SLA Faculty Advisors

Applicants must reach out to their foreign language program's SLA Program Faculty Advisor prior to applying to the grant. Applicants should bring details of their proposed language program to their meeting with their language's faculty advisor and be prepared to discuss and ask questions. Below is the list of advisors by language. Click on the link to email them or be taken to their contact page.

Arabic

For undergraduate students: Professor Ghada Bualuan

For graduate students: Professor Catherine Bronson

Chinese 

Professor Yongping Zhu

Creole

Professor Karen Richman

French

Professor Azeb Haileselassie

German

Professor Denise Della Rossa 

Italian

Professor Alessia Blad-Miller

Irish

Professor Tara MacLeod

Japanese

Professor Noriko Hanabusa

Korean

Professor Yeonhee Yoon

Latin/Greek

Professor Tadeusz Mazurek

Portuguese

For Brazil Programs: Professor Marcio Bahia
For Portugal Programs: Professor Ana Fauri

Russian

Professor Tetyana Shlikhar

Spanish

Professor Keith Schaefer

Other Language Programs or Less Commonly Taught Languages

Professor Alessia Blad-Miller

**If you are an undergraduate student and you plan to study a less-commonly taught language of Africa or Asia (such as Swahili or Hindi) or you are considering a summer program in Latin America (like Quechua), you should also make an appointment with Holly Rivers, Associate Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, in addition to your appointment with an SLA Program Faculty Advisor.

**If you are a graduate student and you plan to study a less-commonly taught language of Africa or Asia, you should make an appointment with Denise Wright, Program Manager, Visiting Fellow & Graduate Student Programs at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, in addition to your appointment with an SLA Program Faculty Advisor.