Modern Languages Faculty
CHAIR, Department of Modern Languages
SUTHERLAND, KimberleyFrench | Email: sutherlandk1@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-777-6398 Office: NW S2617
BA (Hons) in English and French (University of Swansea, Wales, G.B), Maîtrise en lettres modernes (M.A.) (Université de Bretagne occidentale, Brest, France). Ph.D. in French (specialization in literature) (University of Swansea, Wales, G.B).
Areas of interest: Modern and Contemporary French literature, French cinema, Language teaching, Intercultural Communication. |
Modern Languages Department Assistant | Phone: 604-527-5463 Office NW: S2650 |
INSTRUCTORS
BOULESTEIX, FannyFrench | Email: boulesteixf@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-527-5211 Office NW: S2659
BA in French Modern Literature (University of Montpellier), Diploma in Francophone Studies (University of Montpellier), M.A. in French as Foreign Language (University of Aix-en-Provence).
Areas of interest: French Language and Culture, Second Language Acquisition, French Linguistics, Francophone Literature. |
DESMARAIS, AdrianAmerican Sign Language | Email: desmaraisa@douglascollege.ca Office DL: A3075
ASL & Literacy Instructor Diploma (George Brown College), Provincial Instructor Diploma (Vancouver Community College), M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction: Post-Secondary (Simon Fraser University).
Areas of interest: American Sign Language, Adult Education. |
HUANG, SandraChinese (Mandarin) | Email: huangh@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-527-5649 Office NW: S2804G
BA, M.A., Ph.D. (Louisville, Kentucky, USA).
Areas of interest: Chinese Language Education, Chinese Classical Literature (Qing Dinasty). |
LARA AGUILAR, José FelicianoSpanish | Email: laraaguilarj@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-527-5406 Office NW: S2636
BA in Journalism and Communications (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM), Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies (The University of British Columbia, Vancouver).
Areas of interest: 20th and 21st Centuries Latin American film and literature, Social and armed movements in Mexican literature, Latin American Chronicles, Indigenous, and Popular Cultures of Mexico, Cultural Studies. |
MANDUJANO-LOPEZ, RuthSpanish | Email: mandujanor@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-527-5076 Office NW: S2636
BA in International Relations (ITESM-CCM), M.A. in Latin American Studies (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM), Diploma on Teaching Spanish as a Second Language (CEPE-UNAM), Ph.D. in History (University of British Columbia).
Areas of interest: Latin American Studies, Spanish language history, Hispanic cultures, second language acquisition, Mexican literature, interculturalism. |
MINAMI, ShihoJapanese | Email: minamis@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-527-5649 Office NW: S2804G
BA in Japanese Linguistics and Education (Osaka University of Foreign Studies), M.A. in Modern Language Education (University of British Columbia).
Areas of interest: Second language pedagogy, second language and heritage language acquisition, critical pedagogy, identities in second language learning and teaching, technology in second language education. |
NAITO, YuriJapanese | Email: naitoy@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-527-5200 Office NW: S2804C
BA in Asian Studies (University of British Columbia), M.A. in Japanese Linguistics (University of Toronto).
Areas of interest: Japanese Linguistics (Syntax and Semantics), Japanese Language Pedagogy. |
ZIMMERMANN, SabineGerman | Email: zimmermanns1@douglascollege.ca Phone: 604-236-4757 Office NW: S2804G
BA, M.A. (UBC), MBA (Simon Fraser University), and Ph.D in Germanic Studies (UBC).
Areas of interest: German as a Foreign Language, German Literature from 1945 to present, Figure of the Refugee and Migration Narratives. |