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Academic Advisor

Caryn Morgan, B.A., MBA

• Office: Morgan Hall 203B
• Phone: (309) 298-1610
• Fax: (309) 298-1060
• E-mail: CN-Morgan@wiu.edu 

Department Faculty & Staff

Dr. Gary Schmidt, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Department

Office: Morgan Hall 332
Phone: (309) 298-1558
E-mail: G-Schmidt2@wiu.edu 

Education: B.A. (Knox College), M.S.Ed. (Northern Illinois University), M.A. (University of California, Santa Barbara), Ph.D. (Washington University in St. Louis)

Teaching and Research: Contemporary German Literature and Film, Thomas Mann, Austrian Literature, Gender Studies and Queer Theory, Post-World-War-II Literature

Lisa Rutledge, Office Support Specialist

Office: Morgan Hall 332
Phone: (309) 298-1558
Fax: (309) 298-1060
E-mail: la-rutledge@wiu.edu

Faculty A - L

Dr. Edmund Asare, Assistant Professor of French

Office: Morgan Hall 305C
Office Hours: M,W: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., T: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: (309) 298-1496
Fax: (309) 298-1060
E-mail: E-Asare@wiu.edu

Education: BA (French), Dip Ed - (University of Cape Coast)(French), (Purdue University), MA FLL/MLIS – (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), PhD, (Kent State)

Teaching and Research: French and Francophone Culture, Translation Tools and Informatics, Usability, Francophone Literature 

Dr. Daniel H. Brown, Assistant Professor of Spanish 

Office: Morgan Hall 332D 
Office Hours: M,W: 9:00 a.m. - 10 a.m., F: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Phone: (309) 298-1556
Fax: (309) 298-1060
E-mail: DH-Brown@wiu.edu
Website:  http://faculty.wiu.edu/DH-Brown

Education: B.S., M.A.T. (Marquette), PhD (UCLA)

Teaching and Research: Spanish Language and Literature with special emphasis on Peninsular Spanish Literature from the 18th century to the early 20th century; Foreign Language Pedagogy.

Munia Cabal-Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Spanish

Office: Morgan Hall 305A
Office hours: M: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., T: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and F: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Phone: (309) 298-2335
Fax: (309) 298-1060 
E-mail: M-Cabal-Jimenez@wiu.edu

Education: B.A., M.A. (Costa Rica), ABD (UIUC)

Teaching and Research: Spanish in the community, pragmatics (in Spanish, as L1 and L2), sociolinguistics of Spanish, history of Spanish, Spanish dialectology (varieties of Spanish, varieties of Spanish in the USA) 

Dr. Guada Cabedo-Timmons, Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: Morgan Hall 332F
Dr. Cabedo-Timmons will be in Spain this semester; WISE/Spain.
Phone: (309) 298-1615
Fax: (309) 298-1060 
E-mail: GM-Cabedo@wiu.edu

Education: B.A. (Universitat de València, Spain), M.S. (WIU), Ph.D. (UIUC),
Teaching and Research: 20th Century Spanish Novel, Teaching of Spanish Literature

Dr. Marisol Garrido, Assistant Professor of Spanish

Office: Morgan Hall 305F
Office Hours: T,Th: 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and W: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Phone: (309) 298-1074
Fax: (309) 298-1060
E-mail: M-Garrido@wiu.edu

Education: B.A. (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia), M.A., Ph.D. (UIUC)

Teaching and Research: Spanish Language and Literature, Spanish Phonology, Language variation and change, Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Acquisition of Spanish, Language teaching.