Our Faculty

Spelman College believes in a holistic approach to learning and strives to create a cohesive academic and co-curricular experience that benefits each student. We pride ourselves on hiring only the best, most dedicated and well-rounded faculty. Our student/faculty ratio of 12:1 allows for close mentoring and guidance so that our faculty and students develop bonds that last well into the future.

The Spelman faculty is comprised of approximately 170 full-time teacher/scholars guiding more than 26 departments and programs. Eighty percent of Spelman’s full-time faculty hold the Ph.D. or other terminal degree, and many are Spelman graduates.

Faculty by Department

African Diaspora and the World

Sara Busdeicker, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ph.D., M.A., BA, University of Michigan | Spelman College, 2012

Bernice deGannes Scott, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Howard University; B.A., York University | Spelman College, 1989

Dalila De Sousa-Sheppard, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A., B.A., University of Coimbra, Portugal | Spelman College, 1990

Julio González-Ruiz, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Ottawa; B.A., University of Malaga | Spelman College, 2004

Dokubo Goodhead, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ph.D., University of Washington, MFA, University of Washington, B.A., University of Nigeria | Spelman College 2008

Shaconna M. Haley, Instructor, African Diaspora and the World Program, M.A., Ball State University | B.A. Hampton University

Asia Leeds, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ph.D., M.A., University of California-Berkeley, B.A., Fordham University | Spelman College, 2012

Azaria Charles Mbughuni, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Howard University

Soraya Mekerta, Director of African Diaspora and the World Program, Associate Professor (World Languages and Literature/French and Francophone Studies), Ph.D., M.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., B.A., Universite Paul Valery | Spelman College, 1992

Alix Pierre, Assistant Professor, African Diaspora and the World Program, Ph.D., Florida State University; M.A., B.A., Universite de la Sorbonne Paris III | Speman College, 2004

Bruce Wade, Professor, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Bowling Green State University; B.A., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 1987

Jerry Wever, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, African Diaspora and the World Program), Ph.D., University of Iowa, Anthropology /Caribbean, Diaspora and Atlantic Studies Program; MA, University of Iowa; BS, Northeastern University | Spelman College, 2007
Anthropology and Sociology

Barbara Carter, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; B.A., Fisk University | Spelman College, 1981

Mona Phillips, Professor, Director, Teaching Research and Resource Center, Ph.D., M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1985

Cynthia Spence, Associate Professor, Director, UNCF/Mellon Programs, Ph.D., M.A., Rutgers University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1981

Bruce Wade, Professor, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Bowling Green State University; B.A., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 1987

Jerry Wever, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Iowa Anthropology / Caribbean, Diaspora and Atlantic Studies Program; MA, University of Iowa Anthropology; BS, Northeastern University | Spelman College, 2007

Daryl White, Chair and Professor

Erica Lorraine Williams, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.A.., Stanford University; B.A., New York University | Spelman College, 2009
Art & Art History

Charnelle Holloway, Associate Professor, M.F.A., Georgia State University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1989

Debra, Johnson, Digital Media/Lecturer

Arturo Lindsay, Chair and Professor, D.A., New York University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts; B.A., Central Connecticut State University | Spelman College, 1990

M. Akua McDaniel, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; B.F.A., M.F.A., Ohio University | Spelman College, 1980

Abayomi Ola, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology; PGDip. Kent Institute of Art and Design, England; B.A., University of Ife, Nigeria I Spelman College, 2009
Biology

Mentewab Ayalew, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Institut National Polytechnique, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Agronomie de Toulouse (INP-ENSAT), France; M.A., INP-ENSAT, France; Diplome d'Ingenieur Agronome, INP-ENSAT, France | Spelman College, 2008

Rosalind Gregory-Bass, Assistant Professor and Health Liaison, M.D., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.S., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2003

Jennifer Kovacs, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; B.A., Agnes Scott College | Spelman College, 2012

Mark Lee, Chair and Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.S., Clark Atlanta University; B.S., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 2003

Mark Maloney, Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; B.S., Tufts University | Spelman College, 1994

Michael McGinnis, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Yale University; B.S., Sam Houston State University; A.G.S., Central Texas College | Spelman College, 1992

Tiffany Oliver, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; B.S., Tennessee State University

Aditi Pai, Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.S., Pondicherry University; B.Sc., St. Joseph’s College | Spelman College, 2006

Anna Powolny, Lecturer, Ph.D., The Ohio State University; M.S., University of Wroclaw; B.S. University of Wroclaw | Spelman College, 2010

Hong Qin, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago; B.S., Tsinghua University, 1991

Yonas Tekle, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Uppsala University, Sweden; B.S., University of Asmara, Eritrea | Spelman College, 2010

Elethia Tillman, Lecturer, Ph.D. Meharry Medical College, B.S., Paine College | Spelman College, 2009

Dongfang Wang, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Mississippi State University | Spelman College, 2012

Tokunbo Yerokun, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Atlanta University | Spelman College, 2012
Chemistry (Biochemistry)

Nripendra Bose, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Honors, Bihar University | Spelman College, 1987

Peter Chen, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison; A.B., Cornell University | Spelman College, 1992

Marisela De Leon Mancia, Lecturer, Ph.D., M.S., Clark Atlanta University; B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Cayey /Spelman College 2003

Jean-Marie D. Dimandja, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; B.A., Miami University | Spelman College, 2002

Alethea Duncan, Lecturer

Cornelia Gillyard, Associate Professor, M.S., D.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Talladega College | Spelman College, 1977

Lisa B. Hibbard, Associate Professor, Ph.D., B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology | Spelman College, 1985

Kimberly M. Jackson, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, B.S., Alabama State University | Spelman College, 2002

Shanina Sanders, Lecturer, Ph.D., Hampton University, B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. | Spelman 2011

Albert Thompson, Jr., Professor, Ph.D., Howard University; B.S., M.S., Texas Southern University | Spelman College, 1981

Leyte Winfield, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of New Orleans; B.S., Dillard University | Spelman College, 2003
Comparative Women's Studies

Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director, Women's Research & Resource Center, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1971

M. Bahati Kuumba, Director, Women's Research & Resource Center, Professor, Ph.D., Howard University; M.A., B.A., University of Oklahoma | Spelman College, 1987

Ayoka Chenzira, Founder and Director, Digital Moving Salon, Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.Ed., Columbia University/Teacher's College; B.F.A., New York University | Spelman College, 2003

Monica Melton, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. and M.A., Florida Atlantic University; B.A., Michigan State University | Spelman College, 2008
Computer & Information Sciences

Iretta B.C. Kearse, Senior Instructor, M.S., Bowling Green State University

Andrea W. Lawrence, Chair and Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S., Atlanta University; B.S., Purdue University | Spelman College, 1985

Jakita Thomas, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006; B.S. Spelman College | Spelman College, 2010
Drama & Dance

Keith Arthur Bolden, Assistant Professor, M.F.A. University of Illiniois, Urbana-Champaign; B.A., California State University, Fresno | Spelman College, 2013

Eddie Bradley, Associate Professor, Chair, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; M.A., Virginia Tech University; B.F.A., North Carolina A&T State University | Spelman College, 2000

Veta Goler, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.F.A., B.S., University of Michigan | Spelman College, 1988

Lyanisha Gonzalez, Instructor

Kenneth Green, Instructor, B.F.A., United States International University | Spelman College, 1989

Tracy Lang Assistant Professor

Ralph Paul Thomason, Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; M.Ed., Bowie State University; B.A., South Carolina State College | Spelman College, 1999

Blythe Winger, Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Yale University; B.A. De Paul University | Spelman College 2008

Marion A. Wright, Lecturer, M.F.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.S., Florida A & M University | Spelman College, 2004

Akumba Bynum-Roberson, Instructor and drummer for African dance classes. B.A, Spelman College
Dual Degree Engineering

Retina Q. Burton, Coordinator, Dual Degree Program, Instructor, M.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, B.S., Morgan State University | Spelman College, 2005
Economics

Robynn Cox, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Georgia State University; A.B., Duke University | Spelman College, 2010

Bernice deGannes Scott, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Howard University; B.A., York University | Spelman College, 1989

Marionette Holmes, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.A., Clark-Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College l Spelman College, 2006

Anne Hornsby, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.A., University of Texas; B.S., Tuskegee Institute | Spelman College, 1974

Jack Stone, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., B.A., University of Cincinnati | Spelman College, 1975

Romie Tribble, Chair, Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Denver; B.A., Lincoln University | Spelman College, 1984

Angelino C.G. Viceisza, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Boston University; MBA, Temple University; B.S., University of the Netherlands Antilles | Spelman College, 2012
Education Studies Program

Francesina R. Jackson, Chair, Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A.T., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., Johnson C. Smith University | Spelman College, 2012

Richard Benson, Certification Officer, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.Ed.,University of Illinois-Chicago; M.A., Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago; B.A.,Saint Xavier University

Christine King Farris, Associate Professor, M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Spelman College

Andrea D. Lewis, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, B.A., | Spelman College, 2009

Barbara H. Prince, Coordinator of Field Experience and Clinical Practice, Specialist Degree, Clark Atlanta University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A. Clark College | Spelman College, 2012

Nicole A. Taylor, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University Atlanta; M.A., University of Michigan Ann Arbor; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2011

Addie Shopshire-Rolle, Ph.D., Field Experience Supervisor.
English

Geneva Baxter, Associate Dean, UG Studies 3-Yr, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1987

Alma Billingslea Brown, Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas; M.A., Atlanta University; A.B., Rutgers University | Spelman College, 1989

Tananarive Due, Instructor, M.A, University of Leeds, England; B.S. Journalism, Northwestern, University | Spelman College, 2011

Tikenya Foster Singletary, Lecturer, Ph.D., M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2009

Donna Akiba Harper, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Oberlin College | Spelman College, 1987

Michelle S. Hite, Lecturer, Ph.D., Emory University; M.S., B.A., University of Kentucky| Spelman College, 2004

Piper Hughley-Riggins, Ph.D., Lecturer

Stephen Knadler, Professor, Ph.D. and M.A., Vanderbilt University| Spelman College, 1997

Opal Moore, Associate Professor, M.F.A., M.A., University of Iowa; B.F.A., Illinois Wesleyan University | Spelman College, 1997

Pushpa Parekh, Dir. Honors Program, Professor of English, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.Phil., B.A., Panjab University; M.A., University of Madras | Spelman College, 1990

Margaret Price, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Amherst College | Spelman College, 2004

Christine Sizemore, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology | Spelman College, 1978

Tarshia Stanley, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Florida; B.A., Duke University | Spelman College, 1999

Sharan Strange, Instructor, M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College

Patricia Ventura, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Florida | Spelman College, 2005

Anne Warner, Associate Professor, Director of the Comprehensive Writing Program, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., B.A., Hollins College | Spelman College, 1981
Environmental Science & Studies

Terezhina Cassia de Brito Galvao, Professor

Yassin Jeilani, Ph.D. , Post Doc and Laboratory Manager, Environmental Science and Studies (Staff)
History

Dalila De Sousa-Sheppard, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A., B.A., University of Coimbra, Portugal | Spelman College, 1990

Margery Ganz, Dir., Study Abroad & Int'l Exchange, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Syracuse University; B.A., University of Rochester | Spelman College, 1981

James Gillam, Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State University; M.A., Case Western Reserve; B.A., Ohio University | Spelman College, 1985

Azaria Charles Mbughuni, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Howard University

Molly McCullers, Mellon Fellow

Natasha McPherson, Lecturer

Kathleen Phillips-Lewis, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Manitoba; B.A., University of the West Indies, St. Augustine | Spelman College, 1994
Honors Program (Ethel Waddel Githii)
Pushpa Parekh, Dir. Honors Program, Professor of English, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.Phil., B.A., Panjab University; M.A., University of Madras | Spelman College, 1990
International Studies

Jeanne Meadows, Director, International Affairs Center, Director International Studies Program, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1968

Dimeji Togunde, Dean of Global Education, Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University; M.A., B.A, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. | Spelman College, 2011
Mathematics

Fred Bowers, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Illinois State University; M.S., Atlanta University; B.S., Howard University | Spelman College, 1983

Jeffrey Ehme, Chair, Professor, Ph.D., M.S., Auburn University; B.S., Northern Kentucky University | Spelman College, 1992

Tasha Inniss, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S., Xavier University of Louisiana | Spelman College, 2003

Colm Mulcahy, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Cornell University; B.Sc., M.Sc., University College, Dublin, Ireland | Spelman College, 1988

Yewande Olubummo, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; M.S., Yale University; B.Sc., University of Ibadan | Spelman College, 1991

Nagambal Shah, Professor, Ph.D., M.S., University of Windsor, Ontario; B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Kerala, India | Spelman College, 1972

Monica Stephens-Cooley, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Sc.M., Brown University; B.S. Spelman College | Spelman College, 2001

Mohammed Tesemma, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Temple University; M.Sc., B.Sc., Addis Ababa University | Spelman College, 2004

Joycelyn Wilson, Instructor, M.S., University of Maryland, College Park; B.S., Clark Atlanta University | Spelman College, 2007
Music

Hyunjung Rachel Chung, Associate Professor, D.M.A.,Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University; P.S.C., M.M., Mannes College of Music; B.A., Seoul National University I Spelman College, 2006

Laura English-Robinson, Instructor, M.M., University of Cincinnati; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1996

Paula Grissom, Instructor, M.M., Northwestern University, B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2008

Joyce Johnson, Professor Emerita, D.Mus., M.Mus., Northwestern University; A.B., Fisk University | Spelman College, 1953

Kevin Johnson, Chair and Glee Club Director, Associate Professor, D.M.A. , University of Missouri, Kansas; M.A., B.A., California State University, Los Angeles | Spelman College, 1999

Lawrence Schenbeck, Professor, D.M.A., University of Southern California; B.Mus., M.M., University of Colorado | Spelman College, 1991
Philosophy & Religious Studies

Gertrude Gonzales de Allen, Chair and Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Binghamton University; B.A., Susquehanna University | Spelman College, 2001

Nami Kim, Associate Professor, Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School; M.Div., Candler School of Theology, Emory University; M.A., B.A., Ewha Women's University | Spelman College, 2004

Rosetta Ross, Professor, Ph.D., M.Div., Emory University; M.A., Howard University; B.A., The College of Charleston | Spelman College, 2003

Shay Welch, Assistant Professor, Ph.D, Binghamton University; M.A., Florida State University; B.A., University of South Alabama

Al-Yasha Williams, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Stanford University; B.A., Brown University | Spelman College, 2001
Physical Education & Athletics

Daryl Batey, Instructor/Coach, Golf, B.A., South Carolina State University

Philmore George, Instructor/ Coach, Soccer, M.S., Mashall University, B.A., Tiffin University

Jessica Harris, Instructor/Coach, Softball, M.S., Kaplan University, B.A., Miles College

Germaine McAuley, Chair, Director of Physical Education & Athletics, Senior Instructor, M.S., North Carolina A&T State University
Physics

Retina Q. Burton, Instructor, M.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, B.S., Morgan State University | Spelman College, 2005

Michael Burns-Kaurin, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.Phil., Yale University; B.A., Carleton College | Spelman College, 1994

Paul Camp, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina; M.S., University of Michigan; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology | Spelman, 2003

Marta Dark McNeese, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S., University of Virginia | Spelman College, 2000

Derrick J. Hylton, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Yale University; M.Ph., Boston University | Spelman College, 1991

Natarajan Ravi, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Hyderabad; M.Sc., Banaras Hindi University; B.Sc., Madras University | Spelman College, 1998
Political Science
Robert Brown, Assistant Professor, MSPH, Emory University; Ph.D., University of Michigan; B.A., Brown University l Spelman College, 2013

Dorian Crosby, Director of Cultural Orientation, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University; M.A., University of Delaware; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2006

Marilyn Davis, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Hampton Institute | Spelman College, 1981

Jeanne Meadows, Dir. International Affairs Center, Director International Studies Program, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1968

Tinaz Pavri, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Ohio State University; B.A., St. Xavier's College | Spelman College, 1995

Fatemeh Shafiei, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., B.S., University of California | Spelman College, 1997

Kasahun Woldemariam, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Howard University; M.A. Clark Atlanta University; B.S. State University of New York College at Buffalo | Spelman College 2008

Unislawa Williams, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.Ohio State University; B.A., M.A.University of Chicago | Spelman College
Psychology

Nayena Blankson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Southern California; B.A., Loyola College in Maryland | Spelman College, 2009

Dolores Bradley, Professor, Ph.D., Sc.M., Brown University; B.A., Tennessee State University | Spelman College, 2001

Karen Brakke, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Georgia State University; B.A., Carleton College | Spelman College, 1999

B. LaConyea Butler, Coordinator, Assessment of Student Learning and Development, Professor, Ph.D., Atlanta University; M.A., Boston University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1959

Angela Farris Watkins, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Ph.D., M.Ed., Georgia State University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman, 1996

Juanchella Grooms Francis, Lecturer, Ph.D. Walden University; M.P.A., Atlanta University; B.S., Howard University | Spelman College 2010

Jimmeka Guillory, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Texas A&M University | Spelman College, 2011

Valerie Jones Taylor, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University | Spelman College, 2011

Kai McCormack,Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.S., University of Georgia; B.A., Claremount McKenna College | Spelman College, 2005

Kesi Miller, Lecturer, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; B.A. Spelman College, 2005

Sandra Patterson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1979

Shani Harris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Duke University; M.A., Duke University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2007
World Languages & Literature

Jacqueline Alvarez-Ogbesor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Bachelor in Journalism, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifícia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Bolivia.

Anthony Dahl, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.A., Carleton University; B.A., University of Brunswick | Spelman College, 1989
Estelle Finley, Senior Instructor (Spanish), M.A., Purdue University; B.A., Fisk University | Spelman College, 1974
Diana Glad, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Indiana University | Spelman College, 1981

Julio González-Ruiz, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Ottawa; B.A., University of Malaga | Spelman College, 2004

Cleveland Johnson, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.Phil., Columbia University; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Morehouse College | Spelman College, 1985

Frederick Langhorst, Chair, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Florida Presbyterian College | Spelman College, 1982

Xuexin Liu, Associate Professor (Japanese), Ph.D., Nara Women's University; M.A., Nara Educational University; B.A., East China Normal University | Spelman College, 1995

Lu, Zhengbin (Richard), Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Chinese, Ed.D., Texas Tech University, Minor: Applied Linguistics. M.Ed. , Instructional Technology. B.A., English Education.

Soraya Mekerta, Director of African Diaspora and the World Program, Associate Professor (World Languages and Literature/French and Francophone Studies), Ph.D., M.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., B.A., Universite Paul Valery | Spelman College, 1992

Jean Norgaisse, Associate Professor (French), Ph.D., Columbia University; B.A., City University of New York | Spelman College, 2002

Gerard Pendrick, Lecturer (Latin), Ph.D. Columbia University, M.A., B.A. Columbia University | Spelman College, 2012

Anastasia Valecce, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., Emory University; M.A.Università degli Studi di Siena (Italy); B.A. Istituto Universitario l’Orientale, Naples (Italy) | Spelman College, 2012

Alix Pierre, Lecturer (French), Ph.D. Florida State University, M.A., B.A. Université de La Sorbonne | Spelman College, 2002

Pilar Valencia, Instructor (Spanish), M.A., B.S. University of Cincinnati | Spelman College, 2006