Modern Language Faculty

			Noriko Alberta, Japanese Visiting Instructor of Modern Language (1985) B.A. Kumamoto University, Japan M.S. University of Utah Institute of Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University
			Noriko Alberta, an adjunct faculty, has received her bachelor's degree in Japan and her master's degree from the University of Utah.  Her post-graduate study is in Japanese Pedagogy at the Institute of Japanese Pedagogy at Columbia University in New York.  She has participated in the program of Internet in Foreign Language Education at Michigan State University.  She continued additional graduate studies in Training for Japanese Language and Cultural Education at the Ohio State University.  She has taught at Kokusai University in Japan.  Her lifetime goal is to build an educational bridge between Japan and the U.S.       Dr. Catalina Aguilar, Spanish Chair Modern Language  B.A., University of New Mexico M.A., University of New Mexico Ph.D. Fielding Institute of Santa Barbara   Dr. Aguilar received her M.A. in Spanish American Literature and Linguistics and completed her Ph.D. in Puerto Rican and Peninsular Literature at the Fielding Institute of Santa Barbara.  A native of New Mexico, her career at Fort Lewis began as an adjunct instructor, and academic counselor and a tutor coordinator.  In addition to teaching, she co-sponsors El Centro de Muchos Colores, chairs the Presidential Council on Hispanic Affairs and facilitates the Innovative Month Program to Spain.  Dr. Aguilar was named Fort Lewis College's 1998 Woman of the Year and received Fort Lewis College's 2000-2001 Diversity Faculty Award.
			Dr. Lourdes Carrasco, Spanish Professor of Modern Language (1983) B.A., University of California/Santa Barbara M.A., University of California/Santa Barbara Ph.D., Michigan State University   Dr. Carrasco, a native of Mexico, has taught at the University of Sonora, Mexico and the National University of Mexico City.  She has also taught at Santa Barbara Community College, University of Utah and Monterey Institute of International Languages.  Her interests include Chicano Literature, Mexican Literature, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Spanish Literature and feminism. She spent a sabbatical studying the incorporation of technology into the foreign language curriculum and the latest approaches in the teaching of literature and culture.  Dr Carrasco received the Outstanding Teaching Award in May 2004.
			Ellen Hartsfield, French Visiting Instructor of Modern Language (2001) B.A., University of Pennsylvania M.A., College of Notre Dame of Maryland   Ellen Hartsfield studied at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris before recieving her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987.  She received her Master's degree from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1998.  In addition to French, she has taught bilingual math, conversational Spanish, and beginning conversational Modern Greek, among other subjects.  She began teaching at Fort Lewis College as an Adjunct Instructor in the fall of 2000, and the following year became a full time Visiting Instructor in French.  She has studied a number of languages and enjoyes integrating technology into her teaching.
			Dr. Ingrid Ryan, German Professor of Modern Language, (1981) Diplom- Dolmetsch, University of Vienna M.A., Indiana University Ph.D., University of Oregon   Dr. Ryan graduated from Vienna University and continued her graduate studies in the United States Comparative Literature (master's) and German Language and Literature (doctorate) at Indiana University and the University of Oregon, respectively.  After teaching at a translator's college in Munich for two years, she taught mainly German Language, Culture and Literature courses at two universities in Oregon prior to coming to Fort Lewis College in 1981.  She has published one book and articles on topics in German Literature.  Her other interests include linguistics, Latin and modern languages in general.
			Amy Sellin, Spanish Visiting Instructor of Modern Language, (2003) B.A., University of California, Berkeley M.A., Brown University ABD. Brown University   Amy Sellin received her M.A. in Hispanic Studies and is currently completing her dissertation on educational discourse in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Venezuelan literature.  Her academic interests also include nineteenth-century Spanish literature and contemporary women’s writing in Spanish.  Ms. Sellin has also taught at Brown University, the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Rhode Island College and Assumption College.  She is co-sponsor of the Spanish Club.