Department of Foreign Languages
FACULTY & STAFF

Roger Pieroni, Chair, Associate Professor of  French
Ph.D., Indiana University
Specializations: 20th-Century French Literature, Translation, Francophone Literatures and Cultures
Office: Olmsted Hall 358; (812) 488-1002
e-mail: rp49@evansville.edu
Alice Jenkins, Administrative Assistant
Specializations: Preventing departmental and institutional meltdown
Office: Olmsted Hall 350A; (812) 488-2165
e-mail: aj9@evansville.edu

Ann L. Baker, Assistant Professor of  Spanish
M.A., University of  Evansville
Specializations: Spanish Language, Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
Office: Olmsted Hall 353; (812) 488-2196
e-mail: ab39@evansville.edu
Cindy Crowe, Adjunct Instructor of  Spanish
M.A., University of  Evansville
Specializations: Spanish Language, Foreign Language Education
Office: Olmsted Hall 350; (812) 488-2165
e-mail: cc109@evansville.edu
Juan del Valle, Assistant Professor of  Spanish
M.A. in Spanish, M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Ohio University
Specializations: Spanish Language and Literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Office: Olmsted Hall 352; (812) 488-2457
e-mail: jv8@evansville.edu
Cathy Fraley, Lecturer in French
M.A., Indiana University
Specializations: French Language and Literature
Office: Olmsted Hall 354; (812) 488-2969
e-mail: cf29@evansville.edu
Antonio Grau Sempere, Assistant Professor of  Spanish
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
Specializations: Spanish Linguistics
Office: Olmsted Hall 361; (812) 488-2174
e-mail: ag87@evansville.edu
Earl Kirk, Director of  Study Abroad; Lecturer in French
M.A., Indiana University
Specializations: Study Abroad, French Poetry, Modern Fiction
Office: Union 208; (812) 488-1040
e-mail: ek43@evansville.edu
John Meredig, Assistant Professor of  Russian
Ph.D., Slavic Linguistics, University of  Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
Specializations: Slavic and Indo-European Linguistics, Linguistic Evolution,
      German Language, Ornithology
Office: Olmsted Hall 359; (812) 488-2346
e-mail: jm3@evansville.edu
Chris Mohn, Assistant Professor of  Spanish
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Specializations: 20th-Century Spanish Fiction, Spanish Peninsular Literary and Cultural Studies.
Office: Olmsted Hall 361; (812) 488-2585
e-mail: mm333@evansville.edu
Yoshiko Nagaoka, Assistant Professor of  Japanese
Ed.D., University of  Massachusetts-Amherst
Specializations: Japanese Language and Culture, Linguistics
Office: Olmsted Hall 355; (812) 488-1029
e-mail: yn2@evansville.edu
Lesley Pleasant, Assistant Professor of  German
Ph.D., University of  Virginia
Specializations: German Film, Theater, and 20th-Century Literature & Culture
Office: Olmsted Hall 361; (812) 488-2967
e-mail: lp84@evansville.edu
Maria Regina Ruiz, Adjunct Instructor of  Spanish
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
Specializations: Latin American Literature
Office: Olmsted Hall 361; (812) 488-2174
e-mail: rr65@evansville.edu
Arcea Zapata de Aston, Assistant Professor of  Spanish
Ph.D., Latin American Literature, University of  Iowa
Specializations: Latin American and Peninsular Literature, Spanish-American Women's Poetry
Office: Olmsted Hall 360; (812) 488-2970
e-mail: aa113@evansville.edu

             Other Language Instructors
William Hemminger, Professor of  English & Foreign Languages
Ph.D., Ohio University
Specializations: French Language of  Francophone Literature
See also Department of  English
Office: Olmsted Hall 329; (812) 488-2876
e-mail: bh35@evansville.edu
Alan Kaiser, Assistant Professor of  Archaeology
Ph.D., Boston University
Language Taught: Latin
See also Department of  Archaeology
Office: Olmsted Hall 402; (812) 488-1049
e-mail: ak58@evansville.edu
Valerie Stein, Assistant Professor of  Religion
Ph.D., Harvard University
Language Taught: Hebrew
See also Department of  Philosophy and Religion
Office: Olmsted Hall 306; (812) 488-1103
e-mail: vs9@evansville.edu
Patrick Thomas, Associate Professor of  Archaeology
Ph.D., University of  North Carolina
Language Taught: Latin
See also Department of  Archaeology
Office: Olmsted Hall 411; (812) 488-2251
e-mail: pt4@evansville.edu
James Ware, Associate Professor of  Philosophy and Religion
Ph.D., Yale University
Language Taught: Ancient Greek
See also Department of  Philosophy and Religion
Office: Olmsted Hall 303; (812) 488-2057
e-mail: jw44@evansville.edu