Faculty

Mar 11, 2026

Dr. Lambert’s and Zahler’s French and Spanish Research Project French and Spanish Research Project

This semester was a busy one for Dr. Lambert’s (French) and Dr. Zahler’s (Spanish) collaborative research on how learners of French and Spanish as second (L2) and third (L3) languages acquire grammatical features in their target language. This semester they presented at several venues on their work on L2 and L3 French and Spanish gender…

Sep 9, 2025

New WLC Faculty/Staff

This fall, the Department of World Languages & Cultures welcomed five new full time faculty members in French, German Spanish and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), as well as a new Director of Undergraduate Advising. Keep reading to learn more about our new colleagues. Paula Dechima, Spanish Where did you study and…

Aug 21, 2024

WLC Professor Receives Emerging Scholar Award

Dr. Mónica E. Lugo-Vélez, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, recently won one of the Emerging Scholars Awards at the Fourteenth International Conference on Food Studies, held at the Politécnico de Portalegre in Portalegre, Portugal. As an Emerging Scholar awardee, she plays a crucial role in the conference by chairing parallel…

Mar 30, 2023

Jim Michnowicz Named Department Head for World Languages and Cultures

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has named Jim Michnowicz head of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, effective July 1.

Feb 2, 2022

Professor Johanna Montlouis-Gabriel Heads to France as a Camargo Foundation Fellow

NC State French professor Johanna Montlouis-Gabriel will spend 11 weeks in France as a 2022 Fellow for the Camargo Foundation.

Apr 14, 2021

Teaching Teachers Half A World Away

A collaborative new initiative between NC State’s English as a Second Language program and the Global Training Initiative (GTI) is helping Azerbaijani teachers improve their English fluency.

Dec 31, 2020

From STEM to STEAM

A recent project by FLL professor Dudley Marchi: From STEM to STEAM

Nov 10, 2020

Yallah Al-Quds

Thinking Globally in an Isolated World The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of many and has gifted countless tribulations to world of academia. It has forced NC State to completely alter the way curriculum is taught. A major result of this is that study abroad programs have been put on pause. Study abroad at…

Feb 27, 2019

Faculty Spotlight: James McConnell

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures’ own James McConnell has added another accolade to his list of accomplishments as an educator at NC State. McConnell has been with the department since 2005 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2013. Prior to joining the Wolfpack, McConnell attended the University of Arizona for undergraduate and…

Oct 26, 2018

Asian Language Concentration at Packapalooza

The Asian Language concentration participated at Packapalooza this year. Our table was located at the end of CHASS booth, next to the trapeze station and was equipped with wonderfully committed student who were involved in activities provided. Some were dressed in beautiful Indian outfits others engaged in calligraphy station and language games.