Languages and Linguistics: Faculty and Staff


Dr. Amy Norgard
Associate Professor of Classics, MAE Latin

FALL 25 Office Hours

Mon/Weds 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM and 2:00-3:30 PM

Tues 2:00-4:00 PM

Fri 9:00-9:30 AM and 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Personal Pronouns: she/her/hers

Instr. Alex Tetlak
Instructor in Classics

Spring 2025 Office Hours

MWF - 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

T - 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Dr. Bridget Thomas
Professor of Classics

Fall 2025 Office Hours

MWF 2:00PM - 4:00PM,  and by appointment

Make Appointment:  https://bridgetthomas.youcanbook.me/

 


Dr. Zhijun Wen
Assistant Professor of Chinese

Fall 2025 Office Hours

M W F- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 

T-TH 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 

And by appointment



Dr. Ernst Hintz
Professor of German

Spring 2025   Office Hours

W & F - 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

Also by appointment.


Dr. Carlo Annelli
Assistant Professor of Italian

Fall 2025 Office Hours

M, W, F – 12:00PM - 2:00PM
T, Th – 1:30PM - 3:30PM


Dr. Masahiro Hara
Professor of Japanese

Fall 2025 Office Hours

MWF - 1:30PM - 2:30PM & 6:00PM - 6:30PM

Instr. Shinya Uchida
Instructor of Japanese

Fall 2025 Office Hours

MWF - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM


Dr. Douglas Ball
Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Spring 2025 office hours
Mondays & Wednesdays  3:30-5:00
Tuesdays  9:30-10:30, Thursdays 3:00-4:00, Fridays 1:00-2:00

And by appointment and by chance

Dr. Darrin Hetrick
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics

Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Monday: 9:00 - 10:20 AM, 1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 - 10:20 AM, 1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 - 10:20 AM
Other times by appointment.

Personal Pronouns: he/him/his

Dr. Emily Long Olsen
Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Fall 2025 office hours
Wednesday - 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Fri.10:30 - 11:30 AM
Also by appointment


Dr. Jose Clemente Carreno Medina
Associate Professor of Spanish

Fall 2025 Office Hours

Tuesdays & Thursdays - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Zoom Meeting

https://truman-edu.zoom.us/j/4231091482

 

Instr. James Hammerstrand
Instructor in Spanish

Fall 2025 Office Hours

MW - 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM 

TH - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Dr. Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes
Assistant Professor of Spanish and French Linguistics

Fall 2025 Office Hours

MWF before/after classes: 10:00am-11:30am; 12:30pm-1:30pm; 3:30pm-4:30pm, or by appointment

Personal Pronouns: she/her/hers

Dr. Lorena Pina Palacio
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Fall 2025 Office Hours

MWF 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Th 11 am - 12 pm 

Or by appointment

Personal Pronouns: she/her/ella

Dr. Katie VanDyne
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Fall 2025

MWF 9:00 AM-9:30 AM, 10:30AM-11:30AM, 2:30PM-4:00PM

Thursdays 10:30AM-11:30 AM


Languages and Linguistics Department