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Dr. M. Kathleen Madigan
Professor of Modern Languages

Courses: French language, film and literature, Francophone cultures, Molière, Autobiography of St. Therese, Spanish Language and Culture, Level 1.

Research Interests: Senegal, 2003-2004 Fullbright Scholarship

Other Interests: Irish dance and int'l folk/modern dance, choir singing and travel

Phone: (816) 501-4510
E-mail: Kathleen.Madigan@rockhurst.edu


Maggie Rotenberg
Spanish Professor

Courses: Fundamentals of Spanish

Research Interests: Translation, Intercultural Communication

Other Interests: Travel, Knitting, Music

Phone: (816) 501-4809
E-mail: Margarita.Rotenberg@rockhurst.edu


Elizabeth Bono

Adjunct Instructor of French

Courses: French language and culture, elementary to advanced

Research Interests: French History

Other Interests: Reading, piano and art

Phone: (816) 501-4365
E-mail: Elizabeth.bono@rockhurst.edu


Dr. Rocio De la Rosa Duncan
Associate Professor

Department Chair

Courses: Spanish Grammar levels I-III, Latin Women Cultures and Literature

Research Interests: Contemporary Mexican Narratives and Latin American Women Writers

Other interests: Photography and Soccer

Phone: (816) 501-4101
E-mail: Rocio.Duncan@rockhurst.edu

 

Claudine Parmentier Evans, M.A.
Instructor of French

Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Courses: French 3150 LCA, Advanced French Composition, and French Conversation II

Research Interests: Foreign language acquisition; Cultural differences and their effects on linguistic behavior; Assessment techniques; Early acquisition of a second language.

Phone: (816) 501-4026
E-mail: Claudine.Evans@rockhurst.edu


Dr. María Luisa Fernández-Martínez

Assistant Professor

Courses: Spanish Grammar Levels 1-3, Peninsular Spanish Film, Literature and Culture

Research Interests: Contemporary Spanish Narrative and Visual Cultures (Film and Photography)

Phone: (816) 501-3574
E-mail: Marisa.Fernandez@rockhurst.edu


Tanya Kelley
Adjunct Instructor of German

Courses: German I, II, and III

Research Interests: Comparative literature in German, Spanish and English

Other interests: Painting, Ballroom dance, and gardening

Phone: (816) 931-5969
E-mail: gojuss@


Silvia Kofler, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of German

Courses: German Composition I and II, and Advanced German

Research Interests: Butterflies, Chapbook of poems, Translation of Poetry into German

Phone: (816) 501-4178
E-mail: Silvia.Kofler@rockhurst.edu


Bert Roney
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish

Courses: Conversational Spanish

Research Interests: Technology in Foreign Language Instruction, Andean Cultures

Other Interests: Travel, Fishing, Andean Music (member of Andean Express group)

Phone: (816) 501-3179
Email: bert.roney@rockhurst.edu


Steve Holland Wempe

Lenguas Editor; (Courses taught in the past: SP 1100-3100, Cultures of Spain, Cultures of Latin America)

Research Interests: Second Language Teacher Training, Cross-Cultural Diversity Studies

Other Interests: Intercultural Communications, Re-entry Shock

Phone: (816) 501-3441

E-mail: Stephen.Holland-Wempe@rockhurst.edu

 
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