Language House People
Find faculty, staff, and mentors in the Language House.
Language House Staff
Charlee Bezilla
Associate Director, Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
0107A St. Mary's Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Marilyn Matar
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Clinical Professor, French
Director, Language House
Honors Humanities Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Humanities
3106F Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Additional Contacts
Language House Mentors
Fall 2026
- Arabic: Randa Alharbi
- Chinese: Shiyang Wu
- French: Zoé Livry
- Japanese: Yuna Nonogaki
- Korean: Shinah Ryu
- Persian: Maryam Rezaei Zadeh
- Russian: Katya Sorokin
- Spanish: Isadora Quintana
Residential Life Support
- Community Director - Erin Schlegel
- Resident Director -
- Resident Assistants - Dorian Mkam and Katya Sorokin
Faculty Liaisons
Nahal Akbari
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Director, Persian Flagship Program, Persian
Member, Maryland Language Science Center
3110 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Giuseppe Falvo
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Program Director and Associate Professor, Romance Languages, Italian
4106 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Zhanna Gerus-Vernola
Senior Lecturer, Maya Brin Distinguished Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
4211 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Regina Haag
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Clinical Professor, UG Advisor, German Studies
3224 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Ahmed Hanafy
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Faculty Language Partner Program Coordinator, Arabic
Member, Maryland Language Science Center
3126 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Makiko Inoue
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer and Advisor, Japanese
4218 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Bahareh Jaleh
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Lecturer, Persian Flagship
3139 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Seong Minne Koh (고성민)
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Lecturer, Korean
2103 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Mei Kong
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer, Chinese
4223 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Christopher Lewis
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Clinical Professor, Advisor, Spanish and Portuguese
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
2211 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Hannah Wegmann
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Clinical Professor and Undergraduate Advisor, French
3106G Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742