Faculty & Staff
Department Chair
Jason Yancey
About
Professor Jason Yancey joined the Spanish faculty at GVSU in 2009, where he specializes in puppetry and early modern theatre. Since becoming the MLL unit head in 2025, Professor Yancey aims to promote innovative teaching that magnifies the reward of learning languages and cultures, with meaningful benefits to our students, communities, and world.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-247 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3657
Chris Cirefice
Assistant Coordinator - Language Resource Center
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-124 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8767
Chris Jansson
Joint Department Coordinator (MLL/HST)
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-243 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Lolita Salindong
Department Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-243 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
David Schultz
Coordinator - Language Resource Center
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-130 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-2513
Isa Grunwaldt
Student Worker
Tayler Thompson
Student Worker | Graphic Design
Joana Calderon-Diaz
Student Worker
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-243 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Majd Al-Mallah
Section Coordinator | Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-218 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3634
Habeeb Awad
Part-Time Facuty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-240 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Meghan Cai
Section Coordinator | Associate Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-214 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-2870
Yan Liang
Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-144 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-2405
Min-Hui Sall
Part-Time Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-236 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3315
David Eick
Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-255 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3497
Janel Pettes Guikema
Section Coordinator | Professor | MI Seal of Biliteracy Coordinator
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-253 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8904
Katie VanOort
Visiting Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-263 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3459
Carol Wilson-Tiesma
Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-238 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8503
Donovan Anderson
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-251 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8595
Regina Koehler
Section Coordinator | Associate Professor
Profile
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Office Address: D-2-132 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-2961
Kevin Neitzert
Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-220 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3039
Mitchell Place
Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-210 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3239
Gisella Licari
Section Coordinator | Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-126 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3458
Jason Herlands
Associate Professor
Profile
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Office Address: D-2-104 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-2940
Kristi Pawlak
Part-Time Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-251 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Jeremy Robinson
Section Coordinator | Associate Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-136 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8907
Ernesto Cid
Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-116 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8768
Sean Duffie
Part-Time Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-227 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Fabio Espitia
Language Coordinator (100-200 Levels) | Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
office Address: D-2-138 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3177
Carmen Fernandez Florez
Associate Professor
Profile
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Office Address: B-2-212 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3179
Sandra Fernandez-Tardani
Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-234 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8903
Mayra Fortes Gonzalez
Associate Professor
Profile
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Office Address: D-2-118 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3804
Elizabeth Gansen
Section Coordinator | Associate Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-216 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8769
Daphne Jansky
Part-Time Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-257 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Marie Mangold
Assistant Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-114 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3459
Jamie Martin
Part-Time Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-227 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Sarah Mather
Senior Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-242 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8905
Sarah Matthews
Affiliate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-222 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-8529
Nicole Rasch
Part-Time Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2- MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3203
Eliot Westdorp
Visiting Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-261 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-2478
Jason Yancey
Department Chair | Professor
Profile
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-247 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3657
Lourdes (Huei Lan) Yen
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: D-2-120 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3169
Anita Zandstra
Visiting Faculty
Email: [email protected]
Office Address: B-2-230 MAK
Office Phone: (616) 331-3971
In Memoriam
Natalia Gómez
"Dr. Natalia Gomez, professor in Modern Language & Literature, passed away October 8th ..."
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Zulema Moret
"Zulema Moret, professor of modern languages and literatures, died January 29 ..."
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