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Department Chair

  • Eduard Arriaga-Arango

    Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Department Chair, Language, Literature & Culture

    Eduard Arriaga is a researcher of language, literature, culture, and digital humanities. He develops interdisciplinary research at the intersection of fields such as critical race studies, Afro-Latinx and Afro-Latin American Studies, digital studies, and digital humanities. He is currently writing […]

Program Faculty

  • Maria Acosta Cruz

    Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Born and raised in Cabo rojo, Puerto Rico, Maria Acosta Cruz received a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in comparative literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton in […]

  • Eduard Arriaga-Arango

    Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Department Chair, Language, Literature & Culture

    Eduard Arriaga is a researcher of language, literature, culture, and digital humanities. He develops interdisciplinary research at the intersection of fields such as critical race studies, Afro-Latinx and Afro-Latin American Studies, digital studies, and digital humanities. He is currently writing […]

  • Belen Atienza

    Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Dr. Atienza received a B.A. from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1993 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1995 and 2000, respectively. She has been at Clark since 2003. Dr. Atienza is currently working on a book […]

  • Odile Ferly

    Associate Professor of Francophone Studies, Language, Literature & Culture

    Dr. Ferly received a B.A. from the University of Bristol, UK, an M.A. from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol. She has been at Clark since 2004 and is affiliated with […]

  • Allison Fong

    Associate Teaching Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Dr. Fong teaches language, literature, and culture courses. She works with the teaching assistants from France, does Study Abroad advising, and is the faculty liaison to Clark's French Club. Dr. Fong earned her Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University: […]

  • Everett Fox

    Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Dr. Fox received a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1968, 1972, and 1975, respectively. He has been at Clark since 1987. Dr. Fox serves as director of the program in Jewish Studies, and is also affiliated with the […]

  • Beth Gale

    Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Dr. Gale received a B.A. from the University of Delaware at Newark in 1993, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and 1999, respectively. She has been at Clark since 2001 and is affiliated with […]

  • Dolores Juan-Moreno

    Associate Teaching Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Dr. Juan-Moreno received a B.A. from the Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) in 2008, and Ph.D.s from UIB and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2015 and 2016, respectively. She has been at Clark since 2015. Lola's research focuses […]

  • Alexander Murphy

    Assistant Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    Alexander Murphy received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2022. His research centers on modern Japan with a focus on the relationship between sound, language, and the body across literature, media, and performance. In these settings, he is […]

  • Juan Pablo Rivera

    Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture

    A graduate of Yale and Harvard universities, Professor Rivera is the author of two poetry collections, and has published over a dozen articles on Latin American literature and the study of gender and sexuality. His current book project analyzes the […]

John Dunn
Instructor, American Sign Language
Tel: 1-508-793-7494
Email: jdunn@clarku.edu


Lili Foti
Instructor, Chinese
Tel: 1-508-793-7352
Email: lfoti@clarku.edu


Tyran Grillo
Instructor, Japanese
Tel: 1-508-793-7494
Email: tgrillo@clarku.edu


Talia Mugg
Instructor, Hebrew
Tel: 1-508-793-7246
Email: tmugg@clarku.edu


Elizabeth O’Connell-Inman
Instructor, Spanish
Email: eoconnellinman@clarku.edu


Marcela Otalora
Instructor, Spanish
Tel: 1-508-793-7354
Email: motalora@clarku.edu


Chris Synodinos
Instructor, Latin, Greek, Classics
Tel: 1-508-793-7365
Email: csynodinos@clarku.edu


Alice Valentine
Instructor, Japanese
Email: avalentine@clarku.edu


Yanna Zhang
Instructor, German
Tel: 1-508-793-7270
Email: yanzhang@clarku.edu

Marvin D’Lugo
Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Email: mdlugo@clarku.edu


Carol D’Lugo
Professor Emerita of Spanish
Email: cdlugo@clarku.edu


Hartmut Kaiser
Professor Emeritus of German


Dorothy Kaufmann
Professor Emerita of French
Email: dkaufmann@clarku.edu


Constance Montross
Professor Emerita of Spanish
Email: cmontross@clarku.edu


Walter Schatzberg
Professor Emeritus of German
Email: wschatzberg@clarku.edu


Michael Spingler
Professor Emeritus of French
Email: mspingler@clarku.edu