Dr. Muriel Gallego has been named a 2025 recipient of the Innovation in Language Program Direction Award from the American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs (AAUSC). This prestigious national award recognizes leaders advancing language education through innovative curriculum design.
Modern Languages Research & Scholarship
Modern Languages Research & Scholarship
The Department of Modern Languages at Ohio University is a diverse and dynamic academic community, with faculty and students representing a broad spectrum of countries, cultures, and perspectives. The faculty produce high-quality scholarly research in cultural studies, literary analysis, film studies, and language pedagogy across a wide range of linguistic traditions and historical periods. This breadth of expertise enables the department to offer courses that provide students with a strong foundation not only in language acquisition but also, crucially, in the cultural knowledge essential for understanding and engaging with an increasingly interconnected world.
Faculty Research Areas and Specializations
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Matt AndersonHispanic Linguistics | Sentence Processing and Syntactic Ambiguity | Bilingualism and Codeswitching | Spanish for Professions
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Federico Correa Pose20th-Century and Contemporary Latin American Literature and culture | Political Theory | Environmental Humanities | Utopian Studies | Indigenous Studies | Posthumanism
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Chris CoskiElementary and Intermediate French Language | French Culture and Civilization | 18th-Century French Literature | Translation
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Tijana ČupićContemporary Latin American Literature and Culture | Comparative Migrations | Transnational Methodology | Affect Theory | Community-Engaged Learning | Digital Pedagogy
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Muriel GallegoInstructed Second Language Acquisition | Language Teaching Methodology | Sociolinguistics | Language in Contact
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Esther Hernández EstebanContemporary Peninsular Literature | Women and Gender Studies | Migration Studies | Environmental Cultural Studies
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Nelson Hippolyte20th-Century Latin American Literature | Popular Culture |Intermediate Spanish | Advanced Conversation and Composition | Culture
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Joanna MitchellContemporary Latin American Literature and Culture | Narratives of Migration and Diaspora
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Tim MollettBeginning and Intermediate-Level Spanish Language | 20th-Century Spanish-American Short Story |
Representations of La Virgen de Guadalupe in Pop Culture
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Brigitte Moretti-CoskiFrench Language Instruction (beginner to advanced) | Pronunciation & Phonetics | Technology-Enhanced Language Instruction | Online and Asynchronous Learning Environments | Language Pedagogy
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Molly MorrisonMedieval and Renaissance Italian Holy Women and Saints | St. Francis of Assisi | Medieval and Renaissance Punishment | Religion, Eating, and Death in Italy | Dante
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María PostigoTranslation & Interpreting Studies | Applied Linguistics & Cinema | Intermediate Spanish
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Nik SatheLiterature, Film and Culture from the 20th Century to the Present | Language Pedagogy
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Anne ScottWorld Language Teacher Education, Pedagogy and Clinical Preparation | Second Language Acquisition and Multilingual Development | Hispanic Linguistics | Spanish Language and Culture
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Bärbel SuchHolocaust and Exile Studies | German American Studies | Contemporary German Literature and Culture
Faculty News
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The Importance of Self-Reflection and Critical Self-Reflection for Teacher Development & Excellence
This talk explored the essential role of self-reflection and critical self-reflection in teacher development and their impact on creating equity-driven educational spaces. Participants were introduced to the distinctions between self-reflection and critical self-reflection and how OHIO defines teaching excellence.
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Afterlives of Civil Wars: from El Salvador to Bosnia
This talk explored the essential role of self-reflection and critical self-reflection in teacher development and their impact on creating equity-driven educational spaces. Participants were introduced to the distinctions between self-reflection and critical self-reflection and outline how OHIO defines teaching excellence.
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Utopian Realities in a Collapsing World: Literature and the Common in Latin America
This presentation explored the idea of the “common”, a concept central to debates on autonomous politics, resource management, and post-capitalist futures. Drawing from his book project, Constellations of the Common: Literature and Utopia in Latin America, Correa Pose discussed how Latin American literature engages with visions of community, shared resources, and collective resilience in times of crisis. While rooted in Latin American cultural studies, this conversation resonated across disciplines, engaging all who are interested in how art, politics, and society imagine alternative futures.
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Anderson Selected for Teaching Academy, Mini-Grant
Matt Anderson was selected to participate in the 2025-26 Bruning Teaching Academy. He also received an OhioLINK Fall 2025 OER Course Redesign Mini-Grant to learn about and apply Open Educational Resources for 2000-level Spanish courses
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Sathe Authors Chapter in The Tender Gaze
Nikhil Sathe authored a chapter, “Risse, hinter denen man einen Kern entdeckt, der so ähnlich ist wie die Herzen von uns allen,” about Umut Dağ’s second film, Risse im Beton, in The Tender Gaze (Cambridge University Press, 2022).