World Languages and Cultures Department

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College of Arts and Humanities
Ellensburg
Black Hall 206
Mail Stop 7552
509-963-1218
worldlanguages@cwu.edu
https://www.cwu.edu/academics/world-languages/

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Volha Isakava, PhD

Professors
Michael Johnson, PhD, French
Nathalie Kasselis, PhD, Spanish, French

Associate Professors
Eric Mayer, PhD, Spanish
Volha Isakava, PhD, Russian

Assistant Professors
Junyuan Chen, PhD, Japanese
Andrea Herrera-Dulcet, PhD, Spanish
Christina Torres Garcia, PhD, Latino and Latin American Studies
Taralynn Petrites, PhD, Deaf and Sign Language Studies, American Sign Language

Lecturers
Yoon Kim, MA, Korean
Laurie Moshier, DA, German, French
Glen Petrites, MA, American Sign Language
Veronica Muskheli, PhD, Russian
Akane Shirata, PhD, Japanese
Brigette Walters, PhD, Spanish
Xiaoyin Zhong, MA, Chinese

Emeritus Faculty
Elbert Bilyeu
Eva-Marie Carne
Ilda-Marie Easterling
Dinara Georgeoliani
Kelton W. Knight
Natalie Lefkowitz
Margaret N. Lester
Carlos E. Martin
Joshua S. Nelson
Dieter Romboy
Christian I. Schneider

Staff
Jordan Ledo, secretary senior

Department Information
The Department of World Languages and Cultures does not offer any graduate programs at this time.

Courses

• ASL 505 - Sign Language Structure and Usage
• ASL 520 - First and Second Language Acquisition
• ASL 525 - Methods of Second Language Instruction
• ASL 530 - Research Methods in the American Sign Language Field
• ASL 535 - ASL Evaluation and Assessment
• ASL 540 - Global and Social Perspectives of Educator Leadership
• ASL 600 - Program Development and Planning
• ASL 601 - Design and Development of Instruction in the Digital Age

• SPAN 500 - Professional Development

• WL 500 - Professional Development

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