Conference Divisions & Executive Committee

ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES 
Ghadir Zannoun 
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: ghadir.zannoun@uky.edu

Aiyub Palmer
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: aiyub.palmer@uky.edu

CLASSICAL STUDIES (Ancient Mediterranean Classics)
James H. Brusuelas
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: james.brusuelas@uky.edu

EUROVISION STUDIES
Juan Fernández Cantero
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
Email: juan.fernandez@uky.edu

FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES 
Nisrine Slitine El Mghari
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: nslitine@uky.edu

GERMAN-AUSTRIAN-SWISS STUDIES
Rebeccah Dawson
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: bessdawson@uky.edu

Harald Höbusch
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: hhoebu@uky.edu

HEBREW AND JEWISH STUDIES 
Martin Luther Chan
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: martinluther@uky.edu

HISPANIC STUDIES GA
Hayden Holman
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky

HISPANIC STUDIES: HISPANIC LINGUISTICS
Fabiola Fernández-Doig
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
Email: fabiola.fernandez@uky.edu

Yanira Paz
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
Email: yblaba0@uky.edu

HISPANIC LINGUISTICS: HISTORY AND CHANGE
Lamar Graham 
Department of Romance Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Email: lagraham@email.unc.edu

Sonia Kania
University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Modern Languages
Email: skania@uta.edu

HISPANIC STUDIES: PENINSULAR 
Ana Rueda
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
Email: rueda@uky.edu

HISPANIC STUDIES: SPANISH AMERICAN
Matt Losada
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
Email: mattlosada@uky.edu

INDIGENOUS STUDIES
Rusty Barrett
Department of Linguistics, University of Kentucky
Email: erbarr2@email.uky.edu

INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
Renata Seredynska
School of Education, The University of Nottingham
Email: renata.seredynska@nottingham.ac.uk .

ITALIAN STUDIES
Mateo Benassi
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: matteo.benassi@uky.edu

Ioana Raluca Larco
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
 Email: ioana.larco@uky.edu

LANGUAGES FOR THE PROFESSIONS
* DIRECTOR FOR 2025 TBD *

LINGUISTICS
* Please direct any questions regarding the general linguistics track to kflc.admin@uky.edu *

LUSOPHONE STUDIES
Katia da Costa Bezerra
Spanish & Portuguese, University of Arizona
Email: kbezerra@email.arizona.edu

NEO-LATIN STUDIES (not active for 2025)
Laura Manning
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: Lamanning@uky.edu

Jennifer Tunberg
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: jmtunb2@uky.edu

RUSSIAN AND SLAVIC STUDIES
Raymond DeLuca
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: rdeluca@uky.edu

SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC STUDIES
Brenna Reinhart Byrd
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: brennabyrd@uky.edu

F. Tyler Sergent
Berea College
Email: sergentf@berea.edu

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Koji Tanno
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: koji.tanno@uky.edu

STUDIES OF GLOBAL ASIAS
Liang Luo 
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: llu222@uky.edu

Doug Slaymaker
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky
Email: dslaym@uky.edu

TRANSLATION STUDIES
Lola Norris
Graduate School, Texas A&M International University
Email: lonorris@tamiu.edu

Maria Postigo
Department of Modern Languages, Ohio University
Email: postigo@ohio.edu