Center for Language Studies

People

The Center for Language Studies collaborates with people across multiple language departments and Centers across campus. In addition to our colleagues in World Languages and Cultures, please see the list of our partners and collaborators below who join us as part of the Executive Board, the Advisory Board and as Affiliated Faculty.

Center for Languages Studies Faculty

Jeremy Lehnen

CLS Director, Director Brazil Initiative, Associate Teaching Professor of Language Studies, Associate Teaching Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

jeremy_lehnen@brown.edu
Elsa Belmont Flores

CLS Assistant Director, Assistant Teaching Professor of Language Studies, Assistant Teaching Professor, Arabic

Elsa_Belmont_Flores@Brown.edu
Ashok Koul

Associate Director of World Languages and Cultures, Teaching Professor, Hindi and Urdu

Ashok_Koul@Brown.edu
Katherine Kang

Second Language Acquisition & Technology Specialist, Assistant Teaching Professor of Language Studies

Katherine_Kang@Brown.edu

World Languages and Cultures Faculty

Arabic

Elsa Belmont Flores

CLS Assistant Director, Assistant Teaching Professor of Language Studies, Assistant Teaching Professor, Arabic

Elsa_Belmont_Flores@Brown.edu

Research Profile
Miled Faiza

Associate Teaching Professor, Arabic, Language Program Coordinator for Arabic

Miled_Faiza@Brown.edu

Research Profile
Alla Hassan

Assistant Teaching Professor, Arabic

Alla_Hassan@Brown.edu

Research Profile

American Sign Language

Heather Nowicki

Assistant Teaching Professor, American Sign Language

Heather_Nowicki@Brown.edu
Robert Martin

Visiting Lecturer in American Sign Language

Robert_Martin1@brown.edu.

English for International Teaching Assistants

Barbara Gourlay

Associate Teaching Professor, English for International Teaching Assistants Program, Coordinator, English for International Teaching Assistants Program

Barbara_Gourlay@Brown.edu

Hindi and Urdu

Ashok Koul

Associate Director of World Languages and Cultures, Teaching Professor, Hindi and Urdu

Ashok_Koul@Brown.edu

Research Profile

Persian

Michelle Quay

Assistant Teaching Professor, Persian

michelle_quay@brown.edu

Turkish

Esra Ozdemir

Visiting Lecturer in Turkish

Esra_Ozdemir1@Brown.edu

Administrative Staff

Kirsty Dain

Center Manager

kirsty_dain@brown.edu

(401) 863-3043
Jill Stewart

Academic Manager

jill_stewart@brown.edu

(401) 863-3043

Executive Board

Beverly Bossler

Chair of East Asian Studies, Professor of East Asian Studies and History

Beverly_Bossler@brown.edu
Lynne DeBenedette

Associate Teaching Professor of Slavic Studies

lynne_debenedette@brown.edu
Ashok Koul

Associate Director of World Languages and Cultures, Teaching Professor, Hindi and Urdu

Ashok_Koul@Brown.edu
Jeremy Lehnen

CLS Director, Director Brazil Initiative, Associate Teaching Professor of Language Studies, Associate Teaching Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

jeremy_lehnen@brown.edu
Michal Oklot

Associate Professor, Slavic Studies

Michal_Oklot@Brown.edu
Lewis Seifert

Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Lewis_Seifert@brown.edu

Faculty Advisory Board

Cristina Abbona-Sneider

Associate Teaching Professor of Italian Studies
Ruth Adler Ben Yehuda

Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies, Judaic Studies
Elsa Amanatidou

Director of Modern Greek Studies, Teaching Professor of Classics
Wenhui Chen

Associate Teaching Professor, Chinese
Lynne DeBenedette

Associate Teaching Professor of Slavic Studies
Stéphanie Gaillard

Associate Teaching Professor of French Studies
Ashok Koul

Associate Director of World Languages and Cultures, Teaching Professor, Hindi and Urdu
Jeremy Lehnen

CLS Director, Director Brazil Initiative, Associate Teaching Professor of Language Studies, Associate Teaching Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Patricia Sobral

Teaching Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Affiliated Faculty

Cristina Abbona-Sneider

Associate Teaching Professor of Italian Studies

Cristina_Abbona@brown.edu
Ruth Adler Ben Yehuda

Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies, Judaic Studies

ruth_adler_ben_yehuda@brown.edu
Elsa Amanatidou

Director of Modern Greek Studies, Teaching Professor of Classics

Elsa_Amanatidou@brown.edu
Atsuko Borgmann

Associate Teaching Professor, Japanese

atsuko_borgmann@brown.edu
Wenhui Chen

Associate Teaching Professor, Chinese

Wenhui_Chen@Brown.edu
Lynne DeBenedette

Associate Teaching Professor of Slavic Studies

lynne_debenedette@brown.edu
Paulina Duda

Visiting Assistant Professor of Slavic Studies

Paulina_Duda@Brown.edu
Masako Fidler

Professor of Slavic Studies

masako_fidler@brown.edu
Jonathan Fine

Assistant Teaching Professor of German Studies

jonathan_fine@brown.edu
Stéphanie Gaillard

Associate Teaching Professor of French Studies

stephanie_gaillard@brown.edu
Eva Gomez Garcia

Associate Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies

eva_gomez_garcia@brown.edu
Sachiko Hiramatsu

Assistant Teaching Professor, Japanese

Sachiko_Hiramatsu@brown.edu
Lung-Hua Hu

Senior Lecturer Emerita in East Asian Studies, East Asian Studies

Lung-Hua_Hu@brown.edu
Liwei Jiao

Associate Teaching Professor, Chinese

liwei_jiao@brown.edu
Heeyeong Jung

Assistant Teaching Professor, Korean

heeyeong_jung@brown.edu
Naemi McPherson

Assistant Teaching Professor, Japanese

naemi_mcpherson@brown.edu
Stéphanie Ravillon

Associate Teaching Professor of French Studies

stephanie_ravillon@brown.edu
Nidia Schuhmacher

Senior Lecturer Emerita in Hispanic Studies

nidia_schuhmacher@brown.edu
Patricia Sobral

Teaching Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Patricia_Sobral@brown.edu
Silvia Sobral

Associate Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies

Silvia_Sobral@brown.edu
Jane Sokolosky

Teaching Professor of German Studies

Jane_Sokolosky@brown.edu
Lulei Su

Assistant Teaching Professor, Chinese

lulei_su@brown.edu
Naofumi Tatsumi

Visiting Lecturer, Japanese

naofumi_tatsumi@brown.edu
Trang Tran

Visiting Lecturer, Vietnamese

trang_tran@brown.edu
Hye-Sook Wang

Associate Professor of Korean

Hye-Sook_Wang@brown.edu
Yang Wang

Associate Teaching Professor, Chinese

yang_wang@brown.edu
Aya Yamakawa

Visiting Lecturer, Japanese

aya_yamakawa@brown.edu

Undergraduate Language Ambassadors

Isabella Collins '26

Language Ambassador

isabella_collins1@brown.edu
Markus Joerg '26

Language Ambassador

markus_joerg@brown.edu
Emma Brignall '27

Language Ambassador

emma_brignall@brown.edu
Martina Herman '26

Language Ambassador

martina_herman@brown.edu

People

People

Center for Languages Studies Faculty

World Languages and Cultures Faculty

Heather Nowicki

Robert Martin

Michelle Quay

Esra Ozdemir

Administrative Staff

Kirsty Dain

Jill Stewart

Executive Board

Faculty Advisory Board

Affiliated Faculty

Jonathan Fine

Naofumi Tatsumi

Trang Tran

Aya Yamakawa

Undergraduate Language Ambassadors

Isabella Collins '26

Markus Joerg '26

Emma Brignall '27

Martina Herman '26