2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog
Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas
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College of Arts, Languages & Letters
Moore 483
1890 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8520
Fax: (808) 956-9536
Email: llea464@hawaii.edu
Web: manoa.hawaii.edu/llea
Faculty
*M. González-Lloret, PhD (Chair)—second language acquisition, technology and language instruction, Spanish linguistics, pragmatics
*L. V. Aranda, PhD—U.S. Latino literature, translation studies
*C. D. Beaule, PhD—Latin American (Andean) anthropology, household archaeology
*L. Bousquet, PhD—20th- and 21st-century French literature and culture, French cinema, French Oceania
M. Cruz Zayas, MA—Spanish language instruction
J. M. Debrah, MA—French language instruction
I. Fitzgerald, MA—Spanish language instruction
K. A. Galante-Wong, MA—Spanish language instruction
*M-C. Garneau, PhD—19th- and 20th-century French literature, oral genres, Italian
K. Hammerich, MA—German language instruction
A. B. Hawajska-Waters, MA—German language instruction
J. M. Huss, MA—French language instruction
*A. Kostetskaya, PhD—Russian fin-de-siècle literature and culture, conceptual blending and iconicity, Stalingrad in Russian and German war film, children and violence in Russian and German cultures
L. E. Kou, MA—Spanish language instruction
D. Lenglare, PhD—French language instruction
*J. L. Logan, PhD—Spanish American literature and cultural studies, women’s studies
R. H. Nylen, MA—Spanish language instruction
L. O’Rourke, PhD—Mesoamerican archaeology, Latin American studies, Spanish language instruction
*M. E. Overstreet, PhD—pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, German linguistics
*B. J. Quintana, PhD—Spanish classical theater, colonial and postcolonial studies, Mexican culture
S. C. Reemelin, MA—Spanish and Portuguese language instruction
*N. R. Schweizer, PhD—18th-century German classicism, Germans in Hawaiʻi, Europeans in the Pacific
*N. Ségeral, PhD—French and Francophone women’s studies, translation theory and practice, 20th- and 21st-century trauma narratives
J. C. Tomé, MA—Spanish language instruction
* Graduate Faculty
The Academic Program
The Department of Languages & Literatures of Europe & the Americas (LLEA) offers first-year and second-year language courses in French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese; any of which may be used to fulfill the two-year Hawaiian/Second Language requirement (H/SL), an MA in Spanish, a BA (BA in Languages & Literatures of Europe & the Americas), with three tracks: French Studies, German Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies, an undergraduate certificate in Russian, and minors in French, German Studies, Latin American & Iberian Studies (taught in English), and Spanish.
LLEA undergraduate and graduate courses focus on language, culture, history, linguistics, film, literature, cultural studies, L2 methodology and translation in French, German, Russian, Spanish, as well as in English (LLEA and LAIS courses).
LLEA prides itself in offering students excellent teaching at every level of instruction and over the previous four decades has received over forty Excellence in Teaching Awards from UH Mānoa and from a variety of local and national organizations. LLEA has as its central mission to expand the humanities by advancing knowledge of the world, engaging in research and creative activities, encouraging critical thinking in our students, and preparing them for the job market. Our work looks to Europe, Latin America, the U.S., Asia, Oceania, and Africa, always cognizant that the Pacific, and more specifically Hawaiʻi, is our home.
The department promotes language proficiency and cultural awareness through its sponsorship of student organizations, films, lectures, scholarships, and study abroad programs. Currently, the department supports programs in France (Angers, Annecy, Paris); Florence, Italy; Berlin, Germany; Vladivostok, Russia; and several sites in the Spanish-speaking world.
ProgramsBachelor’sMaster’sUndergraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateMinor
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