Faculty

Graduate Director Spring 2025 Office Hours:Online Only Monday 7-8PM and by appointment via Zoom Christopher D. Mellinger is Associate 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 […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only MWF 8:30-8:50AM & 11:30AM-12PM, W 2:30-4PM and others by appointment 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) […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MW 1:30-2:30PM Kate O’Brien is an Adjunct Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Spanish and is teaching Elementary Spanish 1102. Kate has experience teaching middle and high school, and has received her Spanish teaching […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person Only: Monday 3:55-4:25PM & Wednesday 1:30-2PM Graciela Y. Olivo Diaz is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Spanish with a concentration in translation and interpreting studies. Graciela has received a Bachelors in Spanish with a […]

Coordinator Elementary Spanish Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person MW 2-3:30PM (Zoom by request), Online T 10-11AM, and by appointment Olga Padilla-Falto is a Teaching Professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She is the Coordinator for Elementary Spanish classes. A native of Puerto Rico, earned a doctorate degree […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person MW 3-5PM and Online by appointment

Spring 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MW 5:15-6:15PM Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate German for Engineering Bianca Potrykus is a Senior Lecturer of German. In addition, she serves as Director of the German for Engineering Certificate program and Coordinator of the University of Kassel partnership. She has been the faculty director of the study abroad […]

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating Spanish-English Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person MW 10AM-12PM, Online 2-3:30PM and by appointment Education M.B.A., International Business and Marketing, University of Chicago (2002) Ph.D., Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Pennisular Literature, University of Kansas (1998) M.A., Spanish Literature, University of South Carolina (1992) B.A., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain […]

Fall 2024 – Directing Santander Study Abroad Mónica Rodríguez-Castro, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, Dr. Rodríguez-Castro was an Assistant Professor at University of Louisville (KY). She teaches specialized translation practice (Scientific, Technical, Medical, Legal […]

Born and raised in Madrid (Spain) and moved to the US when she was 14, María has been linked to her first language, Spanish, her whole life. After earning a certification degree in Spanish Translation during her undergraduate student life at UNC Charlotte, she decided to continue her passion to be a bridging connection between Spanish and […]