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![Robert (Moses) Fritz](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/robert-fritz.jpg)
Robert (Moses) Fritz
Associate Professor of Spanish
Faculty Hall 4A-3
Ph.D. Indiana University Bloomington. M.A. Indiana University Bloomington. M.A. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Areas of Interest: Early Modern Spanish Literature, History of Science, Cognitive Literary Studies
![Yoko Hatakeyama](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/yoko-hatakeyama.jpg)
Yoko Hatakeyama
Senior Instructor of Japanese
Faculty Hall 4A-1
M.A.: Murray State University. M.A.: Murray State University. Areas of Interest: Second Language Acquisition, Study Abroad
![Martin Kane](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/martin-kane.jpg)
M.A.: Miami University. Areas of Interest: Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature, Language Assessment, Second Language Acquisition
![Stephanie Peck](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/stephanie-peck.jpg)
Stephanie Peck
Administrative Assistant
Faculty Hall 4A
![Elena Picech](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/elena-picech.jpg)
Elena Picech
Associate Professor of Spanish
Faculty Hall 4A-2
Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins University. M.Ed.: Millersville University. Areas of Interest: Latin American Culture, 20th-Century Literature, Film, Modernity
Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Madison. M.A.: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Areas of Interest: Colonial Latin America, Religion and Literature, Theater
Roxane Riegler
Associate Professor of French and German
Faculty Hall 4A-8
Ph.D.: University of Maryland. M.A.: University of Salzburg. Areas of Interest: 20th- and 21st-Century Germanophone Literature, Holocaust Studies, Migration Studies
![Tanya Romero-González](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/tanya-romero-gonzalez.jpg)
Tanya Romero-González
Associate Professor of Spanish, Global Languages Coordinator
Faculty Hall 4A-5
Ph.D.: Yale University. M.Phil.: Yale University. M.A.: Yale University. M.A.: Miami University. Areas of Interest: 19th- through 21st-Century Peninsular Literature and Film, Spanish Civil War, Interdisciplinary Studies, Teaching Methodology, Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning
![Thérèse Saint Paul](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/therese-saintpaul.jpg)
Thérèse Saint Paul
Associate Professor of French
Faculty Hall 4A-9
Ph.D.: The University of Edinburgh. M.Lit. The University of Edinburgh. M.A.: Université de Liège. Areas of Interest: Comparative Medieval Arthurian-Celtic Literature, French Language and Civilization, French for Business
![Akane Shirata](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/akane-shirata.jpg)
Akane Shirata
Japanese Adjunct Faculty
M.Ed.: George Mason University. Areas of Interest: Heritage Language Education, Cultural Identity Development
![Tabitha Venable](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/tabitha-venable.jpeg)
Tabitha Venable
American Sign Language Adjunct
M.A. Gallaudet University Areas of interest: Deaf Culture, Sign Language, Deaf Community, Language Acquisition
![Jie Wu](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/jie-wu.jpg)
Ph.D.: University of Washington. M.A.: University of Washington. M.A.: University of Colorado. Areas of Interest: Traditional Chinese Poetry, Literary and Textual Criticism, Philology, Literary and Cultural History