Faculty, Staff & Leadership
Faculty, Staff & Leadership Page Contents
Leadership & Staff
David Smith
Interim Department Chair
Bate 3324A
252-328-0104
smithdav@ecu.edu
Laura Levi Altstaedter
Associate Chair
Bate 3320
252-328-4128
levialtstaedterl@ecu.edu
Almitra Medina
Graduate Program Director,
M.A. in Hispanic Studies
Bate 3302
252-328-2104
medinaa15@ecu.edu
Javier Lorenzo
Undergraduate Program Director
Bate 3305A
252-328-2667
lorenzoj@ecu.edu
Lisa Ellison
Director of Interdisciplinary Programs
Bate 3307
252-328-2617
ellisonl15@ecu.edu
Suzanne Powell
Lead Administrative Associate
Bate 3324
252-328-6017
powellsu@ecu.edu
Francesca Callander
Administrative
Associate
Bate 3326D
252-328-6232
callanderf23@ecu.edu
Lily Johnson
Educational Technology Support Tech.
Bate 3318
252-328-2103
johnsonlil21@ecu.edu
Section Chairs & Coordinators
John Stevens
Classical Studies Concentration
Coordinator
Ragsdale 133
252-328-6056
stevensj@ecu.edu
Marylaura Papalas
French Concentration Coordinator
Bate 3322
252-328-5786
papalasm@ecu.edu
Jill Twark
German Concentration Coordinator
Bate 3316
252-328-6536
twarkj@ecu.edu
Susanne Jones
Global Studies Concentration Coordinator
Ragsdale 116B
252-737-2390
jonessu@ecu.edu
Tricia Wilson-Okamura
Japanese Coordinator
Webex Personal Roomwilsonokamurat@ecu.edu
Elena Murenina
Russian Studies Coordinator
Bate 3303
252-328-5521
mureninae@ecu.edu
Classics, Latin & Greek
Lisa Ellison
Senior Teaching Instructor
Bate 3307
252-328-2617
ellisonl15@ecu.edu
John Stevens
Associate Professor
Ragsdale 133
252-328-6056
stevensj@ecu.edu
Tricia Wilson-Okamura
Japanese Coordinator
Webex Personal Roomwilsonokamurat@ecu.edu
French
Renée Altergott
Assistant Professor
Bate 3312
252-328-6539
altergottr24@ecu.edu
Larkin Murphy
Teaching Associate Professor
Bate 3308
252-328-6024
murphyl15@ecu.edu
Marylaura Papalas
Associate Professor
Bate 3322
252-328-5786
papalasm@ecu.edu
German
Susanne Jones
Associate Professor
Ragsdale 116B
252-737-2390
jonessu@ecu.edu
David Smith
Associate Professor and Chair
Bate 3324A
252-328-0104
smithdav@ecu.edu
Jill Twark
Professor
Bate 3316
252-328-6536
twarkj@ecu.edu
Jake van der Kolk
Teaching Associate Professor
Bate 3306
252-328-6031
vanderkolkj23@ecu.edu
Japanese
Tricia Wilson-Okamura
Master Teaching Instructor
Webex Personal Room
wilsonokamurat@ecu.edu
Ken Tseng
Teaching Assistant Professor
Bate 3310
252-328-5560
tsengc23@ecu.edu
Russian
Elena Murenina
Associate Professor
Bate 3303
252-328-5521
mureninae@ecu.edu
Justin Wilmes
Associate Professor
Ragsdale 116A
252-328-6045
wilmesj@ecu.edu
Spanish
Laura Levi Altstaedter
Associate Professor
Bate 3320
252-328-4128
levialtstaedterl@ecu.edu
Monica Cooper
Teaching Instructor
Bate 3311
252-328-5765
coopermon24@ecu.edu
Juan Daneri
Associate Professor
Austin 312
252-328-5523
danerij@ecu.edu
Juan Escourido
Associate Professor
Bate 3323
252-328-6207
escouridoj16@ecu.edu
Cristina Estrada-Underwood
Senior Teaching Instructor
Bate 3311
252-737-4704
estradaunderwoodc20@ecu.edu
Paul Fallon
Associate Professor
Bate 3325
252-328-4803
fallonp@ecu.edu
Katherine Ford
Linda E. McMahon
Distinguished Professor
Mamie Jenkins 107
252-737-4090
fordkl@ecu.edu
Nieves González-Fuentes
Teaching Assistant Professor
Bate 3319
252-328-4131
gonzalezfuentesm21@ecu.edu
Dale Knickerbocker
Professor
Bate 3304
252-328-6521
knickerbockerd@ecu.edu
Magalí Krosl
Senior Teaching Instructor
Bate 3317
252-328-6546
kroslma15@ecu.edu
Kathryn Hayes
Teaching Instructor
Bate 3313
252-737-2487
hayeskat23@ecu.edu
Dylan Jarrett
Assistant Professor
Bate 3315
252-328-6529
jarrettd22@ecu.edu
Javier Lorenzo
Professor
Bate 3305A
252-328-2667
lorenzoj@ecu.edu
Almitra Medina
Associate Professor
Bate 3302
252-328-2104
medinaa15@ecu.edu
Michael Schinasi
Associate Professor
Bate 3309
252-328-6543
schinasim@ecu.edu
Rina Tseng
Teaching Instructor
Bate 3314
252-737-2487
tsengr23@ecu.edu
Sarah Tyson
Senior Teaching Instructor
Bate 3305
252-328-5765
tysonsa@ecu.edu
Jennifer Valko
Associate Professor
Austin 314
252-328-5526
valkoj@ecu.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Charles E. Fantazzi
Thomas Harriot Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Classics and Great Books
fantazzic@ecu.edu
Sylvie Debevec Henning
Professor Emerita
French and Francophone Studies
hennings@ecu.edu
Peter Standish
Professor Emeritus
Spanish
standishp@ecu.edu
Ann Borisoff
Teaching Professor Emerita
Spanish
borisoffa@ecu.edu
Birgit Jensen
Associate Professor Emerita
jensenb@ecu.edu
Debra Rush
Associate Professor Emerita
rushd17@ecu.edu