Faculty

Elda Buonanno
Assistant Professor of Italian 2006
PhD in Comparative Literature (Specialization in Italian). The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY.
Bachelor of Modern Languages and Literatures (English and French) University of Milan (I.U.L.M., Istituto Universitario di Lingue Moderne), Milan , Italy 1993.
Certificate in Translation and Interpreting (English-French)."Istituto Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori," Naples, Italy 1990
Email:ebuonanno@iona.edu

Joseph A. Cussen, C.F.C.,
Assistant Professor of Spanish 1965
BA, Iona College
MA, St. John's University, 1961
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: jcussen@iona.edu

Manuel Gomez
Assistant Professor of Spanish 2007
PhD, Spanish, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, 2005.
MS, French Literature, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José Costa Rica, 1996.
BA, English Language, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, 1992.
BA, French Language, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, 1989.
Email: jmgomez@iona.edu

 

Victoria L. Ketz
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
Asssociate Professor of Spanish 1997
BS, MA, Ohio State University
PhD, Columbia University, 1999
Phone: (914) 637-2738
Email: vketz@iona.edu

Office hours:
Tuesday
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday
By appoinment only
Thursday
10:30 am - 11:00 am
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Donald P. Malanga
Associate Professor French, Italian, and German 1967
BA, Iona College
MA, PhD, New York University, 1971
Phone: (914) 637-2736
Email: dmalanga@iona.edu

Thomas E. Mussio
Associate Professor of Italian 2002
BA, Yale University
MA, Indiana University
PhD, University of Michigan, 1993
Phone: (914) 637-2737
Email: tmussio@iona.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Salvatrice Amico-Stubbs
Adjunct Instructor of Italian 1993
PhD in Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Catania, 1978
Phone: (914) 637-2735
Email: samicostubbs@iona.edu

Miles Beckwith
Adjunct Instructor of Latin
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: mbeckwith@iona.edu

Almira Bubesi
Adjunct Instructor of Italian
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: aabubesi@iona.edu

 

Edward Crespo
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: ecrespo@iona.edu

 

Antoinette DeAngelis
Adjunct Instructor of Italian
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: adeangelis@iona.edu

 

Sr. Mary Margaret Fitzgerald
Adjunct Instructor of French 1995
Phone: (914) 637-2735
Email: mfitzgerald@iona.edu

Isabella Giordano
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: igiordano@iona.edu

Jackie H. Imai
Adjunct Instructor of Japanese
BS in Business Administration, Mercy College
MA in Asian Studies (Japanese), St. John's University
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: jimai@iona.edu

Frank Maddalena
Adjunct Instructor of Italian
BA, Iona College
MA, Queens College, CUNY
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: fmaddalena@iona.edu

Marie Penso-Belanich
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: mpensobelanich@iona.edu

Frank Rakas
Adjunct Instructor of Italian
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: frakas@iona.edu

 

Anthony Sallustio
Adjunct Instructor of French
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: asallustio@iona.edu

 

Rosa Solano
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: rsolano@iona.edu

Br. Gennaro Sullo
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: gsullo@iona.edu

 
Josefina Zuluaga
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: jzuluaga@iona.edu

 
 

Faculty Emeriti

 

Ela Gómez Quintero
Professor Emeritus of Spanish 1967.

BA, Institute of Artemisa, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba; Doctor en Derecho, Universidad de Ia Habana, Habana, Cuba; PhD, New York University, 1974.


 

Geraldine J. van den Bossche
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages 1965.
Diplome d' Assistante Sociale, Certificat d' Educatrice, Bruxelles; Certificat D' Etudes Francaises, Institut Catholique, Paris, 1957.