The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics welcomed 11 new faculty members this fall.
They join a group of talented faculty who lead externally funded and nationally recognized research projects, author major books and articles, and receive national and international awards and fellowships for their scholarship, service, and teaching.
They include as follows:
Leonardo Chiarantini, lecturer, Department of French & Italian
Iliyana Dmitrova, visiting lecturer, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Yamile Ferreira Teixeira, assistant professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Eduardo Manuel Garcia-Molina, assistant professor, Department of Classics
Shelby King, lecturer, Department of Religion
Dorothy Maweu, instructor, director of Sub-Saharan Languages Program, and coordinator of Swahili
Scott Nelson, assistant professor, Department of Linguistics
Lydia Newkirk, visiting assistant professor, Department of Linguistics
Belinda Qian He, assistant professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Rodrigo Viqueira, assistant professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Angelica Waner, assistant professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese