Faculty

Concepcion Godev teaches courses in the fields of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish as a second language. Her research focuses on pedagogical aspects of translation and second language acquisition. In the last three years she has engaged in redesigning her undergraduate and graduate courses for online asynchronous delivery. Appointments Professor of Spanish Linguistics & Translation […]

Coordinator of Elementary and Intermediate Level German Susanne Gomoluch is a Teaching Professor of German. She received her PhD in German from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. After teaching at liberal arts colleges in the Northeast, she returned to North Carolina to teach at UNC Charlotte. Currently, she is the Elementary and Intermediate […]

Coordinator GermanAdvisor for German MinorsCoordinator of Undergraduate Certificate Business German My name is Professor Jakeway, and I am a Senior Lecturer for German, Director of the German Business Certificate, German Advisor, German Coordinator and I am the Director of the German American Exchange Internship Program (Paid Internships for German Majors in Germany over the Summer […]

Phil Kaffen is an associate professor of Japanese and cinema. His research and teaching focuses on visual images, including cinema, animation, photography, and installation. In particular, the role of images in broader social and cultural issues from militarism and war to sovereignty and ecology form the core concerns of his research. He teaches courses on […]

Coordinator of Spanish Jeffrey Killman is an associate professor of Spanish at UNC Charlotte, where he teaches a range of topics including legal translation, scientific and technical translation, translation technologies, and translation theory. He has also taught translation practice courses at the American University and the University of Texas at Brownsville. He holds a Ph.D., […]

Major & Minor Advisor French Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating French-English Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate in Business French Director of Graduate Certificate in French Translating Mary A. LaMarca is Teaching Professor of French and the French major/minor adviser, as well as the French Club faculty adviser. She earned her PhD from Duke University, and […]

  Education M.A. Spanish, Translating and Translation Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2011) Spanish Appointments Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation, 2021-present Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation, 2014-2021 Affiliate Faculty of Latin American Studies 2016-present

Maryrica Ortiz Lottman is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research examines 17th-century comedias as they were originally performed and as they are staged today, especially in relation to gardens and landscapes. Her publications include extended interviews with some of the top theater directors in the UK, […]

Graduate Director Christopher D. Mellinger is a Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation and is affiliate faculty for the Latin American Studies program at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Mellinger holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from Kent State University. He also holds certificates in Spanish-English interpreting and Spanish […]

Dr. Chikako Mori is a Senior Lecturer of Japanese. She has been serving as coordinator since Fall 2015 and designated student advisor of Japanese Studies program since Spring 2017. Education Ed.D. Learning, Design and Technology, UNC Charrlotte (2025) M.Ed. Cultural Studies, Ohio University (2004) B.A. International Relations, Chubu University, Japan (1998) Appointments Senior Lecturer, UNC […]