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 Instr. Alex Tetlak Instructor in Classics atetlak@truman.edu (660) 785-4517 Fall 2026 Office Hours MWF - 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM TTH - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Dr. Bridget Thomas Professor of Classics bridgetthomas@truman.edu (660) 785-6014 Fall 2026 Office Hours T, TH: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM and by appointment Make Appointment: https://bridgetthomas.youcanbook.me/ Chinese 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 Lily Yang FLTA - Chinese yang@truman.edu Fall 2026 Office Hours Tuesdays & Tursdays: 2:00 - 3:00 PM 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 Fall 2026 Office Hours: ED 609 Office Hours: 8:00 am-10:00 am Tuesdays & Thursdays: 2:30 pm-5:00 pm Fridays: 11:00 am-1:00 pm Personal Pronouns: she/her German Dr. Jack Davis Associate Professor of German jackdavis@truman.edu (660) 785-4067 Fall 2026 Office Hours M,W,F - 3:00PM - 4:00PM Dr. Ernst Hintz Professor of German ehintz@truman.edu (660) 785-4509 Fall 2026 Office Hours M & W - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM F - 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Also by appointment. Italian Dr. Carlo Annelli Assistant Professor of Italian cannelli@truman.edu (660) 785-6011 Fall 2026 Office Hours T, Th – 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM Japanese Dr. Masahiro Hara Professor of Japanese mhara@truman.edu (660) 785-4518 Fall 2026 Office Hours MWF - 4:30 - 6:00 PM Instr. Shinya Uchida Instructor of Japanese suchida@truman.edu (660) 785-4059 Fall 2026 Office Hours MWF: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM Linguistics Dr. Douglas Ball Assistant Professor of Linguistics dball@truman.edu (660) 785-6010 Fall 2026 office hours Mondays, Wednesdays,& Fridays 11:00-12:00 Tuesdays &Thursdays 3::30-4:30, Fridays 1:00-2:00 And by appointment and by chance Personal Pronouns: he-series Dr. Darrin Hetrick Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics dhetrick@truman.edu (660) 785-7572 Fall 2026 Office Hours: MWF - 9:30-11:20 AM MW - 1:30-2:20 PM TTH - 10:30 AM-1:00 PM By appointment. Personal Pronouns: he/him/his Dr. Emily Long Olsen Assistant Professor of Linguistics eolsen@truman.edu (660) 785-5167 Fall 2026 office hours Wednesday - 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Fri.10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Also by appointment Spanish Dr. Danion Doman Chair, Department of Languages & Linguistics ddoman@truman.edu (660) 785-4481 Fall 2026 office hours Monday 3:30-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday 2:00-4:45 p.m.; Wednesday 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:30-2:30; 3:30-4:30 and by appointment Dr. Jose Clemente Carreno Medina Professor of Spanish jcarreno@truman.edu (660) 785-4357 Fall 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 Fall 2026 Office Hours M/W/F 11:30-1, 2:30-4:30 T/TH (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 Fall 2026 Office Hours MWF 1:30 – 2:30 pm, 3:30 – 4:30 pm TR 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Or by appointment Personal Pronouns: she/her/ella Mell Rivera Diaz mriveradiaz@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 Dr. Oscar Sendon Associate Professor of Spanish osendon@truman.edu (660) 785-6012 Fall 2026 Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Wednesdays by appointment Dr. Katie VanDyne Assistant Professor of Spanish kvandyne@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 Fall 2026 MWF 8:30-9:30 AM, 10:00-11:30 AM, 2:20-3:30 PM 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 Kevin Guzzo kguzzo@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Elizabeth Janda ejanda@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 Languages and Linguistics Department