People
Department Leadership
Lynn Westwater
Department Chair
Director of Italian Language & Literature
Kathryn Kleppinger
Deputy Chair
Director of French Literature
Department Directors
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Peter Rollberg
Professor of Slavic Languages, Film Studies, and International Affairs, Director of Russian Language and Literature
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Víctor A. Valdivia Ruiz
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Director of Spanish Language
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Lynn Westwater
Department Chair, Professor of Italian, Director of Italian Language and Literature, Director of Portuguese