
Contact Us
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Department Administration
Our department’s administrative offices are located in Withers Hall, Room 310.
Address: 101 Lampe Dr. Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-2475
Administrators
Department Head, Jim Michnowicz
Phone: 919-515-9310
Email: michnowicz@ncsu.edu
Associate Department Head, Scott Despain
Interim Coordinator of Advising
Phone: 919-513-1482
Email: despain@ncsu.edu
Assistant Head for Scheduling, A. Carolyn Wright
Phone: 919-515-9287
Email: carolyn_wright@ncsu.edu
Director of Graduate Programs, Valerie Lambert
Email: vawust@ncsu.edu
Director of Undergraduate Advising, Alexandra Marano
Phone: 919-515-9288
Email: alexandra_marano@ncsu.edu
Section Coordinators
Arabic Studies, Jodi Khater
Email:Â jskhater@ncsu.edu
Arabic Language Placement Administrator, Inas Messiha
Email: itmessih@ncsu.edu
Chinese Studies, Nathaniel Isaacson
Email: nkisaacs@ncsu.edu
Classical Studies, Dustin Heinen
Email: dheinen@ncsu.edu
Foreign Language Education, Sarah Brandt
Email: sabrandt@ncsu.edu
French, Laura Call
Email: lkcall@ncsu.edu
German Studies, James Brown
Email: jhbrown3@ncsu.edu
Hindi-Urdu, Sujata Mody
Email: ssmody@ncsu.edu
Italian Studies, Anna Rita Bonaduce-Dresler
Email: arbonadu@ncsu.edu
Japanese, Wakako Sera
Email: wsera@ncsu.edu
Korean, Daniel Kim
Email: dtkim2@ncsu.edu
Portuguese, Karen A. Coachman
Email: kacoachm@ncsu.edu
Russian Studies, Alexei Lalo
Email: alalo@ncsu.edu
Spanish, Inma Navarro
Email: mnavarr@ncsu.edu
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Jennifer Despain
Email: jhdespai@ncsu.edu