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Faculty and Staff
MODERN LANGUAGES & CULTURES DEPARTMENT
CHAIR

Perry
W. Myers, Associate Professor of German &
Modern
Languages and Cultures for the Professions
M.B.A.,
Baylor University, 1981.
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Appointed 2004.
Bio
E-mail
Phone: 517-629-0357
FRENCH

Dianne P. Guenin-Lelle,
Professor.
B.A., University of New Orleans, 1979.
M.A., University of
Southwestern Louisiana, 1983.
Ph.D., Louisiana State
University,1988.
Appointed 1987.
Research
Interests/Theses
Bio
E-mail
Phone:
517-629-0335

Emmanuel Yewah, Howard L. McGregor
Endowed
Professor of Humanities.
Licencie-es-Lettres, Universite de Yaounde, 1978.
Maitrise, Universite de Yaounde, 1979, M.A., 1982.
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1987.
Appointed
1986.
Research Interests
Bio
E-mail
Phone:
517-629-0314
GERMAN
Catherine Grimm,
Assistant Professor.
M.A., Comparative Literature, UMass, Amherst, 1992.
Ph.D., German Literature and Critical Thought,
Northwestern University, 1998.
Appointed
2003 (Visiting Assistant Professor.)
Assistant
Professor 2004.
Bio
E-mail
Phone: 517-629-0269
JAPANESE

Takami
Mohri, Visiting Assistant Professor.
M.A., Waseda University, 2004.
ABD,
Waseda University.
E-mail
Phone: 517-629-0262
SPANISH

Kalen Oswald,
Associate Professor.
B.A., 1995 Utah State University.
M.A.,1997, Ph.D., 2001, University of Arizona.
Appointed 2002.
E-mail
Phone: 517-629-0369

Julia Medina, Assistant Professor.
B.A., 1997,
Ph.D. University of
California at Davis.
Appointed 2006.
E-mail
Phone: 517-629-0333

Marcie Noble,
Visiting Instructor
Ph.D. Candidate, Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Appointed 2009.
E-mail
Phone: 517-629-0209
Native Speaker Teaching
Assistants, 2009-2010

Linda Clawson,
Department Secretary.
B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1979
Department Office: Vulgamore: 207
Phone: 517-629-0207
E-Mail
Former
Native Speaker Teaching Assistants
Native
Speaker Teaching Assistants, 2008-2009
Native
Speaker Teaching Assistants 2007-2008
Native Speaker Teaching Assistants for 2006-2007
Native Speaker Teaching Assistants
2005-2006
Native Speaker
Teaching Assistants 2004-2005
Former Instructors/Professors
JAPANESE

Chieko Shitara,
Visiting Instructor,
Waseda University, 2006-2008.
CHINESE
Haojing
Cheng, Instructor, Spring 2005
Ph.D. Michigan
State University.
GERMAN
Eva Kuttenberg,
Assistant Professor, 2001-2003
Ph.D. New York University.
Susanne Myers, Adjunct
Instructor (French and German).
B.A. (Interior Design), UTexas, Austin, 2002.
Study of Law, completed with Second Judicial State Examination (Assessorexamen),
Goethe Universität, Frankfurt/Germany,1987.
Study of Law, completed with
First Judicial State Examination (Referendarexamen)
Johann-Wolfgang von Goethe Universität in Frankfurt/Germany,1984.
Phone: 517-629-0320
SPANISH
Aida Diaz de Leon,
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2004-2005.
Susan Drake, Visiting
Assistant Professor.
M.A. & Ph.D., Ohio State
University, 2005.
Alvaro Leiva,
Visiting Assistant Professor,
2004-2005.
Assistant Professor,
2005-2006.

Cecilia McCaleb,
Visiting Instructor.
M.A. Western Michigan
University
Phone: 517-629-0188

Rebecca Whitehead-Schwarz, Assistant Professor.
B.A., 1998, Berry College.
M.A., 2000, University of
Kentucky.
Appointed 2006.
E-Mail
Phone: 517-629-0209
FACULTY EMERITI
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Jörg Baumgartner.
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Emeritus since 2006. |
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Ingeborg Baumgartner, Faculty Emerita.
M.A., 1959, University of Wisconsin. Ph.D., 1970, University of Michigan.
On staff 1966-2001.
Emeritus since 2001.
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Max Noordhoorn, Faculty Emeritus.
M.A.,1963, Ph.D., 1971, University of Michigan.
On staff 1968-2002.
Emeritus since 2002.
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