Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff
Among the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures faculty, there are seven distinguished college or university research award recipients and five distinguished college teachers.
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
![Dorcas Akorkor Apaflo portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)
![Angela Bailey portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/ambaile/pci/ambaile-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Bruce Burningham portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/brburni/pci/brburni-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
Professor of Spanish Studies, Theatre Studies, and Film and Digital Media
![Marinelly Castillo portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/mcastil/pci/mcastil-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
Instructional Assistant Professor of Spanish
![Shih-Wei Chiang portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/schiang/pci/schiang-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Nikki Dalbey portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/nlhill1/pci/Dalbey profile pic-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Jonathan Druker portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/jmdruke/pci/Druker lecturing at the Italian Embassy (2)-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Laura Edwards portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/lcedwar/pci/lcedwar-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
Instructional Assistant Professor of French & Italian/Academic Advisor
![Alejandro Enriquez portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/aenriqu/pci/Enriquez_Alejondro_aenriqu-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Francesco Ferrari portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/fferra1/pci/Ferrari-960x640-1.jpeg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Kazumi Hartry portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/knhartr/pci/Kazumi_Profile-picture-400x320-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Nic Heckner portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/mheckne/pci/heckner-1.jpeg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Jennifer Howell portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/jthowel/pci/iPhone-2015.04.02-18.57.39.605-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
![Kathryn Jasper portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/kljaspe/pci/IMG_9713-2.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Kelly Karstrand portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/kablake1/pci/Kelly K-1.jpeg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Sandra Keller portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/slkell1/pci/Professional picture (2)-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Marcela J Lopez portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/mjlope3/pci/Unknown-1.jpeg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Juliet Lynd portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/jlynd/pci/jlynd-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Hevelin Macnider portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)
![Rocio Morales Schmeiser portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/crmoral/pci/rocio 2-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Teodora Nikolova portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)
![Stephanie Orozco portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)
![Erin Ponnou-Delaffon portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/eponnou/pci/Ponnou-Delaffon-5.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
![Jade Roseberry portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)
![Benjamin Schmeiser portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/schmeis/pci/IMG_0833-1.jpeg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Yaritza Serna Maldonado portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)
![Jane Swisher portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/jaswish/pci/jane-1.png?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
![Mary Tackett portrait](https://illinois-state-dm-s3.imgix.net/metacke/pci/tryIMG_1529-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=70)
Coordinator of World Languages Teacher Education/Student Teaching Supervisor
![Amanda Tay portrait](http://cdn.illinoisstate.edu/img/digital-measures/no-image.jpg)