Faculty and Staff
Nicolas Abgrall
Instructor in French
Dr. Alfredo Alonso Estenoz
Associate Professor of Spanish
Education: Ph.D., Spanish, University of Iowa; M.A., Spanish, University of Iowa; B.A., Journalism, University of Havana
Constance R. Barclay
Administrative Assistant, Modern Languages and Religion
Administrative Assistant
Dr. Ruth Caldwell
Professor of French
Education: Ph.D., Romance Languages, University of Chicago; M.A., Romance Languages, University of Chicago; B.A., French, University of Southern California
Dr. Francesca De Santis
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Italian
Education: Ph.D., Foreign Modern Literatures, University of Pisa; Laurea, Spanish Literature, University of Rome
Dr. Anne-Marine Feat
Assistant Professor of French
Education: Ph.D., Irish Studies, Université Michel de Montaigne; M.A., English, Université de Bretagne Occidentale; B.A., Celtic Studies and Teaching French as a Foreign Language, Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Dr. Nancy Gates Madsen
Associate Professor of Spanish
Education: Ph.D., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., History and Advanced Studies in Spanish, Carleton College
Kari Gronningsaeter
Visiting Instructor in Scandinavian Studies
Laurie Iudin-Nelson
Associate Professor of Russian Studies
Head of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Russian, Scandinavian Studies
Director of Russian Studies
Director of Scandinavian Studies
Education: Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Russian Area Studies; Literature Concentration, University of Minnesota; B.A., History, Russian, Russian Studies, St. Olaf College
Ruth R. Kath
Professor of German
Education: Ph.D., German, University of Iowa; M.A., Theology, Loras College; M.A, German, University of Connecticut; B.A., German, Syracuse University
Dr. Dawn J. Schweizer
Visiting Assistant Professor in Spanish
Dr. Elizabeth K. Steding
Assistant Professor of German
Education: Ph.D., German Studies, Michigan State University; M.A., German Language and Culture, UC Santa Barbara; B.A., German, Alma College
Dr. Soeren A. Steding
Associate Professor of German
German and Paideia
Münster Program Director
Education: Ph.D., Germanistik, University of Regensburg; M.A., German Literature, Vanderbilt University; Staatsexamen (Gymnasium), University of Regensburg
Dr. Rita M. Tejada
Associate Professor of Spanish
Education: Ph. D., Spanish, Florida State University; M.A., Spanish, Emory University; B.A., Education, Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
David R. Thompson
Associate Professor of Spanish
Education: Ph. D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University; M.A., Spanish, Washington University; B.A., Spanish, Wabash College
Yertty VanderMolen
Instructor in Spanish
Education: LIC, High School Education: Specialized in English and French, National University of Trujillo; M.D., Spanish Literature, University of Northern Iowa; B.A., Education, National University of Trujillo
Dr. Hongmei Yu
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Education: Ph.D., Program of Comparative Literature, University of Oregon; M.A., Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, Peking University, China; B.A., School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Dr. Laurie Zaring
Associate Professor of Linguistics and French
French and Linguistics
Education: Ph.D., Romance Linguistics, Cornell University; M.A., French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin; B.A., French Culture, College of Wooster
