Global Languages Faculty and Staff
![April Ashway-Railing, Department Secretary](/globalassets/_home/pixel_placeholder.jpg)
April Ashway-Railing, Department Secretary
![Dr. David Wildermuth, Associate Professor](/contentassets/06570493ca1f4a55b0a828091c9c52ba/recent_pic2.jpg)
Dr. David Wildermuth, Associate Professor
B.A., State University of New York at Cortland
M.A., Bowling Green State University, Ohio
D.M.L., Middlebury College
Specialty Areas: 20th Century German and Austrian History, Culture and Literature, The Holocaust
![Dr. Robert Lesman, Associate Professor/Department Chair](/contentassets/8ebf54df3c894e31984e8d28392048c7/robert.lesman.jpg)
Dr. Robert Lesman, Associate Professor/Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Specialty Areas: 20th Century Latin American poetry, U.S.-Latin American Literary Intersections, the Hispanic Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic Cultures, Translation, Spanish for the Professions
![Dr. Blandine Mitaut, Associate Professor](/contentassets/f69ce86e8e4f4846ac85d9b4a4faed44/blandine.mitaut.jpg)
Dr. Blandine Mitaut, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Emory University
Specialty Areas: 20th and 21st-Century French Literature, French Thought, Critical Theory, Translation Studies and Translation Theory
![Dr. Ana Moraña, Professor/Director of Ethnic Studies](/contentassets/55632675b90043ed96e62d1f9ea18f21/ana_morana.jpg)
Dr. Ana Moraña, Professor/Director of Ethnic Studies
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Specialty Areas: 19th-Century Latin American Literature and Latin American Modernismo, Latin American Film
![Dr. Marcela Pineda, Associate Professor](/contentassets/36cc9468a97d44d9902a7627fe7c980b/marcela.pineda_volk.jpg)
Dr. Marcela Pineda, Associate Professor
B.A., Rutgers University
M.A., Middlebury College
Ph.D., Indiana University
Specialty Areas: 20th Century Latin American Prose, Fiction and Poetry, Specializing in the South Cone
![Dr. José Ricardo-Osorio, Associate Professor](/contentassets/25585c2cf90e41a0bf1fbccb076387fd/jose_ricardo_osorio.jpg)
Dr. José Ricardo-Osorio, Associate Professor
M.A. and Ed.D., University of Arkansas
Specialty Areas: Student Learning Outcome Assessment, Foreign Language Teaching Methods