10 - 11 a.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Dr. Catherine Miskow
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2058
- miskow@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon./Wed. 2 - 3 p.m.
Tues. 9 - 10 a.m.
- Areas of Teaching: French & Japanese
Judy Rodriguez
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2025
- judy.rodriguez@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours:
Mon./Wed. noon - 12:50 p.m.
Thurs. 1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
- Areas of Teaching: Spanish
Lorella Silvestri
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2021
- l.silvestri@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Italian
Dr. Amrik Singh
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2023
- asingh@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tues. 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Zoom
- Areas of Teaching: Punjabi
Nobuko Torres
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2019
- n.torres@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. or by appointment
- Areas of Teaching: Japanese
Dr. Xianghua Wu
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2015
- wu@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Wed. 11 a.m. - noon
- Areas of Teaching: Chinese
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Kevin Elstob
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2013
- Phone: (916) 278-6333
- kelstob@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: French