Emeriti Faculty

Meet those who have made a difference for students in the Department of Global Languages and Cultures at NAU

Nicole Bauge, M.A., Principal Lecturer

BSEd, Northern Arizona University; MA TESL, Northern Arizona University, 1995

French language and culture, second language learning and study abroad experience

NAU 1989 (retired 2018)

K. Bernd Conrad, Ph.D., Associate Professor

PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1990

German language pedagogy, computer assisted language learning, language center development and administration

NAU 1990 (retired 2022)

Patricia Frederick, Ph.D., Professor

BA, Tufts University, 1979; MA, PhD, Rice University, 1988

20th Century French and Francophone literature and cinema; Translation

NAU 1989 (retired 2022)

Barbara N. Gantt, Ph.D., Professor

BA, MA, PhD, Florida State University, 1977

Spanish language and literature

NAU 1977 (retired 2003)

Dott Orazio Giusti, Professor

Maturita Classica, Doctorate, University of Padua; Cert. Institut Phonetique, Paris; Dipl. Litt. Sorbonne

NAU 1960 (retired 1983)

Richard C. Helt, Ph.D., Professor

BA, Pittsburg State University; MA, University of Wyoming; PhD, Washington University, 1973

Nineteenth and twentieth century German literature, German cinema

NAU 1988 (retired 2001)

Robert Johnston, Ph.D., Professor

BA, MA, PhD, University of Oregon, 1980

Medieval and Golden Age Spanish literature

NAU 1989 (retired 2008)

Ekkehart Malotki, Ph.D., Professor

PhD, Westfälische Wilhelms–Universität Münster, Germany, 1976

Latin and German, Hopi language and culture, rock art

NAU 1977 (retired 2004)

Karen Melissa Marcus, Ph.D., Professor

BA, University of California @ Santa Barbara; MA, PhD, Stanford University, 1990

Nineteenth century French literature, translation

NAU 1990 (retired)

Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie, Ed. D., Professor

EdD, Northern Arizona University, 1995

Navajo language and culture

NAU 1990 (retired 2015)

Karen E. Schairer, Ph.D., Associate Professor

BA, Willamette University, Oregon; MA, PhD, University of New Mexico, 1990

Spanish, Latin American Studies, Spanish Linguistics: Native Speaker Evaluation of Non-Native Speech

NAU 1986 (retired 2023)

Anne E. Slobodchikoff, M.A., Principal Lecturer

BA, MA, University of California @ Berkeley, 1974

Russian and French language and civilization

NAU 1993 (retired 2010)

Michael Vincent, Ph.D., Professor, Dean College of Arts & Letters

BA, St Johns University; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Early modern French literature and civilization

NAU 2007 (retired 2017)

Karl E. Webb, Ph.D., Professor

BA, Brigham Young University; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1969

German and Austrian literature and art, humanities of central Europe

NAU 1984 (retired 2003)