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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

(301) 405-9910

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

(301) 405-4031

Regina Haag

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Clinical Professor, UG Advisor, German Studies

3224 Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4096

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

3141 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-3015

Makiko Inoue

Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Lecturer and Advisor, Japanese

4218 Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-0495

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

2211 Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-6556

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

(301) 405-4032