Modern Languages & Cultures Department

Modern Languages and Cultures Faculty

Full Time Faculty & Staff

Faculty Name	Email	Office	Phone	Language
Lourdes Arévalo Department Chair	arevalo_lourdes@smc.edu	Drescher 314-E	310-434-8491	Spanish
Travis Grant Administrative Assistant	grant_travis@smc.edu	Drescher 314	310-434-4248
Jihyeon Cha	cha_jihyeon@smc.edu	Drescher 314-J	310-434-3146	Korean
Aurélie Chevant-Aksoy	chevant_aurelie@smc.edu	Drescher 314-G	310-434-3916	French
Juliana Espinal	espinal_juliana@smc.edu	Drescher 314-C	310-434-4618	Spanish
Alejandro Lee (Lee Chan A)	lee_alejandro@smc.edu	Drescher 314-F	310-434-4571	Spanish
Yukiko Tsuboi	tsuboi_yukiko@smc.edu	Drescher 314-H	310-434-3917	Japanese

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American Sign Language

Faculty Name	Email
Mark Dana	dana_mark@smc.edu
Shehnaz Virji	virji_shehnaz@smc.edu

Arabic

Faculty Name	Email
Sumaya Bezrati	bezrati_sumaya@smc.edu

Chinese

Faculty Name	Email
Liqing Rao	rao_liqing@smc.edu

French

Faculty Name	Email
Sarah Case	case_sarah@smc.edu
Margaret Gardner	gardner_margaret@smc.edu
Dominique Isner-Ball	isner-ball_dominique@smc.edu
Kyle Patterson	patterson_kyle@smc.edu

German

Faculty Name	Email	PHONE
Mahi Lashgari Renselaer	lashgari_mahi@smc.edu

Hebrew

Faculty Name	Email
Fern Margolis	margolis_fern@smc.edu
Linda Zwang-Weissman	zwang-weissman_Linda@smc.edu

Italian

Faculty Name	Email	PHONE
Francesca Kemitch	kemitch_francesca@smc.edu	310-434-8143
Paola Lorenzi	lorenzi_paola@smc.edu	310-434-8226
Alessia Zwang-Weisberg	weisberg_alessia@smc.edu

Japanese

Faculty Name	Email	PHONE
Yuria Hashimoto	hashimoto_yuria@smc.edu
Sachi Johnston	johnston_sachi@smc.edu
Nina Kato	kato_nina@smc.edu
Yuka Kitazono	kitazono_yuka@smc.edu	310-434-8419
Richi Kroupa	kroupa_richi@smc.edu
Ryoko Nishijima	nishijima_ryoko@smc.edu
Kanzo Takemori	takemori_kanzo@smc.edu

Korean

Faculty Name	Email
Jennifer Lee	lee_jennifer@smc.edu
Eun Sun Tark	tark_eunsun@smc.edu

Linguistics

Faculty Name	Email
Scott Gaines	gaines_scott@smc.edu
Kinda Al Rifae	alrifae_kinda@smc.edu

Persian

Faculty Name	Email
Banafsheh Pourzangi	pourzangi_banafsheh@smc.edu

Russian

Faculty Name	Email
Elena Makarova	makarova_elena@smc.edu

Spanish

Faculty Name	Email	PHONE
Candelyn Candelaria	candelaria_candelyn@smc.edu
Ana Figueroa	figueroa_ana@smc.edu
Erin Mauffray	mauffray_erin@smc.edu
April Mizuki	mizuki_april@smc.edu
María Teresa Monroe	monroe_mariateresa@smc.edu
Toni Trives	trives_toni@smc.edu	310-434-4939
Maria Zamudio Brooks	zamudio-brooks_maria@smc.edu
Susana Zárate	zarate_susana@smc.edu	310-434-3959

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