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Faculty & Staff World Languages Department

Carlos Parra Ph.D., Chair

  • Professor of World Languages (2015)
  • Ph.D. in Romance Studies, Duke University, 2001
  • M.A. in Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 1994

Lourdes E. Morales-Gudmundsson Ph.D.

  • Professor of Spanish (1995)
  • Ph.D., Brown University, 1981
Spanish renaissance and contemporary Spanish Americanliterature

Lorena Gutiérrez-Cortés M.A.

  • Adjunct professor of Spanish (2008)
  • M.A., California State University, San Bernardino

Spanish/Hispanic literature, linguistics, and civilization

Yoshimitsu Mineyama PH.D.

  • Adjunct professor of Japanese (2008)
  • M.P.H., Loma Linda University

Japanese language education methodology improvement and optimum conditioning

Claire K. Liu A.B.D.

  • Professor of Chinese Language and Civilization (2014)
  • A.B.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999
  • M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
  • M.A. in History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991

Janan Naeem Amen B.S.

  • Adjunct professor of Arabic (2008)
  • B.S., University of Basra, Iraq

Math and second language teaching

Degree Program

Spanish

Contact and Location

worldlanguages@lasierra.edu
(951) 785-2257
(951) 785-2259
Gladwyn Hall 101

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