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 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 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 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 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 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 Fall 2026 Office Hours: MWF - 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 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 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 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 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 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 Wednesday by appointment 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 Kevin Guzzo kguzzo@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Elizabeth Janda ejanda@truman.edu (660) 785-4005 Languages and Linguistics Department