Faculty & Staff Directory

Administration

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dr. David Posner	Department Chair; Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature	Crown Center 217D	773.508.2866 dposner@luc.edu
Dr. D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J.	Associate Provost for Global and Community Engagement; Associate Professor of Spanish	Sullivan Center 219	773.508.2551 dhendrickson@luc.edu
Dr. Ana Rodriguez Navas	Hispanic Studies Graduate Program Director; Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture	Crown Center 468	773.508.2171 arodrigueznavas@luc.edu
Paulina Dzieza	LLRC Manager	Crown Center 208B	773.508.2846 pdzieza@luc.edu
Aurora Castañeda	Administrative Assistant	Crown Center 217E	773.508.2859 acastaneda3@luc.edu

 

American Sign Language Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Malinda Tran	Part-Time Instructor		mtran14@luc.edu

 

Arabic Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dr. Sawsan Abbadi	Director Arabic Language and Culture Program; Senior Lecturer	Crown Center 215	sabbadi@luc.edu
Omer Mozaffar	Muslim Chaplain; Lecturer	Damen Student Center 217	omozaffar@luc.edu

 

Chinese Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Hong Chen	Director of Chinese Language and Literature Program; Senior Lecturer	Crown Center 107	773.508.7362 hchen4@luc.edu
Ryan Nowack	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 447	rnowack@luc.edu
Alexa Welch	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	awelch1@luc.edu
Dr. John Trowbridge	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206	jtrowbridge@luc.edu
Dr. Jie Wang	Part-Time Instructor	Lewis Towers 915C	jwang37@luc.edu

 

French Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dr. David Posner	Department Chair; Associate Professor	Crown Center 217D	773.508.2866 dposner@luc.edu
Dr. Eliana Vagalau	Undergraduate Program Director; Associate Professor	Crown Center 471	773.508.7604 evagalau@luc.edu
Dr. Julia Elsky	Associate Professor	Crown Center 214	773.508.2703 jelsky@luc.edu
Dr. Gorgui Tall (Ibou)	French Language courses Coordinator Specialty Area: Francophone African Literature; Lecturer	Crown Center 207	773.403.0185 gtall@luc.edu
Dr. Mary Angelo	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	mangelo@luc.edu
Dr. Svetlana Dembovskaya	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	sdembov@luc.edu
Dr. Andrew McKenna	Professor Emeritus	Crown Center 204	amckenn@luc.edu
Linda McGowan	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	lmcgowan3@luc.edu

 

German Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dr. Reinhard Andress	Director of German Studies Program; Professor	Crown Center 212	773.508.7365 randress@luc.edu
Lorena Batiston	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 212	lbatiston@luc.edu
Veronika Roth	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	vroth@luc.edu

 

Hebrew Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dana Rubin-Abahel	Part-Time Instructor		drubinabahel@luc.edu

 

Italian Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dr. Cristina Lombardi-Diop	Italian Studies Program Director; Assistant Professor of Italian	Crown Center 202	773.508.2379 clombardidiop@luc.edu
Dr. Wiley Feinstein	Professor Emeritus		773.508.2868 wfeinst@luc.edu
Anna Clara Ionta	Senior Lecturer	Crown Center 203	773.508.2858 aionta@luc.edu
Dennis Martinez	Lecturer	Crown Center 108A	dmartinez2@luc.edu
Dr. Corie Marshall	Language Program Coordinator ITAL 101-104; Lecturer of Italian	Crown Center 108	cmarshall9@luc.edu
Claudia Defraia	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206	cdefraia@luc.edu
Antonio Romano	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206	aromano1@luc.edu
Elena Spilioti	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	773.508.2850 espilio@luc.edu

 

Japanese Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Dr. Sachie Banks	Director of Japanese Language and Culture Program; Instructor	Crown Center 217G	773.508.2891 sbanks2@luc.edu
Linda Chessick	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206	lchessick@luc.edu
Dr. Janet Fair	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206D	jfair@luc.edu
Rika Kinoshita	Part-time Instructor	Crown Center 206	rkinoshita@luc.edu

 

Polish Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Bozena Nowicka McLees	Director of Polish Studies Program	Crown Center 217F	773.508.2864 bmclees@luc.edu
Dr. John Merchant	Advanced Lecturer	Crown Center 109	773.508.2991 jmerchant@luc.edu
Zbigniew Banas	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206	zbanas@luc.edu
Dr. Jack Hutchens	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 206	773.508.7368 jhutchens@luc.edu
Aleksandra Majkowska Smith	Part-Time Instructor Polish Language	Crown Center 206C	773.508.7363 amajkowskasmith@luc.edu
Dr. Marta Ochyra-Olchawa	Part-Time Instructor - Polish and European Literature	Crown Center 206C	773.508.7368 mochyraolchawa@luc.edu

 

Russian Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
Nadezhda Vinogradova	Part-Time Instructor	CC206	nvinogradova@luc.edu

 

Spanish Faculty

Name	Title	Office #	Phone/E-mail
David Beltran	Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies Program; Lecturer	Crown Center 206A	773.508.2861 dbeltran@luc.edu
Dr. Clara Burgo	Undergraduate Program Director; Associate Professor	Crown Center 217B	773.508.8296 cburgo@luc.edu
Cynthia Carrasco	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	ccarras@luc.edu
Dr. Susana Cavallo	Professor	Crown Center 217C	773.508.2870 scavall@luc.edu
Adriana Diaz Lewis	Advanced Lecturer	Crown Center 216	adiazlewis@luc.edu
Dr. Héctor García Chávez	Director of Graduate Program in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies; Senior Lecturer of Spanish	Crown Center 206B	773.508.2863 hgarci1@luc.edu
Dr. Olympia Gonzalez	Associate Professor Emerita		ogonzal@luc.edu
Dr. D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J.	Associate Provost for Global and Community Engagement; Associate Professor of Spanish	Crown Center 207	773.508.7364 dhendrickson@luc.edu
Dr. Denis Heyck	Professor Emerita	Crown Center 204	773.508.2867 dheyck@luc.edu
Dr. Alrick Knight	Associate Professor	Crown Center 217A	773.508.2855 aknigh4@luc.edu
Elizabeth Maldonado	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	emaldonado@luc.edu
Miguel Mendez	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	mmendez4@luc.edu
Sarah Obrist	Instructor of Spanish	Crown Center 213	sobrist@luc.edu
Neringa Pukelis	Part-Time Instructor	Crown Center 213	npukelis@luc.edu
Dr. Ana Rodriguez Navas	Hispanic Studies Graduate Program Director; Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture	Crown Center 468	773.508.2171 arodrigueznavas@luc.edu
Dr. Natalia Valencia	Advanced Lecturer	Crown Center 467	773.508.3947 nvalencia@luc.edu
Dr. Gabriela Buitrón Vera	Lecturer	Crown Center 106	gbuitronvera@luc.edu
Jose Tuesta	Teaching Assistant	Crown Center 213	jtuesta@luc.edu
Sarah Cummins	Teaching Assistant	Crown Center 213	scummins1@luc.edu
Lucia Pereyra	Teaching Assistant	Crown Center 213	lpereyra@luc.edu