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Jason
LaBrosse
Adjunct
Geography and Environmental Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5648
Courses Taught
GES 150: Introduction to Environmental Studies
GES 377: Computer Cartography
GES 391: Geographic Information Systems I
Research Interests
Participatory GIS, exploration of the urban-environmental interface, animal-human geography, historical geography/GIS
Education

M.A. Geography & Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University

B.A. Geography, Northeastern Illinois University

BBH 215
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States

(773) 442-5648
Office Hours
Fall 2018: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00-5:00 p.m. Tuesdays 2:00-8:00 p.m. Thursdays 1:00-6:00 p.m.
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Ronald
Lancaster
Ronald Lancaster
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4926
Courses Taught
Metals
Research Interests
Many
Education

M.F.A.

5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4926
Office Hours
Varies
Main Campus
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Ronald
Lancaster
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4910
Expertise
Small sculpture using metal-smithing techniques
Courses Taught
Three Dimensional Design
Studio Experiences: Metals And Jewelry
Research Interests
African Cultures
Education

Northeastern Illinois University

University of Wisconscin

 

Selected Publications

Chicago Tribune

Home & Garden

Korean Monthly

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Chicago, IL 60625
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(773) 442-4910
Office Hours
By appointment only.
Main Campus
Tina Laughlin
Tina
Laughlin
Instructor Applied Percussion; Recruitment, Auditions and Scholarship Coordinator
Music and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5942
Expertise
Percussion pedagogy and performance
Courses Taught
Applied Percussion
Research Interests
New music Art history
Education

M.M. DePaul University, Percussion Performance
B.M. DePaul University, Percussion Performance

Background

Percussion Instructor, Tina Laughlin, was born in Elgin, Illinois, and attended high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. In addition to her performance studies at DePaul University, she holds a minor in Art History. Her musical training also included eight years with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, where she performed under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez and Sir Georg Solti. As a freelance artist, Laughlin performs with many orchestras and theaters in the Chicagoland area including the Lyric Opera Orchestra, Grant Park Orchestra, Lake Forest Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, The Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Sinfonietta, Light Opera Works and the Elgin Symphony.

A proponent of new music, Laughlin appears regularly on the New Music DePaul concert series, performs with the CUBE New Music Ensemble, has performed several of John Eaton's operas, as well as countless other projects. In 2000, Laughlin became a core member of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project. In the fall of 2003 Laughlin performed in the Midwest premieres of the Philip Glass operas “The Sound of a Voice” and "Hotel of Dreams" at the Court Theatre in Chicago. In May of 2009 Laughlin recorded Michael Abels’ “Aquadia” which played at the Shedd Aquarium as accompaniment to the live show “Fantasea.” She was featured live on WFMT radio in January 2010, performing with the CUBE New Music Ensemble. In March of that same year, Laughlin premiered “Charged and Calm Surfaces” by Chicago composer George Flynn; a work written for and dedicated to Laughlin and clarinetist Christie Miller.

Laughlin has recorded with Millar Brass Ensemble, Chicago Sinfonietta, The Elgin Symphony and the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago. Laughlin is also seen in the film “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” as the cymbal player in Carnegie Hall. She has taught at DePaul University for over 15 years and is in her fifth year of teaching percussion at ChiArts, Chicago’s only tuition free high school dedicated to teaching students in the arts. She also really likes to dance salsa.

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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5942
Office Hours
by appointment
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Jeong Soon
Lee
Instructor of Korean
World Languages and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4293
Courses Taught
KOR 101 Korean I
KOR 102 Korean II
KOR 103 Korean III
WLC 200K Introduction to Korean Culture
Research Interests
Korean language and culture.
Education

Ph.D., Kyunghee University
M.A., Ehwa Women's University

Selected Publications

Shin, J. (2012). Hello, lunch Box. Jaimimage Publishing Co., Seoul(Paju), Korea.

Shin, J. (2009). Chakan Gang Agassi. Dahli Publishing Campany., Seoul(Paju), Korea

Shin, J. (2009). Heavy Rain. Overseas Korean’s Window of Literature. Seoul, Korea: Overseas Korean Foundation.

Shin. J. (2009). My Autobiography, Kyunghee Literature. Kyunghee University Press in Seoul Korea, 2009

Shin. J. (2009). Good Mean Gang, Dahli Publishing Company in Seoul Korea, 2009

Shin J. (2007). The World of Jong-Ghee Mah’s Poetry(Thesis), Memory of Jae Hong Kim, edited by Kim, Jae Hong, Kyunghee University Press in Seoul Korea.

Shin J. (2007). The Storytelling of American Dolls Comparing with Korean Dolls(Thesis), The Storytelling, edited by Hyesil Choi, GukhakJaryowon, Seoul, Korea.

Shin J. (2006). The Structure and Images of A Single Shard(Thesis), The Critic of Korean-American Literature, edited by Kim, Jongwhoe, GukhakJaryowon, Seoul, Korea.

Shin J. (2005). Korean Spirit in Korean Literature: Honbul of Myunghee Choi(Thesis), The Korean Study, edited by Hoyun Kwon, Northpark College, Chicago, Illinois.

Shin J. (2003). Copycat Cathy, The Kids Who are Picking Stars, edited by Geumsung and MBC, Geumsung Press, Seoul Korea.

Shin J. (2003). Joanne or Jeongsoon, Korean-American Essay, Edited by The Korean Essayists Association, DaeHan, Seoul, Korea.

Shin J. (1998). The Song of Turtle, Chicago Literature, edited by Koran –American Literature Society of Chicago, May Fair International Graphics, Arlington Hts., Ill.

Shin J. (1982). The Imagination of Choosoo Kim’s Poetry (Thesis), Ewha Women’s University Press, Seoul, Korea.

LWH 2033
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
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(773) 442-4293
Office Hours
M 1 - 1:30, W 11 - 11:30, 1 - 2
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Curriculum Vitae
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Benneth
Lee
Instructor
Justice Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 268-7500
Courses Taught
JUST 201 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
JUST 312 Theories of Criminal Behavior
JUST 313 Prisons & Jails
JUST 318 Gangs in Chicago
Research Interests
• Inner City Gangs • Prisons and Jails • Ex-Convict Recidivism • Prisoner Reentry Systems
Education

• M.A., Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
• B.A., Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2004

Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
700 East Oakwood Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60653
United States

(773) 268-7500
Office Hours
Fall 2016 Monday 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. at CCICS.
Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
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Paul
Lempke
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4910
Expertise
Digital Art & Animation All types of Digital art including illustration and painting. 2D and 3D animation and motion graphics for video, web and interactive display.
Courses Taught
Honors Art
Web Design
Research Interests
Have a long history developing stereographic techniques. Currently active in scripting within the Adobe applications, SVG, and Unity3D. Turning to work on interactive installation and 3D video projection projects.
Education

MFA in Electronic Visualization, University of Illinois at Chicago

AB in Painting, Indiana University Bloomington

5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4910
Office Hours
Varies
Main Campus
Tim Libretti
Timothy
R
Libretti
Acting Associate Dean
English
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5823
Courses Taught
ENGL 101 Writing I
ENGL 203 World of Fiction
ENGL 218 American Literature: Beginnings -1865
ENGL 219 American Literature: 1865-Present
ENGL 345 Practical Criticism
ENGL 357 Land, Labor, and Literature
ENGL 369 American Realism
ENGL 371 Studies in Women's Literature
ENGL 381 African-American Literature
ENGL 382 Chicana/o Literature
ENGL 410 Literary Method and Practice
ENGL 430 Studies in Literary Criticism
ENGL 448D Hawthorne and Melville
ENGL 449M Studies in the American Novel
ENGL 449N Ethnic Literatures
ENGL 468 US Literary Modernism and Its Other
WGS 301E The Radical Feminist Imagination
Research Interests
US Literature, Working-Class Literature, Multi-Ethnic Literature, Marxism
Education

PhD  English, University of Michigan, 1995
MA   English, University of Michigan, 1991
BA    English summa cum laude, Cornell University, 1989

 

Selected Publications

Books
The Making of U.S. Warking-Class Literature and Consciousness: The Nations, Genders, and Sexualities of U.S. Proletarian Literature from the 1930s to the Present (forthcoming from University of Mississippi Press).

Articles and Chapters
"A Proletarian Book of Laughter and Remembering: The Cry and the Dedication and the Inter/National Class Struggle" in Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan, ed. Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao, University Press of America, 2016.

"Dis-Alienating the Neighborhood: The Representation of Work and Community in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," in Revisiting Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, eds. Kathy Merlock Jackson, Steven M. Emmanuel. North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2016.

"Beyond the Innocence of Globalization: The Abiding Necessity of Carlos Bulosan's Anti-Imperialist Imagination."  Kritika Kultura, no. 23 (Summer 2014). On-line.

"'Verticality is such a risky enterprise': Class Epistemologies and the Critique of Upward Movility in Colson Whitehead's The Intiutisionist," in Class and Culture in Contemporary Crime Fiction, ed. Julie H. Kim. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2014, pp. 201-224.

"'A Broader and Wiser Revolution': Refiguring Chicago Nationalist Politics in Latin Amercan Consciousness in Post-Movement Chicana/o Literature" in Imagined Transnationalism: Latina/o Literature, Culture and Identity, eds. Francisco Lomelí, Marc Priewe, and  Kevin Concannon. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. 137-155.

"Modernism and Politics" in Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics, ed M. Keith Booker. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005, pp. 176-180.
 

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Chicago, IL 60625
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(773) 442-5823
Office Hours
Summer 2016
Main Campus
Curriculum Vitae
Ting Liu
Ting
Liu
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, GIS Coordinator, Geography Advisor
Geography and Environmental Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate Studies and Research
(773) 442-5645
Courses Taught
GES 372: GIS Across Disciplines
GES 302K: Regional Geography: East Asia
GES 313: Land Use and Land Cover Change
GES 351: Spatial Statistics
GES 383: Internship in G&ES
GES 387: Interactive Cartography
GES 388: Field Camp
GES 390: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
GES 392: Geospatial Analysis
GES 393: GIS Modeling And Programming
GES 395: GIS Internship
GES 416: GIS for Natural Systems Management
GES 417: Urban Information Systems
GES 442: Geographic Problems in Quantitative Measurements
Research Interests
Urban Remote Sensing, GIS, and Spatial Analysis
Education

Ph.D., Geography, Florida State University

M.S., Geographic Information Science, Florida State University

B.S., Urban and Rural Planning, Resource Management, Peking University, Beijing, China

Selected Publications

Schirmer, A.E., Gallemore, C., Liu, T. et al. 2019. Mapping behaviorally relevant light pollution levels to improve urban habitat planning. Scientific Reports 9, 11925 

Liu, T. and Yang, X, 2019. Monitoring urban growth and land changes in Beijing, China's capital city by remote sensing: progress and challenges. In: X. Yang and S. Jiang (Eds.), Challenges Towards Ecological Sustainability in China: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Springer Nature Switzerland.

Liu, T. and Yang, X. 2015. Land change modeling: status and challenges. In: J. Li and X. Yang (Eds), Monitoring and Modeling of Global Changes: A Geomatics Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer.     

Liu, T. and Yang, X. 2015. Monitoring land changes in an urban area using satellite imagery, GIS and landscape metrics. Applied Geography, 56:42-54

Liu, T. and Yang, X. 2013. Mapping vegetation in an urban area with stratified classification and multiple end member spectral mixture analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 130:251-264

Liu, T. and Yang, X. 2012. Geospatial modeling of urban landscape changes through an agent-based approach. Proceedings of the 2012 AutoCarto International Symposium on Automated Cartography, Columbus, Ohio, September 16-18, 2012

Zhao, T., Brown, D., Fang, H., Theobald, D., Liu, T., and Zhang, T. 2012. Vegetation productivity consequences of human settlement growth in the eastern United States. Landscape Ecology, 27(8):1149-1165

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Northeastern Illinois University
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Office Hours
Summer 2024
Thursdays: 1-2 p.m. via Google Meet appointment

To avoid double-booking, please use my Google Calendar link to reserve a time: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ2UZxCNyJ1dKXD8C0PeDYYZS_GMMIK7Fsi52GdMGUICLx5UJMOz7UJBoAKCwKJryUNqkFaNw4Pc

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Joe
Loconte
Mathematics Development
Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5767
Courses Taught
Math 090, Elementary Algebra
Math 091, Intermediate Algebra I
Math 092, Intermediate Algebra II
Research Interests
Math Development
Education

BSEE-Purdue University 1983, MBA-University of Iowa 1990

BBH 204-G
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States

(773) 442-5767
Office Hours
Spring 2018: MWF 11:30am-1:00pm and 2:00-3:00 pm.
Main Campus
Damian Loma
Damian
Loma
Instructor, Graphic Design
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Damian Loma has taught Graphic Design at UIC and NEIU. He works on community driven design projects with institutions. He has worked with museums, schools, non-profits, and neighborhood organizations.
Courses Taught
Graphic Design I
Graphic Design Survey
Research Interests
Damian is a graphic designer who explores community focused design, primarily by studying gentrification of neighborhoods in Chicago and abroad. After witnessing changes in his neighborhood of Andersonville he began an ongoing exploration of what builds community and the socio-economic forces that drive gentrification. This has resulted in the publication of books, pamphlets, exhibits and other experimental design projects. He is continuing to explore this topic through game design, video/sound montage, and human-centered research.
Education

Master of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (Graphic Design), Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Office Hours
By appointment.
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Lucia
P.
Lombardi
Ph.D.
World Languages and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4756
Courses Taught
SPAN 225 Composition I
SPAN 224 Reading Comprehension I
SPAN 252 Liteary Genres
SPAN 314 Latin American Culture I
SPAN 315 Spanish Culture I
SPAN 327 Business Spanish I
SPAN 375 Literature Of The Southern Cone
Research Interests
Spanish language and linguistics, Literature of the Southern Cone (Southern South America, Argentina, Chile), language teaching, pedagogy, careers in world languages
Education

Ph.D., Spanish and Latin American Literature, University of Chicago, 1991
M.A., Hispanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1983
B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1979

Selected Publications

Paper submitted to the 21st. International Conference in Literature, Cinema and Visual Arts.
University of West Georgia. Fall Semester, 2006.
Title: Alegoría de la crueldad en las obras de Regina José Galindo: una escritora y algo más

Paper submitted to the 5th Latin American Literatures and Cultures Conference Antiers Hilton,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fall Semester, 2005.
Title: La mujer, la cultura y la poesía: tres autoras guatemaltecas, un solo tema

Participated in the drama workshop “Talleres de dramaturgia Julián Álvarez” in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Fall Semester, 2005.

Interview with Professor Osvaldo Pellettieri, critic and director of GETEA (Grupo de Estudios de
Teatro Argentino) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fall Semester, 2005.

Article Published in CAUDAL, Revista trimestral de letras, artes y pensamiento. Año 4 No 14 –
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Spring Semester, 2005.
Title: Teatro Gayumba: perspectiva social de sus adaptaciones teatrales

Paper submitted to the 58th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky. Fall Semester, 2004.
Title: Teoría y práctica de la enseñanza de la gramática española a estudiantes universitarios de
origen hispano mediante la técnica de la visualización de los conceptos gramaticales

Abstract submitted to the 56th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference to be considered for a
paper presentation. Fall Semester, 2002.
Title: Evaluación del aprendizaje de español del estudiante universitario de origen hispano dentro
del contexto del estudiantado de idioma español básico.

 

Selected Performances

Paper submitted to the VI Conferencia Latin American Theatre Today Festival y Congreso, at
University of Connecticut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Storrs, Connecticut. Fall
Semester, 2004.
Title: La imagen del varón en las obras de tres dramaturgas contemporáneas argentinas

Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Caribbean Literature (I.C.C.L.), St. Croix,
U.S. Virgin Islands. November 3-4, 2004.
Title: Teatro Gayumba: perspectiva social de las adaptaciones teatrales

Paper presented at the 19th Annual International Conference in Literature, Visual Arts, and/or
Cinema: Truth & Mendacity, at State University of West Georgia-Atlanta, Georgia. October 22,
2004.
Title: La presencia del terror en los dramas de Susana Gutiérrez Posse: Diez años después de La
historia oficial

Paper presented at the Octavo Congreso de Didáctica del Español, at Indiana University-Perdue
University, Indianapolis. September 27, 2003.
Title: La enseñanza del Español a través de la imitación y la recreación del lenguaje
This paper was published in ACTAS SELECTAS DEL OCTAVO CONGRESO DE DIDÁCTICA
DEL ESPAÑOL (http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/wlac/congreso.actas.html), March 30, 2004.

Address to the students members of the Sigma Delta Pi National Spanish Honor Society.
Speech: “Variedad y riqueza de la lengua española”. Spring Semester, 2002.

Background

Associate Professor, Northeastern Illinois University, Department of World Languages & Cultures, 2007-Present

Assistant Professor, Northeastern Illinois University, Department of World Languages & Cultures, 2001-2007

Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator, Department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994-2001

High School Spanish Instructor, Intensive Foreign Language to Careers Pilot Project, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996-1997

Spanish Instructor, Greeley and Hansen Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, 1995-1996

Assistant to the Coordinator, Department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989-1994

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1988-1989

Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola University-Chicago, 1987-1988

Lecturer, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, 1985-1987

Teaching Assistant, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1985

Spanish Teacher, Kenwood Academy, Chicago, Illinois, 1984-1985

Lecturer, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, 1984-1985

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984-1985

Assistant to the Resident Director, UIC-UC Year Abroad Program, University of Barcelona, Spain, 1981-1982

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1980-1982

Lech Walesa Hall 2047
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4756
Office Hours
TR: 8:30-9:10 a.m. & 12:15-1:15 p.m.; W: 9 a.m.-noon (by appointment)
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Curriculum Vitae
Maribel Lopez
Maribel
Lopez
MSW, Ed.D
Instructor; Field Seminar Instructor
Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 600-2194
Expertise
Concentration in Children and Families
Courses Taught
SWK 303: Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
SWK 306: Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
SWK 353: Field Seminar I
SWK 354: Field Seminar II
SWK 310: Practicum I
SWK 311: Practicum II
SWK 433: Advanced Practice with Children
Research Interests
Latinas and Higher Education
Education

National Louis University, Chicago IL., Ed.D Adult Education Program

Jane Adams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Masters of Social Work

Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, Bachelors of Social Work 

Morton College, Cicero, Illinois, Associates in Liberal Arts

Truman College, Chicago, Illinois, Basic Certificate in Earl Childhood Ed.

Background

Dr. Lopez obtained her Ed. D degree from National Louis University in Chicago. She received her master’s degree in Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Lopez has extensive experience working with children, families, individuals, couples and youth counseling. Dr. Lopez is engaged in community education both locally and internationally, on women empowerment, women’s ministry, early childhood education, substance abuse and domestic violence. She co-founded Latina Child Care Providers In Action (LCCPIA) in 1998. This is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster economic development in the Latina community. In addition, she established the Dr. Maribel Lopez Scholarship Foundation, with a mission to support students in school. Dr. Lopez is passionate about teaching and engaging in shared knowledge with her students in the classroom.

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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 600-2194
Office Hours
By appointment
El Centro
Main Campus
Tracy Luedke
Tracy
J.
Luedke
Professor; Coordinator, Global Studies Program
Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5621
Expertise
Cultural Anthropology, African Studies, Global Studies
Courses Taught
ANTH 212 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH/AFAM 224 - Contemporary African Culture
ANTH 290 - Graduating Anthropology
ANTH 307 - Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
ANTH 317 - Medical Anthropology
ANTH/AFAM 320 - Religion in Africa
ANTH 375 - Anthropology of Globalization
ANTH 377 - Anthropology of Television
ZHON 360 - Honors Seminar in Research and Creative Processes
GS 201 - Introduction to Global Studies I
AFAM 303 - Global Collaborations-Ghana
Research Interests
Religion, healing, southern Africa, globalization, immigration, transportation
My research concerns the Christianized healing practices of the prophets of central Mozambique, a network of people possessed by biblical spirits who work to heal individual bodies afflicted with illness as well as social bodies recovering from the effects of warfare and dislocation. I recently collaborated on an edited volume about healing in southeastern Africa. The book addresses the important relationship between African healing practices and borders of various sorts, which healers both transgress and reify in the course of their work. I am also interested in material culture, especially the ways objects, buildings, and other materialities figure in healing practices.
Education

Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Indiana University, 2005

M.A., Cultural Anthropology, Indiana University, 1999

 

Selected Publications

Luedke, Tracy. 2014. “Health, Illness, and Healing in African Society.” In Africa, 4th Edition, edited by Patrick O’Meara, John Hanson, and Maria Grosz-Ngate. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Luedke, Tracy. 2011. “Intimacy and Alterity: Prophetic Selves and Spirit Others in Central Mozambique.” Journal of Religion in Africa  41(2):154-179.

Luedke, Tracy. 2007. “Spirit and Matter: The Materiality of Mozambican Prophet Healing.” Journal of Southern African Studies 33(4): 715-31. Special Issue: Histories of Healing, edited by Lyn Schumaker, Diana Jeater, and Tracy Luedke.

Luedke, Tracy J. 2006. “Presidents, Bishops, and Mothers: The Construction of Authority in Mozambican Healing.” In Borders and Healers: Brokering Therapeutic Resources in Southeast Africa, edited by Tracy J. Luedke and Harry G. West. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

West, Harry G. and Tracy J. Luedke. 2006. “Healing Divides: Therapeutic Border Work in Southeast Africa.” In Borders and Healers: Brokering Therapeutic Resources in Southeast Africa, edited by Tracy J. Luedke and Harry G. West. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Room BBH 138
Northeastern Illinois University
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Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5621
Office Hours
Spring 2024
Monday: 3:30-5:30 p.m. (On campus in Room BBH 138 or via Zoom)
Tuesday: 1:30-3:00 p.m. and 4:00-5:30 p.m. (Via Zoom)

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Gretchen
E.
Lyons
Senior Instructor
Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5720
Expertise
Tumor Immunology
Courses Taught
Introduction to Biology (BIO 100)
The Changing Natural Environment (BIO 104)
Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 150)
General Biology I (BIO 201)
General Genetics (BIO 303)
Research Interests
Tumor Immunology
Education

Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Loyola University Chicago (Stritch School of Medicine) and University of Chicago

B.S. in Biology from Boston College

Selected Publications

Spear TT, Riley TP, Lyons GE, Callender GG, Roszkowski JJ, Wang Y, Simms PE, Scurti GM, Foley KC, Murray DC, Hellman LM, McMahan RH, Iwashima M, Garrett-Mayer E, Rosen HR, Baker BM, Nishimura MI. Hepatitis C virus-cross-reactive TCR gene-modified T cells: a model for immunotherapy against diseases with genomic instability.J Leukoc Biol. 2016 Sep;100(3):545-57.

Zloza A, Lyons GE, Schenkel JM, Moore TV, Lacek AT, O’Sullivan JA, Varanasi V, et al. NKGD2 signalling on CD8+ T cells represses T-bet and rescues CD4- unhelped CD8 + T cell memory recall but not effector responses. Nature Medicine. 2012 Feb 26; 18(3):422-8.

Zloza A, Lyons GE, Chlewicki LK, Kohlhapp FJ, O'Sullivan JA, Lacek AT, Moore TV, Jagoda MC, Kumar V, Guevara-Patiño JA.  Engagement of NK receptor NKG2D, but not 2B4, results in self reactive CD8+ T cells and autoimmune vitiligo. Autoimmunity. 2011 Dec; 44(8):599-606.

Zloza A, Jagoda MC, Lyons GE, Graves MC, Kohlhapp FJ, O'Sullivan JA, Lacek AT, Nishimura MI, Guevara-Patiño JA. CD8 co-receptor promotes susceptibility of CD8+ T cells to transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)-mediated suppression. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2011 Feb; 60(2):291-7.

Lyons, GE, McCracken J, O’Sullivan J, Guevara-Patino J.  RAE1-e Signaling Rescues “Helpless” CD8+ T cell Memory Responses.  Journal of Exp. Medicine. January, 2011.

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Elyse Mach
Elyse
Mach
Class Piano, Emeritus
Music and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5913
Courses Taught
Class Piano
Piano Pedagogy
Research Interests
Piano pedagogy and performance
Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University, Piano pedagogy
D.M.A., Northwestern University, Piano performance
M.M., Northwestern University, Piano performance
B.M., Valparaiso University, Piano performance

Selected Publications

Contemporary Class Piano, ed. 1-7  (Oxford University Press); Great Pianists Speak for Themselvers (Dover Books); Learning Piano: Piece by Piece (Oxford University Press)
 

Background

Distinguished Professor, Elyse Mach, coordinates the piano and piano pedagogy programs. She is the author of nine books on piano and pianists, among them: Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves (Dover, New York and Robson, London), which has also been translated to Japanese and Korean. Her book, Contemporary Class Piano (Oxford University Press, New York) is one of the leading class piano books in the country. Dr. Mach’s latest text, Learning Piano: Piece by Piece, is also published by Oxford University Press.

Dr. Mach has been a contributing music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. In addition, she has conducted interviews with many of the renowned classical and jazz virtuosos. These interviews have been published in magazines and scholarly journals worldwide. She regularly writes feature articles for Clavier Magazine, where she serves as Consulting Editor. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The American Liszt Society.

Throughout her career, Professor Mach has given guest lectures at prestigious universities and conservatories including St. Catherine’s College of Oxford University; Yale University; Northwestern University; The Juilliard School of Music; Peabody Conservatory; the Kongju Arts Communication College in Gongju, South Korea; and most recently at the Amalfi Music Festival in Vietri, Italy.

As a performer, Elyse Mach has concertized throughout Europe and the United States, appearing as piano soloist with such orchestras as the NBC Symphony and the Netherlandische Philharmonic Broadcasting Orchestra.

As the first recipient of the Board of Governors Universities - Distinguished Professor Award, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois have honored Dr. Mach with a proclamation.

Professor Mach is the 2010 recipient of the Silver Medal presented by The American Liszt Society--the highest honor the society bestows. She is also the 2010 recipient of the Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor Award at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.

Fine Arts, 136
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5913
Office Hours
MW 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
Main Campus
Rudy
Rodolfo
Maglio
Instructor
Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5779
Courses Taught
Math 163, Mathematical Modeling with Elementary Functions for Business
Research Interests
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Education

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Additional Information

BBH, 204H
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
BBH, 204H
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(773) 442-5779
Office Hours
not teaching until Fall 2017
Main Campus
Edward Maher
Edward
F.
Maher
Instructor
Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5794
Courses Taught
ANTH 212 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 213 - Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 306 - Rise of Complex Societies: Archaeology of State Formation and Urbanization
ANTH 309 - Egyptian Archaeology
ANTH 310 - Near Eastern Archaeology
ANTH 315 - Greek Archaeology: Bronze Age
ANTH 335a - Zooarchaeology
Research Interests
Regional Expertise: Archaeology with regional focus on Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean Basin.
Research Interests: Iron and Bronze Age Levant, zooarchaeology, economies, empire, ethnicity, trade, ritual, animal sacrifice, site abandonment.
Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003

M.A. Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 1997

B. A. Anthropology, University of Lethbridge, Canada 1993

Selected Publications

2018  Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age IB Fauna from Beqo'a. ‘Atiqot 90: 67-73.

2017a  E. F. Maher and B. Hesse. The Iron Age II Faunal Remains. In: S. Gitin, ed., The Tel Miqne-Ekron Excavations 1985-1988,1990, 1992-1995: Field IV Lower – The Elite Zone Volume 9/2 Part 2: The Iron Age I Early Philistine City, pp. 357-363. Eisenbrauns.

2017b  E. C. M van den Brink, R. Beeri, D. Kirzner, E. Bron, A. Cohen-Weinberger, E. Kamaisky, T. Gonen, L. Gershuny, Y. Nagar, D. Ben-Tor, N. Sukenik, O, Shamir, E. F. Maher, and D. Reich. A Late Bronze Age II clay coffin from Tel Shaddud in the Central Jezreel Valley, Israel: context and historical implications, Levant 49: 105-135.

2017c  Flair of the Dog: The Philistine Consumption of Canines. In: Justin Lev-Tov, Paula Hesse, and Allan Gilbert, eds., The Wide Lens in Archaeology:Honoring Brian Hesse's Contributions to Anthropological Archaeology, pp. 117-147. Lockwood Press.

2016  E. F. Maher and B. Hesse. The Middle Bronze Age II and Iron Age I Faunal Remains. In: S. Gitin, ed., The Tel Miqne-Ekron Excavations 1985-1988,1990,1992-1995: Field IV Lower – The Elite Zone Volume 9/1 Part 1: The Iron Age I Early Philistine City, pp. 515-570. Eisenbrauns.

2014a  Lambs to the Slaughter: Cultic Orientations at Philistine Ekron in the 7th century BCE. In: John R. Spencer, Aaron J. Brody, and Robert A. Mullens, eds., Material Culture Matters: Essays on the Archaeology of the Southern Levant in Honor of Seymour Gitin, pp. 111-130. American Schools of Oriental Research.

2014b  Temporal Trends in Animal Exploitation: Fauna Analysis from Tell Jemmeh. In: David Ben-Shlomo and Gus W. Van Beek, eds., The Smithsonian Institution Excavation at Tell Jemmeh, Israel (1970-1990), pp. 1038-1051. Contributions in Anthropology Series. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.

2013  Animal Husbandry. In: D. M. Master, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology. Oxford University Press.

2012  Mortuary Faunal Remains. In: David Ben-Shlomo, ed., The Azor Cemetery: Moshe Dothan's Excavations, 1958 and 1960 (IAA Reports 50), pp. 195-198. The Israel Antiquities Authority.

2006/07  Imminent Invasion: The Abandonment of Philistine Ekron. Scripta Mediterranea, Special Issue - Cyprus, The Sea Peoples and the Eastern Mediterranean: Regional Perspectives of Continuity and Change 27-28: 323-337.

Room BBH 140
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5794
Office Hours
Spring 2024
Monday and Wednesday: 12:50-1:50 p.m. in Room BBH 140
or by appointment
Main Campus
Nelson Mandrell
Nelson
Mandrell
Music Theory, Composition, Music Technology, Music Minor Advisor
Music and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5936
Courses Taught
Music Theory
Composition
Songwriting
Music Technology
Research Interests
Music Theory and Composition; Audio recording; Combinations of electro-acoustic and rural American music
Education

D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Composition

Background

Associate Professor, Nelson Mandrell, studied composition at the University of Illinois with Salvatore Martirano, John Melby, Paul Zonn and Scott Wyatt. His setting of beat poet Gregory Corso's poem, "She Doesn't Know He Thinks He's God," was featured on the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Experimental Music Studio's recording and concert series. He has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the National Association of String Teachers.

As a songwriter, his work has been recorded on Rounder Records by Alison Kraus. This includes one Grammy nominated project and two Grammy winning projects. The song "Sleep On" was featured on Kraus' double platinum "greatest hits" recording. His music has been performed and broadcast in the United States, Europe and Asia. His work is published by Happy Valley Music and Warner Bros.

He is past Chair of the Department of Music and he currently teaches theory, composition and music technology. His work explores his interests in audio recording as well as combinations of electro-acoustic and rural American music.

Fine Arts, 133
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Chicago, IL 60625
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(773) 442-5936
Office Hours
TR 10:45 AM -12:00 PM, W 12:00 PM -1:30 PM
Main Campus
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Vartuyi
Manoyan
Instructor
Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5779
Courses Taught
Math 112, Statistics in Daily Life
Math 113, Quantitative Reasoning
Math 141, College Algebra for Middle School Teachers
Math 163, College Algebra
Math 177, Elementary Functions for Science Students
Math 167, Business Calculus
Precalculus, Math 185
Research Interests
Teaching and online teaching
Education

1983, B.S., Mathematics, University of Istanbul, Turkey

2006, M.S. Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University

Additional Information

BBH 204H
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5779
Office Hours
Summer 2020
By appointment
Main Campus
Curriculum Vitae
Lucia Marchi
Lucia
Marchi
Musicology
Music and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5900
Courses Taught
Music Concepts
Musical Experience
Research Interests
Musicology; text-music relationship of medieval and Renaissance music and Italian opera.
Education

Ph.D., University of Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia), Musicology
B.A., Conservatory of Como (Conservatorio di Como), Piano Performance

Selected Publications

Critical edition of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri’s First Book of Madrigals for Four Voices on texts by Petrarca, Poliziano, Tasso and Girolamo Parabosco.

Several articles that have appeared in international journals, including: Acta Musicologica, Recercare, and Essays in Medieval Studies.

Background

Pianist, Lucia Marchi received her piano performance degree from the Conservatory of Como, Italy, and her Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Pavia, Italy. Her research focuses on the text-music relationship of medieval and Renaissance music and Italian opera.

Recently she published a critical edition of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri’s First Book of Madrigals for Four Voices on texts by Petrarca, Poliziano, Tasso and Girolamo Parabosco. She has written several articles that have appeared in a number of international journals, including Acta Musicologica, Recercare, and Essays in Medieval Studies.

Prior to coming to Northeastern, she taught at the University of Notre Dame, DePaul University, Concordia University, and Northwestern University.

Fine Arts, 128
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5900
Office Hours
F: 5:10-6:10p
Main Campus
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Hardik
A.
Marfatia
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Economics Advisor
Economics
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5712
Expertise
Macroeconomics & Monetary Policy, Financial Economics, Econometrics
Courses Taught
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Money and Banking
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Financial Economics
Business & Economics Statistics I
Economic Development
Research Interests
Macroeconomics & Monetary Policy, Financial Economics, Econometrics.
Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013.

M.A. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2009.

M.A. Economics, University of Mumbai, India, 2005.

B.A.  Commerce, University of Mumbai, India, 1998.

Selected Publications

Estimating the New Keynesian Phillips Curve for the U.K.: Evidence from the Inflation-Indexed Bonds Market. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Forthcoming.

A Fresh Look at Integration of Risks in the International Stock Markets: A Wavelet Approach. Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming.

The Dynamic Relationship between Housing Prices and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from OECD Countries. (with N. Kundan Kishor). The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2017, Vol 54(2): 237-268.

The Role of Push and Pull Factors in Driving Global Capital Flows. Applied Economics Quarterly, 2016, 62(2): 117-146.

Monetary policy's time-varying impact on the US bond markets: Role of financial stress and risks. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2015, 34: 103-123.

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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
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(773) 442-5712
Office Hours
Summer 2024 - Through June 28, 2024
Monday & Wednesday : 4-6 p.m.
-or by appointment via Google Meets-
Main Campus
Kayla Martensen
Kayla
M.
Martensen
Instructor
Justice Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4084
Courses Taught
JUST 319 Latinos/as and the Criminal Justice System
Research Interests
Critical and feminist qualitative research methodologies; juvenile justice; Latinos/as in the criminal legal system; mass incarceration and prison nation; female gangs; girls and women in the criminal legal system; critical race theory; Chicana feminism
Education

•  M.A., Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
•  B.A., Justice Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2011

 

Selected Publications

Martensen, K. (2012). “The price that US minority communities pay: Mass incarceration and the ideologies that fuel them.” Contemporary Justice Review, 15(2), 211-222.

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5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
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(773) 442-4084
Office Hours
Spring 2019: By Appointment Only
El Centro
Main Campus
Juan Martinez smiles into the camera
Juan
R.
Martinez
Assistant Professor
Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4779
Courses Taught
SOC 270: Sociology of Latinas
SOC 314: Urban Sociology
SOC 316: Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 335: Sociological Theory
SOC 346A: WIP: Critical Writing For Sociology
Research Interests
My research interests lie broadly in the areas of race and ethnic relations, U.S. Latinx, immigration, religion, and the sociology of space and place. I am particularly interested in the social construction of place and how everyday placemaking processes are informed by intergroup relations, racialized meanings, and broader social structures. My recent publications have explored the role of place attachment and threat in placemaking, the use of religious symbols and meanings in the immigrant rights movement, and how religious institutions facilitate undocumented immigrant incorporation in the United States. I am currently working on two projects. One is a monograph based on my dissertation research, which explores white/Latinx relations in suburban neighborhood and through the dimensions of local politics, religious institutions, and community-based events. The second is as National Science Foundation funded study (in collaboration with Phillip Vargas, City Colleges of Chicago) which explores STEM students’ induction, persistence, and degree completion at a community college. Using an asset-based approach, the study seeks to understand the relationship between STEM Majors’ cultural wealth and institutional initiatives, and educational and career trajectories.

As an educator, I believe sociology is rewarding, applicable, and empowering. I challenge my students to develop their sociological imagination and critical thinking skills so they have the tools be informed, engaged, and empowered global citizens to make positive social changes in their own lives as well as the lives of others. I am also passionate about civic and voter engagement and have volunteered with local civic organizations (Chicago Votes). In my free time I enjoy spending time with family and friends, playing guitar, and working on scooters.
Education

Ph.D., Sociology, 2014,  The University of Illinois at Chicago 

M.A., Sociology, 2007, The University of Illinois at Chicago

B.A., General Sociology, 2003, Northeastern Illinois University

 

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Emily Masó
Emily
Masó
Instructor of Spanish
World Languages and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4732
Courses Taught
SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish I
SPAN 102 Beginning Spanish II
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 220 Intermediate Conversation I
SPAN 109 First Year Experience:Chicago's Latina/o Cultures
Research Interests
Spanish language, Latino cultures and literature.
Education

Post Graduate Courses: Universidad de Costa Rica Sede de Guanacaste. 2012: Costa Rican History and Oral Expression, 2013
M.A. Spanish Literature. Roosevelt University Chicago Illinois, 2003
B.A. Sociology/Anthropology. Knox College. Galesburg Illinois, 1992
One undergraduate semester in ACM San José, Costa Rica

Selected Performances

Chicago Geographical Society.  Chicago, Illinois
One hour talk to Society members.  Talk entitled "Pura Vida: Living and Traveling in Costa Rica".

Oakton Community College Cultures Week.  Oakton College  Skokie, Illinois
One hour talk to event participants.  Talk entitled "Living in Costa Rica".

Oakton Community College Cultures Week.  Oakton Community College Des Plaines, Illinois
One hour talk to event participants.  Talk entitled "Latino Union and Understanding Day Laborers in Chicago"

Background

First Year Experience Instructor. Northeastern Illinois University Chicago Iillinois, 2013-present

One semester course on Latino Culture in Chicago for First Year students, introduction to Chicago Latino history and its contribution to literary growth of the city the course integrated writing and college success skills.

Spanish Instructor. Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois, 2005-present

Currently teach introductory and intermediate Spanish courses. Developed on-line courses for beginning Spanish.

Spanish Instructor. Oakton Community College. Skokie, Illinois, 2005-present

Teach introductory Spanish and work individually with students who choose to do
Honors projects that include translation, intermediate conversation and writing.

Spanish Tutor. Lincolnwood, Illinois, 2010-2011

Complete homework, create study guides and prepare high school students for exams. I work
with students individually and provide support instruction and activities to facilitate learning.

Volunteer: English as a Second Language Instructor. Latino Union. Chicago, Illinois

As a volunteer I met with immigrant day laborers twice a week to provide beginning,
intermediate and advanced level English language instruction. I created and tailored lessons
to students’ needs and interests.

Lech Walesa Hall 2034
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4732
Office Hours
MW 5:30 - 6:15 and by appt
Main Campus
Curriculum Vitae