Faculty
Classical Civilization
French Studies
Germanic Studies
Italian Studies
Religion and Culture
Spanish Studies
Classical Civilization
Dr. Patricia Fagan
Assistant Professor of Classical Civilization
Office: 6100 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2874
Area of Expertise:
Languages; Literature; Culture; Epic; Myth; Oral Traditional Poetics; Greek Philosophy; Greek Political Thought
Dr. Max Nelson
Associate Professor of Classical Civilization
Office: 6113 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2886
Area of Expertise:
Roman History; Latin; Classical Tradition; Beer; Movies; Games
Dr. Robert Weir
Assistant Professor of Classical Civilization
Office: 6112 Lambton tower
Phone: 2875
Area of Expertise:
Languages; Classics; Mediterranean Archaeology; Ancient Greece; Greek History; Greek Language; Ancient Rome; Latin; Roman History; Ancient Coins; Ancient Athletics
Sessional Instructors - Classical Civilization
Adjunct Professor - Classical Civilization
Dr. Dora Katsonopoulou, (Ph.D. Cornell University), Greece
Professors Emeriti - Classical Civilization
Dr. Stephen Bertman
Dr. Harry W. Bird
Dr. Charles Fantazzi
French Studies
Dr. Tanja Collet-Najem
Associate Professor of French Studies
Office: 7114 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2071
Area of Expertise:
Linguistics: Lexicology; Discourse Analysis; Languages & Texts for Special Purposes; Applied Linguistics
Associate Professor of French Studies
Office: 7116 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2072
Area of Expertise:
Francophone Literature of Canada; Narratology; Theory of Description
Associate Professor of French Studies
Office: 7109 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2061
Area of Expertise:
Medieval Literature; Historical Linguistics; Old French; Old Occitan Language
Assistant Professor of French and Arabic Studies
Office: 7100 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2068
Area of Expertise:
Postcolonial Literature and Culture of the Middle East and North Africa; Arabic and French Language and Literature
Associate Professor of French Studies
Office: 6108 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2879
Area of Expertise:
Translation studies; Contrastive discourse analysis; Language policy; Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Pragmatics.
Associate Professor of French Studies
Office: 7106 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2063
Area of Expertise:
Francophone African Literature; French Language Training; Diaspora and Exile
Associate Professor of French Studies
Office: 6114 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2878
Area of Expertise:
19th Century French Literature: Realism and Naturalism; Postmodernism; Theories of Identity and Subjectivity
Sessional Instructors - French Studies
Dr. Jean-Pierre de Villers (Professor Emeritus)
Office: 7110 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2068
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Antoine Khoury (MA. University of Windsor)
Office: 7101 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2065
Cyncy Sandre (Exchange Instructor, Nice France)
Office: 7114 Lambton
Phone: 2885
Professors Emeriti - French Studies
Office: 7110 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2068
Dr. Basil D. Kingstone
Office: 7111 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2069
Dr. Moshé Starets
Office: 7110 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2066
Dr. Adrian van den Hoven
Office: 7101 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2065
Germanic Studies
Dr. Linda Feldman
Associate Professor of Germanic Studies
Office: 6109 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2891
Area of Expertise:
Language; Culture; Dutch Muslims; Theo van Gogh; Dutch Literature by Muslims; Maxim Biller; German-Jewish Literature; Multiculturalism in the Netherlands; Dutch Immigration Policy; Holocaust Studies
Dr. Victor Sevillano Canicio
Associate Professor of Germanic and
Spanish Studies
Office: 7112 Lambton Tower
Phone; 2073
Area of Expertise:
Germanic Studies; Hispanic Studies; Spanish Literature; Spanish History; Spanish Theatre; Spanish Media; Bilingualism; Second Language Acquisition.
Dr. Susan Wendt-Hildebrandt
Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Linguistics
On Leave
Area of Expertise:
General Language; General Translation; German Language and Society; Language and Change.
Sessional Instructors - Germanic Studies
Dr. Ingrid Helbing
Office: 6115 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2031
Anita Toronyi
Office: 6115 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2822
Italian Studies
Associate Professor of Italian Studies
Office: 7108 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2894
Area of Expertise
Languages; Classics; Dante; Divine Comedy; Italian Studies; Great Books; Middle Ages; Renaissance; Italian Cinema; Bible Studies.
Dr. Rossini is also the Director of the Humanities Research Group
Office: G106 CHN
Associate Professor of Italian Studies
Office: 7115 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2064
Area of Expertise:
Second Language Acquisition; multilingualism; Gesture Studies; General Linguistics; Italian Linguistics; Romance Languages.
Sessional Instructors - Italian Studies
Rita Bison (MA. Candidate, University of Windsor)
Office: 6111 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2880
Joseph Raffa, B.A. (Hons.), B. Ed., M.A. (University of Toronto)
Office: 6111 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2880
Professors Emeriti - Italian Studies
Dr. Charles Fantazzi
Dr. Walter Temelini
Religion and Culture
Dr. Dietmar Lage (Department Head)
Associate Professor of Religion and Culture
Office: 6105 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2873
Area of Expertise:
Languages: Literature; Culture; Religion; History of Christianity; Reformation; Theology; Luther; Religious Ethics; Biomedical Ethics; Research Ethics.
Dr. Barry Whitney
Professor of Religion and Culture
On Leave
Area of Expertise:
God and Suffering; Evil, Satan, Theodicy; Religion and Culture; Philosophy of Religion; Christianity; New Age Spirituality; Secular Humanism, Atheism; Religion and Science; Religion and Literature; Process Studies (journal editor).
Sessional Instructors - Religion and Culture
Dr. Lorenzo Buj (Ph.D.
Office: 7105 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2404
Professors Emeriti- Religion and Culture
Dr. J. Norman King, (Religious Studies)
Dr. Mahesh Mehta (Asian Studies)
Spanish Studies
Assistant Professor of Spanish Studies
Office: 7106 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2070
Area of Expertise:
General Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Hispanic Studies, Bilingualism, Second Language Education, Spanish Language
Associate Professor of Germanic and
Spanish Studies
Office: 7112 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2073
Area of Expertise:
Germanic Studies; Hispanic Studies; Spanish Literature; Spanish History; Spanish Theatre; Spanish Media; Bilingualism; Second Language Acquisition.
Sessional Instructors- Spanish Studies
Jelena Primorac (MA ,Universidad de Salamanca)
Office: 6110 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2877
Sara Wiercinski (PhD candidate, Wayne State University)
Office: 6110 Lambton Tower
Phone: 2877
Professor Emeritus - Spanish Studies
Dr. Rosanna vitale
Professor Emeritus - Oriental Studies
Dr. Kaylan Sarkar (Japanese)
Professor Emeritus - Slavic Studies
Dr. Ljubo Majhanovich (Russian)
University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
(519) 253-3000
