World Language Coordinators
A World Language Coordinator coordinates the lower-level language classes for one of the many languages taught at UVA. If you have a question about placement, exemptions, etc., contact the appropriate World Language Coordinator.
If you have general questions about language placement or the World Language Requirement, contact your Academic Advising Dean or Dean Melissa Frost.
American Sign Language
Gregory Propp
Assistant Professor, American Sign Language
Arabic
Bilal Humeidan
Assistant Professor, Middle East and South Asia Language & Cultures
Chinese
Ran Zhao
Professor, East Asian Language Literature and Cultures
Classical Chinese Language and Literatures
Anne Kinney
Professor, East Asian Language Literature and Cultures
French
Karen Simroth James
Associate Professor, French
German
Julia Gutterman
Assistant Professor, German
Greek (Ancient)
Coulter George
Professor, Classics
Hebrew (Biblical)
Gregory Schmidt Goering
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
Hebrew (Modern)
Zvi Gilboa
Associate Professor, Middle East and South Asian Language & Cultures
Hindi/Urdu
Griff Chaussee
Senior Lecturer, Middle East and South Asia Language & Cultures
Italian
Sarah Annunziato
Associate Professor, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Japanese
Mieko Kawai
Distinguished Lecturer, East Asian Language, Literature and Cultures
Korean
Yoon Hwa Choi
Senior Lecturer, East Asian Language Literature and Cultures
Latin
Coulter George
Professor, Classics
Persian
Mahshad Mohit
Senior Lecturer, Middle East and South Asia Language & Cultures
143 New Cabell Hall
Polish
Dariusz Tolczyk
Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Portuguese
Eli Carter
Associate Professor, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Russian
Anna Borovskaya-Ellis
Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Sanskrit
Robert Hueckstedt
Professor, Middle East and South Asia Language & Cultures
Spanish
Kate Neff
Senior Lecturer, Spanish Italian and Portuguese
Swahili
Anne Rotich
Associate Professor, African American and African Studies
139 Minor Hall
Tibetan
David Germano
Professor, Religious Studies
Turkish
Didem Z. Havlioğlu
Associate Professor, Duke University