Mahmoud I. Abdalla

Office: IIRC 7
Email: mabdalla@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.4607

Arabic language, Arab culture and media, linguistics, second language acquisition, language culture and identity.

Edgard Coly

Office: McCone Building
Email: edgard.coly@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.3506

African politics and cultures, Africa in the arena of globalization, contemporary France, Francophone literature, twentieth century French literature, postmodernism and postcolonial theory

Jinhuei Enya Dai

Office: McCone Building
Email: jinhuei.dai@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.6570

Cognitive linguistics, Chinese cognitive linguistics, Chinese as a heritage language, Chinese and Taiwanese popular culture, linguistic anthropology, and interactive blogging

Ruth Carina Feldsberg

Office: McCone Cubicle D
Email: rfeldsberg@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.3562

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Michel Gueldry

Office: McCone Building
Email: michel.gueldry@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.3508

French politics, business and history, French language, cinema and civilization; Western Europe; European Union, European integration, transatlantic relations, language pedagogy and content-based instruction (Monterey Model)

Naoko Matsuo

Office: McCone Building 222
Email: nmatsuo@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.3512

Japanese language and culture, pedagogy, Japanese for business, current issues in Japanese media

Sabino Morera

Office: McGowan 200B
Email: smorera@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.6662

Spanish-English translation, English and Spanish linguistics, Language and Translation Pedagogy

Pablo Oliva

Office: IIRC Building
Email: pablo.oliva@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.4173

Spanish language and culture, Latin American culture and society, language teaching pedagogy, second language acquisition (SLA), curriculum design

Vicki Porras

Office: IIRC Building
Email: vicki.porras@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.3541

Spanish Language and Culture; Pedagogy;  Business Spanish; Green Business, Second Language Acquisition, Environmental Topics in the Hispanic Countries and Sustainable Development

Anna Vassilieva

Office: 200 A McGowan
Email: avassilieva@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.3546

Contemporary Russian politics, Russian politics in Central Asia, Russian culture and society, Siberia, Russians in Japan.

Dr. Vassilieva interviewed on PBS's NewHour

Xianwen Cao

Office: McCone 107
Email: xcao2@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.6570

Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, Chinese Language Study, and Computer Assisted Language Instruction

Rana Issa

Office: McCone 231
Email: rissa@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.4601

Arabic language, Arabic culture

Jie Zhu

Office: McCone Cubicle D
Email: jzhu@miis.edu
Phone: 831-647-3562

• Faculty training on second language acquisition assessment and tailoring instruction
• Translation and Interpretation (Chinese – English)
• Mandarin Chinese language and culture education
• Certified Chinese OPI tester
• Certified Diagnostic Assessment Specialist

Kitako Takata Henderson

Office: McCone Cubicle 5
Email: khenderson@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.6517

Theo Honnef

Office: McCone 126
Email: hhonnef@miis.edu
Phone: 831.647.4611