Faculty and Staff

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Core Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Colleen Balukas

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics

Janina Brutt-Griffler

Professor of Foreign Language Education

Department of Learning and Instruction

Fabiola Henri

Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Adrián Rodríguez-Riccelli

Assistant Professor

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Rohini K. Srihari

Professor and Associate Chair

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Postdoctoral Researchers

In Memoriam

  • Robert Hoeing.

    Associate Professor
    Department of Linguistics
    College of Arts and Sciences

    Specialties: German Syntax, Syntactic Theory, and Business German

  • Madeleine Mathiot.

    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Linguistics
    College of Arts and Sciences

    Specialties: Field Linguistics, Ethnosemantics, Lexicology, Semiotics, Discourse

  • Wolfgang Wölck.

    Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
    Department of Linguistics
    College of Arts and Sciences

    Specialties: Diglossia, Bilingualism, and Sociolinguistics

Full-Time Lecturers

Mindy Brightman

Full-Time Lecturer (ASL)

Department of Linguistics

606 Baldy

Email: mindybri@buffalo.edu

Xianxian Fang

Full-time Lecturer (Chinese)

Department of Linguistics

466 Baldy

Email: xianxian@buffalo.edu

Sigrid Fertig

Full-time Lecturer (German)

Department of Linguistics

629 Baldy

Email: sfertig@buffalo.edu

Dot-Eum Kim

Full-time Lecturer (Korean)

Department of Linguistics

449 Baldy

Email: dotkim@buffalo.edu

Akemi Isselbaecher

Full-Time Lecturer (Japanese)

Department of Linguistics

644 Baldy

Phone: (716) 645-0137

Email: sakamoto@buffalo.edu

Mikuko Nagashima

Full-time Lecturer (Japanese)

Department of Linguistics

648 Baldy

Email: mikukona@buffalo.edu

Yongbo Tian

Full-time Lecturer (Chinese)

Department of Linguistics

469 Baldy

Email: ytian2@buffalo.edu

Jayme Williams

Full-time Lecturer (ASL)

Department of Linguistics

606 Baldy

Email: jaymewil@buffalo.edu

Adjunct Instructors

Lee Dray

Adjunct Instructor (ASL)

Department of Linguistics

Lynn Engle

Adjunct Instructor (German)

Department of Linguistics

444 Baldy

Email: lynnengl@buffalo.edu

Heeju Hwang

Adjunct Instructor (Korean)

Department of Linguistics

456 Baldy

Email: heejuhwa@buffalo.edu

Vandana Iyer

Adjunct Instructor (Hindi)

Department of Linguistics

444 Baldy

Email: vb4@buffalo.edu

Toshie Kenney

Adjunct Instructor (Japanese)

Department of Linguistics

612 Baldy

Email: toshieke@buffalo.edu

Juseung Lee

Adjunct Instructor (Korean)

Department of Linguistics

456 Baldy

Email: 456 Baldy

Patrick Magin

Adjunct Instructor (Japanese)

Department of Linguistics

612 Baldy

Email: pjmagin@buffalo.edu

Danuta Nycz-Nakamura

Adjunct Instructor (Polish)

Department of Linguistics

612 Baldy

Email: nycz@buffalo.edu

Stefanos Papazaharias

Adjunct Instructor (Greek)

Department of Linguistics

810 Clemens

Phone: (716) 645-0749

Email: scp@buffalo.edu

Administrative Staff