Faculty & Staff

• Mr. Watson Ambruster, Instructor
  Specialty: Spanish
  wambruster@mtsu.edu, (615) 904-8588, KOM 103A
  
  
• Dr. Priya Ananth, Assistant Professor
  Section Coordinator
  Specialty: Japanese
  pananth@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5357, KOM 151
  
  
• Dr. Robert Blankenship, Instructor
  Specialty: German
  rblankenship@mtsu.edu, , KOM 103D
  
  
• Dr. Jun Da, Associate Professor
  Media Center Director
  Specialty: Linguistics, Instructional technology, Chinese
  jda@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2279, BDA 302
  Homepage: http://lingua.mtsu.edu
   
• Dr. Oscar Diaz-Ortiz, Professor
  Section Coordinator
  Specialty: Spanish
  oscardi@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5901, BDA 326
  Homepage: http://www.mtsu.edu/~oscardi/
   
• Dr. Deniz Ekici, Visiting Professor
  Specialty: Kurdish
  dekici@mtsu.edu, (615) 494-8773, MGB 104
  
  
• Ms. Lauren Gates, Instructor
  Specialty: Spanish
  lgates@mtsu.edu, (615) 494-8773, MGB 110
  
  
• Dr. Nancy Goldberg, Professor
  Graduate Director
  Specialty: French
  goldberg@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2281, BDA 308
  Homepage: http://www.forlang.mtsu.edu/goldberg
   
• Dr. Sonja Hedgepeth, Professor
  Specialty: German, Hebrew
  shedgepe@mtsu.edu
  
  
• Dr. Thomas Heine, Associate Professor
  Specialty: German
  theine@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5122, BDA 330
  
  
• Dr. Leah Lyons, Associate Professor
  Specialty: French
  ltlyons@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5778, KOM 103F
  
  
• Ms. Vilay Lyxuchouky, Visiting Professor
  Specialty: French
  vilayly@hotmail.com
  
  
• Ms. Rita Maisonneuve, Assistant Professor
  Specialty: French, Spanish
  rmaisonn@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5013, KOM 152
  
  
• Dr. Theresa McBreen, Associate Professor
  Specialty: Spanish
  tmcbreen@mtsu.edu, (615) 904-8582, BDA 332
  
  
• Dr. Ann McCullough, Assistant Professor
  Section Coordinator
  Specialty: French
  amccullo@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5982, KOM 103D
  
  
• Dr. Joan McRae, Professor
  Department Chair
  Specialty: French
  jmcrae@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2982, BDA 301
  
  
• Dr. Deborah Mistron, Professor
  Specialty: Spanish
  dmistron@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2283, BDA 328
  
  
• Dr. Richard E. Morris, Professor
  Specialty: Spanish, Linguistics
  rmorris@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2284, BDA 310
  Homepage: http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/rmorris/
   
• Dr. Kari Neely, Assistant Professor
  Specialty: Arabic
  neekari@gmail.com, (615) 494-7906, MGB 104
  
  
• Dr. Soraya Nogueira, Associate Professor
  Specialty: Spanish, Portuguese
  snogueir@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5024, BDA 322
  
  
• Dr. Nuria Novella, Professor
  Specialty: Spanish, Italian
  nnovella@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5769, BDA 306
  Homepage: http://www.forlang.mtsu.edu/novella/
   
• Dr. Jason Lee Pettigrew, Assistant Professor
  Specialty: Spanish
  jpettigr@mtsu.edu, , COE 378
  
  
• Dr. Michael Rice, Associate Professor
  Section Coordinator
  Specialty: German
  mrice@mtsu.edu, (615) 904-8591, BDA 324
  Homepage: http://www.forlang.mtsu.edu/mrice/
   
• Dr. Judith Rusciolelli, Professor
  Specialty: Spanish
  judithr@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2278, BDA 300
  
  
• Dr. Shelley Thomas, Associate Professor
  Specialty: French
  shthomas@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5757, Honors Building 222
  Homepage: http://www.acceleratedacquisition.com
  
  
• Mr. Paolo Volpe-Rinonapoli, Instructor
  Specialty: Spanish, Italian
  pvolpe@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5902, KOM 103G
  Homepage: http://www.forlang.mtsu.edu/pvolpe/
   
• Ms. Ruth Watson, Executive Aide
  rwatson@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-2981, BDA 301

Adjunct instructors

• Mr. Matt Bearden
  Specialty: Spanish
  mbearden@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Ms. Lili Cai
  Specialty: Chinese
  lcai@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Mr. Robert Collard
  Specialty: Spanish
  robertc@wcs.edu, (615) 898-5226, BDA 381B
• Ms. Holly Knox
  Specialty: Spanish
  hknox@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Ms. Gloria Langston
  Specialty: Spanish
  langston@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Ms. Anne Lawn
  Specialty: Spanish
  aparkplace@yahoo.com, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Mr. William Mann
  Specialty: Spanish
  mannw@rcs.k12.tn.us, (615) 898-5006, BDA 318B
• Dr. Fred Mench
  Specialty: Latin
  fmench@earthlink.net, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Ms. Laura Nelson
  Specialty: French
  lmnelson@mtsu.edu, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Dr. Elizabeth Perez-Reilly
  Specialty: Spanish
  eperez-reilly@hotmail.com, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Mr. Abram Ring
  Specialty: Latin
  abramring@gmail.com, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Ms. Chiaki Shima
  Specialty: Japanese
  stock_savage@hotmail.com, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B
• Dr. Irina Willis
  Specialty: Russian
  iswillis@comcast.net, (615) 898-5226, BDA 318B

Post-retirement faculty

• Professor Rosemary Kew, Professor of French and Latin
  rakew@mtsu.edu