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Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Louisiana State University
316 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Telephone: 225-578-6616
Fax: 225-578-5074

Twitter @lsuworldlang
Instagram @lsuworldlang
Website www.lsu.edu/worldlang
Email worldlang@lsu.edu

Rafael Orozco, Chair
315 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6616
rorozc1@lsu.edu

Jeannie Williamson, Assistant to the Department Chair
316 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6587
abwill@lsu.edu

Charles Cloutier, Operations Coordinator

316 Hodges Hall

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

225-578-6585

ccloutier3@lsu.edu

Program Section Heads and Advisors

Jimmy Challis Gore, American Sign Language (ASL)

452 Hodges Hall

225-578-7425

jcgore@lsu.edu

Touria Khannous, Arabic
301A Hodges Hall
225-578-0427
tkhann1@lsu.edu

Gang Zhou, Chinese
312 Hodges Hall
225-578-6647
gzhou@lsu.edu

Michelle Zerba, Classics Section Head

210D Allen Hall

225-578-3048

mzerba@lsu.edu

John Pizer, German
314 Hodges Hall
225-578-5172
pizerj@lsu.edu

Paolo Chirumbolo, Italian
423 Hodges Hall
225-578-3311

chirumbo@.edu.edu

Spanish Section Head, Advisors, and Coordinators

Christian Fernández-Palacios, Hispanic Studies Director and Associate Chair
309 Hodges Hall
225-578-5175
cferna2@lsu.edu

Alejandro Cortazar, Hispanic Studies Graduate Level Advisor
310 Hodges Hall
225-578-5169
acorta1@lsu.edu

Carmela Mattza, Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish course levels 2155 through 4000 and Spanish Majors and Minors
308 Hodges Hall
225-578-6638

cmattza@lsu.edu

Sheldon Lotten, Interim Spanish Language Coordinator for Spanish course levels 1101 through 2102
323 Hodges Hall
225-578-8515

slotte1@lsu.edu