Classical Studies: Greek and Roman epic and dramatic genres; early philosophy, and comparative mythology & folklore
Spanish: Second language acquisition, individual differences, explicit and implicit instruction, third language acquisition, community-based learning
Spanish: Medieval and Early Modern Spain, Colonial Spanish-American literature and historiography, Modern Spanish Peninsular literature and culture, cultural studies, comparative literature, literary theory, performance studies, and popular culture.
German: Contemporary German and Austrian literature, gender studies, critical theory, teaching with technology
Arabic: Modern Arabic Language and Literature Theories of Modernity Comparative Literature Film Studies Islam in the Middle East Arabian Nights Folkloric Studies
Japanese Studies: Japanese Language and Culture, Intercultural and Interpersonal Communication
Italian: Late medieval Italian literature and culture, especially Dante and Petrarch
Arabic: MENA studies; comparative literature; discourse analysis; film&media
Russian: Russian Language, Linguistics, Literature and History
Religions of the ancient Mediterranean, New Testament/Christian origins, Late Antiquity, moral philosophy, emotion, embodied cognition, affect theory.
Korean: Korean Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, Migration Studies
Korean: Korean Languages & Cultural Studies, task-based language teaching, North Korean culture and language, technology in language education, Digital Storytelling
Spanish: Spanish in the US; heritage language education; critical, antiracist language teaching; ethnicity, race, and language in censuses; language and social justice
Arabic
Korean: second language acquisition, heritage language acquisition, Korean linguistics, translation studies, language assessment, project-based learning, differentiated instruction, online and distance learning
Italian: Medieval and Early Modern Italy; Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch; Gender Studies; Translation and Adaptation Studies
Korean: Korean Cinema, Cold War Culture in Asia, Cine-feminism, Memory Studies, Affect Theory, Political Aesthetics
French: Early Modern, Enlightenment, Revolutionary History, Literature, Art, & Music of the French Empire; Theories, Histories, and Practices of African Diaspora; Slavery & its Afterlives; War & Culture; Critical Race & Mixed-Race Studies; Gender & Sexuality; Human Rights & Social Justice; Theater; Film; Digital Humanities; Medical History; History of Emotion; Women’s Writing & History; History of News & Information Networks; Critical Pedagogy; Inclusive Pedagogy & Curricular Design; Student/Faculty Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Wellbeing; Faculty, Graduate, Undergraduate Recruitment, Retention, & Mentoring; Academic and Community Activism, Academe & Politics.
Spanish: Film history, film reception, "useful" film, Latin American film and other forms of mass media, Latin American literature, service-learning.
French: Modern African literatures and cultures; Modern francophone literatures and cultures; Intersections of literature and anthropology; Genocide studies; Folklore and oral literature; Postcolonial theory; Wolof (advanced reading) and Swahili (beginner).
Spanish: E-learning, Distance Education, Applied Linguistics, Spanish for Heritage Speakers, AI and Language Learning
French: 19th and 20th Century French Literature, Romanian Writers of French Expression, Translation Studies, Business French and French for the Professions
Arabic: Classical Arabic; Qur’anic Studies; Comparative Literature; Intellectual History, Postcolonialism
Spanish: Instructed Second Language Learning; Learner Individual Differences; Task-based Language Teaching; Critical Language Pedagogy; Heritage Language Education; Bilingual Education.
Chinese: Chinese literature and culture, Chinese myth and folklore, cross-cultural Traditional Chinese medicine, comparative literature, Asian American literature, translation studies, adaptation studies
Spanish: Language teaching and methodology, Latin American Colonial Literature, Critical approaches to literary analysis.
Spanish: Latina/o/x Studies, Chicana/o/x Studies, Latin American Studies, Iberian Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Migration Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, LGTBQIA+ Studies, Comparative Literary Studies, Panhispanic Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Editing & Publishing
Teaching and research interests: Greek and Roman literature, classical mythology, Roman history, the classical tradition; classical literature, history, and myth on film.
Arabic: Modern Arabic literature; Nahda studies; translation studies; gender studies; Arabic-Chinese comparative literary and cultural studies
German: Political economy, German contemporary films, critical theory, immigration, theories of nationalism & citizenship.
Chinese: Comparative literature, literary criticism and cultural studies