Languages and Linguistics: Faculty and Staff To quickly jump to a section, select one of the tags below. Ancient Greek and Latin Chinese French German Italian Japanese Linguistics Spanish Misc. Ancient Greek and Latin Dr. Amy Norgard Associate Professor of Classics, MAE Latin anorgard@truman.edu (660) 785-4423 Summer 2026 Office Hours: By appointment. BH 242 (x 7642) or OP 1107 (x 4423). Personal Pronouns: she/her/hers Instr. Alex Tetlak Instructor in Classics atetlak@truman.edu (660) 785-4517 Spring 2026 Office Hours MWF - 1:00 AM - 3:00 PM TTH - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Dr. Bridget Thomas Professor of Classics bridgetthomas@truman.edu (660) 785-6014 Spring 2026 Office Hours M&W 3:30PM - 4:30PM T,H,F 2:00PM - 3:00 PM and by appointment Make Appointment: https://bridgetthomas.youcanbook.me/ Chinese Michelle Lu Chinese FLTA ylu@truman.edu Spring 2026 Office Hours M&W 11:30-12:30 Dr. Zhijun Wen Assistant Professor of Chinese zwen@truman.edu (660) 785-6016 Fall 2025 Office Hours M W F- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM T-TH 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM And by appointment French Dr. Sana Camara Professor of French scamara@truman.edu (660) 785-4058 Falll 2025 Office Hours MWF- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM TTH - 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Dr. Kristen Cypret Assistant Professor of French kcypret@truman.edu (660) 785-6020 Summer 2026 Office Hours: (Virtual) Mondays & Wednesdays from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST and by appointment. Pplease email first to confirm before logging onto Zoom. Zoom Office Hours Link: Meeting ID: 544 640 5030 Passcode: French123 Personal Pronouns: she/her German Dr. Jack Davis Associate Professor of German jackdavis@truman.edu (660) 785-4067 Spring 2026 Office Hours M,W,F - 4:00PM - 5:00PM Dr. Ernst Hintz Professor of German ehintz@truman.edu (660) 785-4509 Spring 2026 Office Hours W & F - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Also by appointment. Italian Dr. Carlo Annelli Assistant Professor of Italian cannelli@truman.edu (660) 785-6011 Spring 2026 Office Hours M, W, F – 12:00PM - 1:00PM, 2:30-3:30PM T, Th – 1:30PM - 3:30PM Japanese Dr. Masahiro Hara Professor of Japanese mhara@truman.edu (660) 785-4518 Spring 2026 Office Hours MWF - 1:30 - 2:30PM & Mondays - 3:30 - 5:00PM Instr. Shinya Uchida Instructor of Japanese suchida@truman.edu (660) 785-4059 Spring 2026 Office Hours MWF: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Linguistics Dr. Douglas Ball Assistant Professor of Linguistics dball@truman.edu (660) 785-6010 Spring 2026 office hours Mondays & Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 Tuesdays &Thursdays 11:00-12:30, Fridays 1:30-2:30 And by appointment and by chance Personal Pronouns: he-series Dr. Darrin Hetrick Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics dhetrick@truman.edu (660) 785-7572 Summer 2026 Office Hours: By appointment. Personal Pronouns: he/him/his Dr. Emily Long Olsen Assistant Professor of Linguistics eolsen@truman.edu (660) 785-5167 Spring 2026 office hours Wednesday - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fri.9:30 - 11:30 AM Also by appointment Spanish Dr. Danion Doman Chair, Department of Languages & Linguistics ddoman@truman.edu (660) 785-4481 Spring 2025 office hours Monday and Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 Dr. Jose Clemente Carreno Medina Associate Professor of Spanish jcarreno@truman.edu (660) 785-4357 Spring 2026 Office Hours Tuesdays & Thursdays - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Zoom Meeting: https://truman-edu.zoom.us/j/4231091482 Dr. Stacy Davis Associate Professor of Spanish, Director of Second Language Instruction sdavis@truman.edu (660) 785-4191 /faculty-staff/sdavis Summer 2026 Office Hours (Virtual) By appointment. Personal Pronouns: she/her Dr. Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes Assistant Professor of Spanish and French Linguistics enhayes@truman.edu (660) 785-4500 Spring 2026 Office Hours MWF 9:30am-10:30am; 11:30pm-12:30pm; 4:00pm-4:30pm, or by appointment Personal Pronouns: she/her/hers Dr. Lorena Pina Palacio Assistant Professor of Spanish lpinapalacio@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 Spring 2026 Office Hours MWF 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm TuTh 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Or by appointment Personal Pronouns: she/her/ella Dr. Oscar Sendon Associate Professor of Spanish osendon@truman.edu (660) 785-6012 Spring 2026 Tuesday 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Wednesday by appointment Thursday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Dr. Katie VanDyne Assistant Professor of Spanish kvandyne@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 Spring 2026 MWF 10:00-11:30 AM, 2:20-4:10 Misc. Dawn Coy Secretary - Languages and Linguistics dcoy@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 School Year HOURS 8am - 5pm M,W,F, & 7:30 - 4:30 T,TH Languages and Linguistics Department