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Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages

Students Find ‘Sanctuaries’ of Cultural Experience, Learning through Spanish-language Global Studies Class

Drexel students find ‘Sanctuaries’ of Cultural Experience, Learning through the experiential Spanish-language global studies class.

Experts in world affairs, culture and language

Faculty in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages hold expertise in world affairs, culture, and language — including many diverse subject areas across academic disciplines. These dedicated scholars mentor and motivate students to gain an international perspective and learn to think in-depth about how the U.S. and other countries fit within broad, worldwide systems.

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Departments & Centers

Research & Scholarship
Rebecca Clothey, associate professor of education, Drexel University

Rebecca A. Clothey


Professor and Department Head
Academic Building, 312
Rebecca.A.Clothey@drexel.edu
215.895.5931
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Comparative and international education; Immigration and education; Non-formal schooling; Language and identity
Kathryn A. Dettmer, MA, MEd., adjunct instructor, Drexel Global Studies Modern Languages department

Kathryn A. Dettmer


Drexel English Language Center, Assistant Director of Administration; Adjunct Instructor of French; Adjunct Representitive to Faculty Senate
Academic Building, Room 315
kad46@drexel.edu
 Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Language education; translation; Czech; universal design for teaching
steve dolph

Steve Vásquez Dolph


Associate Teaching Professor of Global Studies and Modern Languages; Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Academic Building, 322
sd3366@drexel.edu
215.895.6350
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests Early modern cultural production; ecology and representation; history and sociology of science; historical bibliography; politics and poetics of translation
Brenda Dyer, associate teaching professor of french, Drexel University

Brenda Dyer


Teaching Professor of French; Director of Modern Languages; Contact for Arabic, French, and Italian Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 321
bad24@drexel.edu
215.895.6281
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Language acquisition pedagogy, Teaching writing, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century French literature, Women Writers, Translation, Inclusive teaching for learning differences.
Barbara Hornum

Barbara Hornum


Director, Religious Studies Program; Founding Director, Center of Academic Excellence; Associate Professor Emerita
Academic Building, 313
hornumbg@drexel.edu
215.895.4904
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Comparative gerontology, planned communities, continuing care communities, retirement, faculty development
Sunmi Oh

Sunmi Jung Oh


Assistant Teaching Professor; Contact for Korean Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 308
sjo35@drexel.edu
215.895.6399
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests Teaching Korean as a foreign language; Second Language Acquisition; Community Based Learning
Kristy Kelly, holds dual appointments in the Drexel School of Education and the Global Studies, Modern Languages Department

Kristy Kelly


Affiliated
Associate Clinical Professor, School of Education
One Drexel Plaza, Room 146
kek72@drexel.edu
215.895.2381
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Politics of knowledge, Gender and education, Women and educational leadership, Feminist pedagogies, Gender mainstreaming, Transnational feminisms, Intersectionality, Training and adult education, Gender policy, Race/class/gender/sexuality, Vietnam and Southeast Asia
Parfait Kouacou, PhD - Global Studies and Modern Languages

Parfait Kouacou


Associate Teaching Professor of Global Studies and Modern Languages; Academic Director, Mandela Washington Fellowship Institute
Academic Building, 319
pk595@drexel.edu
215.895.6350
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Study
  • Africana Studies
Research & Teaching Interests

French Literature; African Studies; Childhood Narratives; Human Rights; Postcolonial Literature; Teaching; Community Engaged Learning

Hiromi Koyama

Hiromi Koyama


Instructor; Contact for Japanese Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 315
hiromi.koyama@drexel.edu
215.895.6368
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests
Christopher Laincz

Christopher Laincz


Affiliated
Associate Professor, School of Economics, LeBow College of Business
GHall 1018
claincz@drexel.edu
215.895.2503
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Economic development, technological change, growth, industrial organization, macroeconomics and monetary economics
Brent Luvaas, PhD

Brent Luvaas


Professor of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Academic Building, 317
bal47@drexel.edu
215.571.3660
Department
  • Center for Science, Technology and Society
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Visual Anthropology; Autoethnography; Digital Culture; Photography; Fashion; New Cities and Urban Culture in Southeast Asia.

Natalie N.H. Mancini, MA - Associate Teaching Professor of Japanese, Drexel University

Natalie Mancini


Associate Teaching Professor of Japanese; Contact for Japanese Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 315
nnm43@drexel.edu
 Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests Japanese linguistics; Pedagogy; Second language acquisition and teaching; Education ; Learner engagement and motivation; Translation and Interpretation; Global Classroom
Celeste Mann

Celeste Dolores Mann


Assistant Teaching Professor; Coordinator of Spanish 200-level and Spanish Tutors
Academic Building, 315A
cdm323@drexel.edu
 Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Second Language Acquisition and Language Pedagogy; The life and music of Brazilian composer, Francisca “Chiquinha” Gonzaga; Theater in Spanish and Portuguese; Hispanic and Brazilian Film; Latin American and Iberian Music
Ilana Margolis, adjunct professor of Hebrew at Drexel University

Ilana Margolis


Adjunct Instructor
Academic Building, 3rd Floor
im66@drexel.edu
215.895.5931
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Study
  • Jewish Studies
Research & Teaching Interests Hebrew-language instruction
Nada Matta, PhD, Drexel University Faculty Member

Nada Matta


Assistant Professor; Director, Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)
Academic Building, 318
nada.matta@drexel.edu
215.895.3787
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
  • Department of Sociology
 Research & Teaching Interests Political Economy, Capitalism, Social Movements, Middle East Studies, Gender Studies, Labor Studies, Revolutions
Maríadelaluz Matus-Mendoza, PhD, associate professor of Spanish, Drexel University

Maria de la luz Matus-Mendoza


Associate Professor of Spanish; Contact for Spanish Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 316
mm349@drexel.edu
215.895.2171
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Language variation in Spanish, the relationship between language variation and mobility (social and geographical) among the Mexican communities in Mexico and the United States, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, theater, baroque and contemporary literature.
Rogelio Miñana, PhD, professor of spanish and vice provost of global engagement at Drexel University

Rogelio Miñana


Professor of Spanish and Global Studies; Vice Provost for Global Engagement
Academic Building, room 304
101 N. 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
rogelio.minana@drexel.edu
215.571.3194
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; youth and community organizations; digital storytelling; civic and global engagement
Alberto E. Morales, PhD, Assistant Professor, Drexel University Department of Global Studies, Modern Languages

Alberto E. Morales


Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Modern Languages

aem464@drexel.edu
 Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
  • Center for Science, Technology and Society
Research & Teaching Interests Medical Anthropology; Environmental Anthropology; Multispecies Ethnography; Global and Planetary Health; Science and Technology Studies; Health Disparities and Structural Vulnerability; Latin American Studies
Julie Mostov, PhD

Julie Mostov


Professor Emerita


 Department
  • Department of Politics
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Explores the politics of national identity, sovereignty, citizenship and gender with a special focus on Southeastern Europe. Her recent work looks at violence, borders, and space and promotes the notion of soft-borders, transnational citizenship, and relational sovereignty.
Joel Oestreich PhD

Joel E. Oestreich


Professor

jeo25@drexel.edu
 Department
  • Department of Politics
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Human rights; Economic development; United Nations; Sustainable Development; International Ethics; Rights-based Approach to Development

Ni Ou, Drexel University Faculty Member

Ni Ou


Associate Teaching Professor; Contact for Chinese Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 315
Ni.Ou@drexel.edu
215.895.1023
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests Teaching Chinese as a foreign language; Chinese study abroad
Simone Schlichting-Artur

Simone Schlichting-Artur


Teaching Professor of German; Contact for German Study Abroad Course Approvals
Academic Building, 3rd Floor, Room 322
schlichs@drexel.edu
215.895.2443
Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

International business communication (Germany and the U.S.), public health policy and languages, German post-war history through film and literature, development of writing assessment tools for German minor.
Nelly Taha

Nelly Taha


Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: Academic Building, 315
Nelly.Taha@drexel.edu
 Department
  • Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Research & Teaching Interests

Motivation and Curriculum; Technology and Curriculum; Communicative Functions of Code-Switching

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