Professor Bodin received her Bachelor degree from McNeese State University in Louisiana, her Master's degree from Louisiana State University and her Ph.D from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Bodin teaches Spanish and French.

Professor Budzinski-Luftig teaches German courses and supervises the Language Lab. She is currently finishing writing her Ph.D. dissertation.

Professor Deveny received his Bachelor's Degree at the State University of New York-Albany, his Master's Degree at the University of Florida, and his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina. Professor Deveny's areas of particular teaching interests include Golden Age Spanish literature and Spanish cinema.

Professor Esa received his Master's Degree and his Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg. Professor Esa's area of particular teaching interests include German Women Writers, Novellen, Proverbs and Idioms.

Professor Evergates received her Bachelor's Degree at Goucher College and her Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins University. Professor Evergates area of particular teaching interests include Greek and Latin.

Professor Granlund, from Sevilla, Spain, teaches many of our introductory Spanish courses

Professor Henriette received her Diplôme universitaire d'études littéraires and her Licence ès Lettres at the Université de Madagascar. She received her Master's Degree and her Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. Professor Henriette's area of particular interests include Renaissance and eighteenth century French literature.

Professor McNichols received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Scranton, and a Master of Arts/Master of Arts in Teaching in Spanish from Binghamton University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor McNichols' particular interests include Spanish-American Colonial literature, Spanish and Spanish-American early modern women writers.

Professor Medina, a Spanish native speaker, brings to McDaniel his extensive teaching experience

María "Mardi" Melendez is the Academic Secretary for the departments of Foreign languages, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. Her office is located in BMC 104.

Hajnalka Módis is a native of Budapest, Hungary, and teaches Elementary Hungarian to prepare students and faculty who plan to spend a semester at McDaniel Budapest.

Professor Motard-Noar has been the Foreign Language Department Chair since 1999.  Dr. Motard-Noar received her Certificat de didactique des moyens audio-visuels and her Master's Degree at the Université de la Sorbonne. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska. Professor Motard-Noar's areas of particular teaching interests include nineteenth and twentieth century French literature.

Professor Quesada specializes in Central American and Caribbean literatures, cultural studies, travel writing, and gay and lesbian studies. He is the author of six books of fiction, including the short-story collections El atardecer de los niños (Editorial Costa Rica Award and Aquileo J. Echeverría National Book Award, 1990) and Lejos, tan lejos (Ancora Award in Literature, 2005). His most recent novel, El gato de sí mismo, won the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Book Award in January of 2006.

Professor Scott, who grew up, studied, worked, and spent most of his life in Arab-speaking countries, introduces the study of Arabic language and culture to undergraduate students at McDaniel College.