Faculty members of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature are dedicated teachers and scholars who are very active in the profession. They have authored numerous texts of literary criticism, as well as creative books of poetry and narrative.

Department Chairperson

Mercedes Juliá, Ph.D.	mercedes.julia@villanova.edu	(610) 519-7478
Professor/ Chair of the Department

Full-Time Faculty

French

Jan F. Rigaud, Ph.D.	jan.rigaud@villanova.edu	(610) 519-6955
Associate Professor, Coordinator of French Studies

Beatrice Waggaman, Ph.D.	beatrice.waggaman@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4388
Assistant Professor

Seth Whidden, Ph.D.	seth.whidden@villanova.edu	(610) 519-5468
Associate Professor

German

Charles H. Helmetag, Ph.D.	charles.helmetag@villanova.edu	(610) 519-7794
Professor, Coordinator of German Studies

Italian

Diane Biunno, Ph.D.	diane.biunno@villanova.edu	(610) 519-3821
Visiting Instructor

Letizia Modena, Ph.D.	letizia.modena@villanova.edu	(610) 519-3018
Assistant Professor

Gaetano Pastore, Ph.D.	gaetano.pastore@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4696
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Italian Studies

Inna Rayevsky, Ph.D.	inna.rayevsky@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4699
Assistant Professor

Spanish

Lee B. Abraham, Ph.D.	lee.abraham@villanova.edu	(610) 519-6961
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Jose Luis Gastanaga Ponce de Leon, Ph.D.	jose.luis.gastanaga@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4686
Assistant Professor

Carlos Jiménez, Ph.D.	carlos.jimenez@villanova.edu	(610) 519-5648
Assistant Professor

Mercedes Juliá, Ph.D.	mercedes.julia@villanova.edu	(610) 519-7478
Professor/ Chair of the Department

Chad Leahy, M.A.	chad.leahy@villanova.edu	(610) 519-3823
Instructor

Adriana Merino, Ph.D.	adriana.merino@villanova.edu	(610) 519-8846
Visiting Assistant Professor

Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Ph.D.	silvia.nagyzekmi@villanova.edu	(610) 519-3069
Professor of Hispanic and Cultural Studies Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies

James Nelson Novoa, Ph.D.	james.nelsonnovoa@villanova.edu	(610) 519-5648
Assistant Professor

Liliana Nunez-Aguirre, M.A	liliana.nunez-aguirre@villanova.edu	(610) 519-8847
Instructor

Aydé Pérez, M.A.	ayde.perez@villanova.edu	(610) 519-3823
Instructor

Estrella Ogden, Ph.D.	estrella.ogden@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4704
Professor

Carmen Peraita, Ph.D.	carmen.peraita@villanova.edu	(610) 519-7831
Professor, Coordinator of Spanish Studies

Salvatore Poeta, Ph.D.	salvatore.poeta@villanova.edu	(610) 519-6954
Associate Professor and Director of Spanish Internship Program

Carlos Trujillo, Ph.D.	carlos.trujillo@villanova.edu	(610) 519-6956
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies

Maria Vallieres, Ph.D.	maria.vallieres@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4705
Assistant Professor

Part-Time Faculty

French

Lisa Franks, M.A.	lisa.franks@villanova.edu

Margaret McMonigle-Caprara. M.A.	margaret.mcmonigle-caprara@villanova.edu	(610) 519-6000 x86469

Isabelle Meyer, M.A.	isabelle.meyer@villanova.edu

Cedric Sage, M.A.	cedric.sage@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4443

Italian

Anna Minervini, M.A.	anna.minervini@villanova.edu

Spanish

Franklin Guzman-Zamora, B.A.	franklin.guzman-zamora@villanova.edu

Ariana Huberman, Ph.D.	ariana.huberman@villanova.edu

Kara Moranski, M.A.	kara.moranski@villanova.edu

Joan Perez-Rodriguez	joan.perez-rodriguez@villanova.edu

Gabriela RocaVasquez	gabriela.rocavasquez@villanova.edu

Kimberly Wright	kimberly.wright@villanova.edu

Toni Cicala	toni.cicala@villanova.edu	(610) 519-4680

Anne-Marie Joyce	anne-marie.joyce@villanova.edu	(610) 519-7478
Administrative Assistant