Faculty
If you have any unanswered questions or concerns about taking Foreign Language classes at ACC or if you need to schedule an appointment to meet with the Department Chair, please see below for a list of administrative contact info.
General Contact
Departmental Administrative Assistant
Rahelina Razanadrafara
Round Rock Campus (RRC)
Office: RRC 1204.14
Phone: 223-0061/Fax: 223-0936
Email: rrazanad@austincc.edu
Interim Department Chair (AY 2023-2024)
Mariela Prato-Williams, M.A.
Professor of Spanish
Cypress Campus (CYP)
Office: CYP 1103.8
Phone: (512) 223-2165
Email: mpratowi@austincc.edu
Full Time Faculty
Timothy Altanero, Ph.D.
Professor of German and Spanish
P: (512) 223-3238
taltaner@austincc.edu
Catherine Angell, M.A.
Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-4034
cangell@austincc.edu
Rosa Dávila, M.A.
Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-3342
rdavila@austincc.edu
Jan E. Emberson, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-3347
jemberso@austincc.edu
Scott Gibby, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-4870
sgibby@austincc.edu
Fahim Idais
Professor of Arabic
fidais@austincc.edu
Yuko Kato M.A.
Professor of Japanese
P:(512)223-
ykato@austincc.edu
Julie Kleinhans Hooks, M.A.
Assistant Department Chair Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-9200
jkleinha@austincc.edu
Lynn Lau, M.A.
AAPI Center Director
Professor of Chinese
P: (512) 223-7150
llau@austincc.edu
Vanessa G. Lazo, Ph.D.
Department Chair (on sabbatical leave) Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-0087
vanessa.lazo@austincc.edu
Talía Loaiza, M.A.
Assistant Department Chair Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-6500
tloaiza@austincc.edu
John McMinn-Reyna, M.A.
Assistant Department Chair Professor of French and
Spanish
P: (512) 223-4778
jmcminn@austincc.edu
Theresa Oh, Ph.D.
Professor of Korean and
Japanese
P: (512) 223-4777
moh@austincc.edu
Todd Phillips, M.A.
Professor of French, Italian,
and Spanish(on leave)
P: (512) 223-6073
tphillip@austincc.edu
Mariela Prato-Williams, M.A.
InterimDepartment Chair Professor of Spanish
P: (512) 223-2165
mpratowi@austincc.edu
French Adjunct Faculty
Michael Hydak
mhydak@austincc.edu
Debra Latimer
dlatme3@austincc.edu
Veronique Mazet
vmazet@austincc.edu
Annick Penant
apenant@austincc.edu
Stuart Smith
stusmith@austincc.edu
German Adjunct Faculty
Bradley Barr
bradley.barr@austincc.edu
Michael Conner, Ph.D.
matthew.conner@austincc.edu
Bernadeta Kaminska
bkaminsk@austincc.edu
Ewa Siwak
esiwak@austincc.edu
Italian Adjunct Faculty
Vanessa Fanelli
vanessa.fanelli@austincc.edu
Rose Joynt
rose.joynt@austincc.edu
Japanese Adjunct Faculty
Emi Schuster
eschuste@austincc.edu
Latin Adjunct Faculty
James H. Burleson
jburleso@austincc.edu
Russian Adjunct Faculty
Mary H. Greff
mgreff@austincc.edu
Diane Echevarria
diane.echevarria@austincc.edu
Spanish Adjunct Faculty
Jesus Amaya
jesus.amaya@austincc.edu
Joe Boone
boonski@austincc.edu
Eric Cintron
eric.cintron@austincc.edu
Meaghan A. Dinan
mdinan@austincc.edu
Margaret L. Dunaway
mdunaway@austincc.edu
Jeffrey M. Evatt
jevatt@austincc.edu
Oscar R. Garcia-Landois
ogarcial@austincc.edu
Michael Hydak
mhydak@austincc.edu
Ramiro Juarez
ramiro.juarez@austincc.edu
Andrew A. Lawton
alawton@austincc.edu
Guadalupe Lopez-Cox
glopez@austincc.edu
Delia L. Montesinos
dmontesi@austincc.edu
Yuri Muñoz
ymunoz@austincc.edu
Garrett A. Oleen
goleen@austincc.edu
Alejandra Polcik
amarti11@austincc.edu
Stuart Smith
stusmith@austincc.edu
George Solano
george.solano@austincc.edu
Elsa B. Taylor
etaylor@austincc.edu
Marcel Pons Ventura
marcel.ponsventura@austincc.edu
Alina Waguespack
awaguesp@austincc.edu
Lee F. Wilson
lwilson4@austincc.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Joseph Liro
Professor of Russian Emeritus
jliro@austincc.edu
Stuart Smith
Professor of French and Spanish Emeritus
stusmith@austincc.edu