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
Director, Language House
Assistant Clinical Professor and LH Director, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Clinical Professor, French
Honors Humanities Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Humanities
3106F Jimenez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Additional Contacts
Language House Mentors
Spring 2025
- Arabic: Kimberli Muñoz
- Chinese: Congyao Wu
- French: Fatima Kirkland-El
- Italian: Sokun Bagni
- Japanese: Allison Parrish
- Korean: Hyeran Ryu
- Persian: Maryam Rezaei Zadeh
- Russian: Daniel Golzari
- Spanish: Isadora Quintana
Residential Life Support
- Community Director - Erin Schlegel
- Resident Director - Theo Nichols
- Resident Assistants - Keon Abasi and Ariana Paulino
Faculty Liaisons
Nahal Akbari
Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Director, Persian Flagship Program, Persian
Assistant Professor, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
Member, Maryland Language Science Center
3110 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Giuseppe Falvo
Program Director and Associate Professor, Romance Languages, Italian
Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
4106 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
Senior Lecturer, Faculty Language Partner Program Coordinator, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Arabic
Member, Maryland Language Science Center
3126 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Makiko Inoue
Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer and Advisor, Japanese
4218 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Bahareh Jaleh
Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Lecturer, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
3139 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Seong Minne Koh
Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Lecturer, Korean
2103 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Michael Lavery
Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Professor, Russian
4224 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Jungjung Lee-Heitz
Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer, Chinese
4223 Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Christopher Lewis
Assistant Clinical Professor, 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
Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Clinical Professor and Undergraduate Advisor, French
3106G Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742