Department of Modern Languages

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What We Do

Today, nine out of 10 U.S. employers need employees with language skills other than English. In the Department of Modern Languages, we help students gain proficiency in a second language.

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Department Chair

David Ramirez


Jeffrey W. Farland
Higher Education Administration Assistant II

The Department of Modern Languages offers a B.A. degree in modern languages, with concentrations in French, Francophone studies, Latin American studies (with a track in Spanish-speaking Latin America and Brazil), Portuguese and Spanish.

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Modern Languages Faculty welcome accepted students on Accepted Students Day, April 2023
Modern Languages Faculty welcome accepted students on Accepted Students Day, April 2023
Students from the Modern Languages program cluster together on couches for the Modern Languages Conversations event, Spring 2023
Modern Languages Conversations, Spring 2023
Chair of Modern Languages, Dr. Eliani Basile and Associate Professor David Ramirez ready to meet prospective students at Open House, November 2023
Chair of Modern Languages Dr. Eliani Basile and Associate Professor David Ramirez ready to meet prospective students at Open House, November 2023
Modern Languages students and faculty attend Theatre Night in Providence, Spring 2023
Modern Languages students and faculty attend Theatre Night in Providence, Spring 2023
Chair of Modern Languages, Dr. Eliani Basile, leads an evening of structured conversations in the event I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS
Chair of Modern Languages, Dr. Eliani Basile, leads an evening of structured conversations in the event I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS
Large crowd of students attending the event I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS
Large crowd of students attending the event I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS
Large group photo of attendees of the I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS event
Large group photo of attendees of the I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS event
Chair of Modern Languages, Dr. Eliani Basile, stands with a student at the event I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS
Chair of Modern Languages, Dr. Eliani Basile, stands with a student at the event I AM A CHILD OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS

Adjunct Faculty

  • Professor Ana Mendiburu (and Spanish)
  • Professor Maria Hofman (and Spanish)
  • Dr. Nery Rolando Villanueva (and Spanish)
  • Dr. Antonella Sisto
  • Professor Daniel Schields (and Spanish)
  • Dr. Irene do Aamaral
  • Professor Ana Parada
  • Professor Ernelinda Zito
  • Professor Miguel Angel Arbues
  • Professor Vanessa DelGiudice
  • Professor Leslie Durigan
  • Professor Gianina Gastelo
  • Professor Jennifer Loaiza
  • Professor Andres Zuniga
  • Professor Maureen McEntee
  • Professor Susan Ward

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