World Languages and Cultures
WLC Major Faculty Advisors
A School of World Languages and Cultures' Tenured and Tenure Track faculty member will serve as your faculty advisor while you are in our program, in addition to the academic advisor you work with through the Academic Advising Office. WLC faculty advisors are assigned by the first letter of your last name.
Dr. Christine Fernández
Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Latin American Culture and Literature
Spanish Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with A - F
Dr. Carolyn González
Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UC Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Spanish and Chicanx Literature
Spanish Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with G - L
Dr. Rebecca Pozzi
Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics with an emphasis in Second Language Acquisition, UC Davis
Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Linguistics more
Spanish Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with M - R
Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott
Ph.D. in Education: Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, The Ohio State University
Professor of Japanese Language more
Japanese Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with A - F
Dr. Shigeko Sekine
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, UC Los Angeles
Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics more
Japanese Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with G - O
Dr. David Vila Diéguez
Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies, Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor of Spanish Language and Peninsular Literature and Culture more
Spanish Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with S - Z
Dr. Dustin Wright
Ph.D. in History, UC Santa Cruz
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Japanese Culture and Language more
Japanese Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with P - Z