World Languages and Cultures
World Languages & Cultures Faculty & Staff
Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty
- Shigeko Sekine
- Christine Fernandez
- Carolyn Gonzalez
- Rebecca Pozzi
- Yoshiko Saito Abbott
- David Vila Dieguez
- James Dustin Wright (Chair)
Faculty Emeritus
- Donaldo Urioste
- Maria Zielina
Lecturer Faculty
- Adrian Andrade
- Marco Barbosa
- Darby Brown
- Brian Chávez Bolaños
- Sara Cisneros
- Judy Cortes
- Sean Curran
- Marilu Flores
- Gus Leonard
- Junko Matsuda
- Tomoko Ogaki
- Ryoko Ohnishi
- Pablo Oliva
- An Pham
- Krystal Rios-Harris
- Alisha Romano
- Laura Saldana
- Michele Santamaria
- Nanda Warren
Admini-
strative & Technical Staff
Advisors
- Japanese Language & Culture
Sharon Anderson - Spanish Language & Hispanic Cultures
Teresa Nieves Espinoza
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 Japanese and Spanish faculty advisors are assigned by the first letter of your last name.
Campus-Wide Department Affiliates
Sarah Dahlen is the Librarian for majors in the School of World Languages and Cultures: Japanese Language and Culture, and Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures.
Sharon Anderson is the Academic Advisor for Japanese Language and Culture.
Teresa Nieves Espinoza is the Academic Advisor for Spanish Language and Hispanic Culture.
Amy Whitson is the Graduation Counselor for WLC majors and confirms they have fulfilled all requirements for graduation.
Non-people information
WLC Faculty members have projects and grants in many areas, among them:
- The Monterey Bay World Language Project or MBWLP (formerly MBFLP) has its home in WLC, and is sponsored through the California World Language Project (CWLP) as part of the California Subject Matter Projects (CSMP). The project provides professional development opportunities for tri-county language teachers and professionals.
- "Yoshi" Alonzo, MBWLP Coordinator, 831-582-5482
- The DigitalStream Conference from 1999-2008 and electronic Proceedings from 2005-2008 brought nearly 350 language technology education professionals to CSUMB each year to network and share ideas. Note, paperback issues are still available.
Contact School of World Languages and Cultures
Phone: (831)582-3863
Email: Send an email
Building: CAHSS Building 504, Room 2419
Office Hours: 8-5 Monday - Friday
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