Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Youngstown State University

Faculty and Staff


Faculty and Staff

Full Time Faculty:

Servio Becerra

Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973

507 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-1629

E-mail:  stbecerra@ysu.edu

HomePage

Servio T. Becerra

 

 

Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2008

512 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-1631

E-mail : dqburkhart@ysu.edu

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Burkhart.html

Diana Q. Burkhart

 

 

Iole Checcone

Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Italian and French)

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1995

513 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-1632

E-mail : iccheccone@ysu.edu

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/checcone/icheccone.htm

Iole C. Checcone

 

 

Hervé Corbé

Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (French)

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1983

508 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-1630

E-mail : hmcorbe@ysu.edu

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Corbe.html

Hervé M. Corbé

 

 

Ivania del Pozo

Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Ph.D., City University of New York, 1977

506 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-1628

E-mail : idelpozo@ysu.edu

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/delPozo.html

Ivania del Pozo

 

 

Ndinzi Masagara

Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (French & Swahili)

Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1991

511 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3464

E-mail : nmasagara@ysu.edu

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/masagara/Masagara.htm

Ndinzi Masagara

 

 

John Sarkissian

Chair and Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Greek & Latin)

Ph.D., Duke University, 1977

502 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3460

E-mail : jesarkissian@ysu.edu, johnsark@stratos.net,

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Sarkissian

John E. Sarkissian
 

 

Melissa Smith

Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Russian)

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1984

510 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3462

E-mail : mtsmith02@ysu.edu

HomePage : http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Smith/index.html

Melissa T. Smith


Part Time Faculty:

John Boehm

German

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461

E-mail: JohnBoehmJr@msn.com

Spanish

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461

E-mail: eduardo_cabrera_alvarez@hotmail.com http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Cabrera.html

John Boehm

 
Eduardo Cabrera
 


Italian

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461

E-mail: ibrioli@ysu.edu http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Brioli.html

 

Italian

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461

E-mail:

Ilaria Brioli

 
Lio Comichista
 

 

Spanish
B.A. University of Pittsburgh, 1992
501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461
E-mail:
mfoltz@ysu.edu
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Foltz.html

Laura Goist

Spanish/Language Learning and Resource Center Coordinator
M.A. Youngstown State University

561 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3465

E-mail : lagoist@ysu.edu

http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Goist.html

Meírel Foltz

 

Laura Goist

 

 

 

Spanish

501 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3461

E-mail:
.http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Johnston.html

Chaya Kessler

Hebrew

M.A., Youngstown State University

B.A., The Hebrew Univ., Jeruselem, Israel

501 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3461

E-mail: cskessler@ysu.edu

http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Kessler.html

Patricia Johnston
 
Chaya Kessler
 

 

Madeleine Marous

Arabic

B.A. , Youngstown State University

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461

E-mail:  mclendenin@ysu.edu

http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/MarounClendenin.html

John Sandru

 

Spanish

M.A. Universidad de Costa Rica, 2004

501 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3461

E-mail: jnsandru@ysu.edu

http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Sandru.html

 

Madeleine Maroun-Clendenin

 
John Sandru
 


Tetyana Ptichkin

Russian

M.A., Youngstown State University

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-3461

E-mail:  opitchkin@ameritech.net

Shelly Zhu

Chinese

MLS, City University of New York (CUNY) 
Queens College, 2004.

501 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3461

E-mail: xzhu@ysu.edu
.http://www.as.ysu.edu/~forlang/Zhu.html

http://maagblog.ysu.edu/chinese2600

Tetyana Ptichkin

 
Shelly Zhu
 


 


 

 
 


   
   

 

Office Staff:


Department Secretary

501 DeBartolo Hall,  (330) 941-3461

E-mail: 

Office Assistant

501 DeBartolo Hall, (330) 941-5008

Debra Dolasinski
 
 

 

Language Learning and Resource Center Coordinator:

LLRC Assistants/Tutors:

Spanish  
Dacmara Delgado (Spanish)
  Bobby Frazzini (Spanish)
  Joe Pagley (Spanish)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

Fatima Alhadi
Jennifer Hanuschak
Jennifer Hanuschak (French & Russian)
Molly Klasovsky
Molly Klasovsky (Spanish)
Fatima Alhadi
Fatima Alhadi
Fatima Alhadi
Allison Ge (Chinese)
Fatima Alhadi
Mei Ma (Chinese)
Fatima Alhadi
Fatima Alhadi
Mike Pilloli (Italian)
Fatima Alhadi

   
       
       

Last updated on January 12, 2009.