World Languages and Cultures

The Department of World Languages and Cultures brings together eleven modern language programs and three global culture and communication programs to offer a wide range of courses and degree programs in world languages and intercultural perspectives. Undergraduate students can pursue majors, minors, and certificates in the languages of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, as well as in Comparative Literature and Global Studies. Graduate students can also earn a Master of Arts degree in World Languages and Cultures. Throughout their coursework in all of these fields, students develop valuable skills in communication and cultural analysis, preparing them for careers and further studies where they think critically about the world and their place within it.

Programs

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Ancient and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Courses

Arabic Courses

Asian Studies Courses

Chinese Courses

Comparative Literature Courses

French Courses

German Courses

Global Studies Courses

Hebrew Courses

Italian Courses

Japanese Courses

Korean Courses

Polish Courses

Portuguese Courses

Russian Courses

Spanish Courses

Translation and Interpreting Courses

World Languages and Cultures Courses

NameRankDegreeSchoolGraduate FacultyEmeritus Faculty
Anita Alkhas Associate Professor PhD Michigan State University Yes No
Ryan Ammerman Lecturer MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Eric Anderson Senior Teaching Faculty MA Concordia University, Montreal No No
Susana Antunes Associate Professor PhD University of Massachusetts-Amherst Yes No
Lawrence Baldassaro Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
Rachel Baum Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Viktorija Bilić Associate Professor PhD Heidelberg University Yes No
Nancy Bird-Soto Professor Emerit PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No Yes
Daria Bzeniuk Senior Teaching Faculty MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Lixin Cai Senior Teaching Faculty MBA Concordia University No No
Andrea Carrillo Lecturer PhD Indiana University Bloomington No No
Jue Chen Associate Professor PhD Princeton University Yes No
Justin Court Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No No
James Czerwinski Lecturer MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Sarah Davies Cordova Professor Emerit PhD University of California-Los Angeles No Yes
Garry Davis Professor Emerit PhD University of Michigan No Yes
Santiago Daydi-Tolson Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
César Ferreira Professor Emerit PhD University of Texas-Austin No Yes
Alison Ferrentino Senior Teaching Faculty MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Yael Gal-Ben Yitschak Senior Teaching Faculty MA Middlebury College No No
Mark Hanson Lecturer MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Mary laquinta Senior Teaching Faculty MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Yuyan Jiang Teaching Faculty MA Stanford No No
Robert A. Jones Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
Catherine Kirchman Lecturer MLIS University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Larry Kuiper Associate Professor PhD Michigan State University Yes No
Khuloud Labanieh Senior Teaching Faculty PhD No No
Masako Lackey Senior Teaching Faculty Emerit MA University of Wisconsin-Madison No Yes
Allison Libbey Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Virginia No No
Ismael Márquez Professor Emerit PhD University of Texas-Austin No Yes
Laura Martinez-Geijo Roman Senior Teaching Faculty MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Fahed Masalkhi Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No No
Karolina May-Chu Associate Professor PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison Yes No
Yair Mazor Professor Emerit PhD Tel Aviv University No Yes
R. John McCaw Associate Professor Emerit PhD Princeton University No Yes
Isabel Méndez-Santalla Senior Teaching Faculty Emerit MA No Yes
Michael J. Mikos Professor Emerit PhD Brown University No Yes
James Mileham Associate Professor Emerit PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No Yes
Sarah Milia Lecturer MA No No
Simonetta Milli Konewko Professor PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Yes No
Drago Momcilovic Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No No
Blanca Munoz Teaching Faculty MA No No
Meghan Murphy-Lee Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Kansas No No
Amy Olen Associate Professor PhD University of Texas-Austin Yes No
Joseph Peschio Associate Professor PhD University of Michigan Yes No
Roger W. Phillips Associate Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
Robin Pickering-Iazzi Professor Emerit PhD University of Washington No Yes
Kristin Pitt Associate Professor PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison Yes No
Aragorn Quinn Associate Professor PhD Stanford University Yes No
Julio Rodríguez-Luis Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
Nicolas Russell Associate Professor PhD University of Virginia Yes No
Kathryn Scholz Senior Teaching Faculty MA University of Minnesota No No
Ruth Schwertfeger Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
Caroline Seymour-Jorn Professor PhD University of Chicago Yes No
Lucia Soldati Senior Teaching Faculty Emerit No Yes
Sooho Song Associate Professor PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Yes No
M. Estrella Sotomayor Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No No
Ester Suárez-Felipe Senior Teaching Faculty Emerit MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee No Yes
Lorena Terando Professor PhD and MT State University of New York Yes No
Bozena Tieszen Senior Teaching Faculty PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No No
Katie Vater Associate Professor PhD Pennsylvania State University Yes No
Madeleine Velguth Professor Emerit PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No Yes
Gabrielle Verdier Professor Emerit PhD Yale University No Yes
Charles A. Ward Professor Emerit PhD No Yes
Yuko Kojima Wert Senior Teaching Faculty MA Obirin University, Japan No No
Kathleen M. Wheatley Associate Professor Emerit PhD University of Michigan No Yes
Demetrius Williams Professor ThD Harvard Divinity School Yes No
Jonathan Wipplinger Associate Professor PhD University of Michigan Yes No
Jian Xu Associate Professor Emerit PhD University of Iowa No Yes
Lu Yin Senior Teaching Faculty MA Indiana University Bloomington No No
Magaly Zeise Senior Teaching Faculty MA Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia No No