Faculty Committees

Appointed

Curriculum Committee

Ex officio: Rigoberto Guevara

  • Ikuho Amano, AMES, Committee Chair
    Fall 2023-Spring 2025

  • Liz Enkin, Spanish
    Fall 2023-Spring 2025

  • Erica Schauer, PoP, French
    Fall 2023-Spring 2025

  • Ana Tudela Martinez, GTA representative
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025

  • Jana Jensen, Lecturer, CEES
    Fall 2023-Spring 2025

  • Raenie Neilsen, Undergraduate
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Graduate Committee and Graduate Advisors

Ex officio: Rigoberto Guevara, Dept. Chair

  • Ingrid Robyn, Spanish
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Errapel Mejias-Vicandi, Spanish
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Julia Frengs, French
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Patty Simpson, German
    Fall 2023-Spring 2026

Language Program Coordinators

  • Introductory French
    Catherine Johnson

  • Introductory German
    Christiane (Jana) Jensen

  • Introductory Japanese Studies
    Ayaka Kondo

  • Introductory Spanish
    Kelly Kingsbury Brunetto

  • Intermediate Spanish
    Carol Subiabre

  • Introductory Arabic Studies
    Abla Hasan

  • Introductory Chinese Program
    Hunter Shen

  • Introductory Czech Studies
    Hana Waisserova

Coordinators for Study Abroad

  • Christiane Jensen, Germany

  • Jordan Stump, Angers, France

Undergraduate Transfer Credit Evaluators 

For major programs.

  • Jordan Stump, French

  • Jeff Jarzomb, German

  • Kelly Kingsbury Brunetto, Spanish

Scholarship Committee (Ad Hoc)

  • Nora Peterson, French

  • Iker Gonzalez-Allende, Spanish

  • Hana Waisserova, Czech and German

  • Ikuho Amano, Japanese

  • Abla Hasan, Arabic

Elected Committees

Executive Committee

Ex officio: Rigoberto Guevara, Committee Chair | Ikuho Amano, Vice Chair | Julia Frengs, Graduate Chair

  • Abla Hasan, AMES
    Fall 2023-Spring 2027

  • Hana Waisserova, CEES
    Fall 2024-Spring 2026

  • Iker González-Allende, Spanish
    Fall 2023-Spring 2027

  • Nora Peterson, French
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

Salary Merit Advisory Committee

Ex officio: Rigoberto Guevara, Committee Chair

  • Isabel Velazquez, Tenure-line
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Errapel Mejias-Vicandi, Tenure-line
    Fall 2023-Spring 2027

  • Jordan Stump, Tenure-line
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Jose Gonzalez, Tenure-line
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Jeff Jarzomb, Professor of Practice
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

  • Bethany Sanio, Lecturer
    Fall 2023-Spring 2027

  • Carol Subiabre, Lecturer
    Fall 2024-Spring 2026

Section Heads

  • Abla Hasan, AMES
    Fall 2023-Spring 2027

  • Hana Waisserova, CEES
    Fall 2024-Spring 2026

  • Iker González-Allende, Spanish
    Fall 2021- Spring 2027

  • Nora Peterson, French
    Fall 2025-Spring 2027

Section GTA and Lecturer Representatives 

  • Daniel Lino Plata, Spanish GTA
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025

  • Carol Subiabre, Spanish Lecturer
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Lecturer Representative to the Department

  • Carol Subiabre, Spanish
    Fall 2024- Spring 2025

Representatives (Senators) to Academic Senate

  • Erica Schauer

  • Rigoberto Guevara, Dept. Chair

Graduate Student Assembly

  • Sarah Banderas Martinez, President
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025

  • Franklin Baumgartner, Vice President
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025

  • Zachary Swain, Treasurer and Social Chair
    Fall 2024-Spring 2025