Faculty

Elda Buonanno, PhD
Assistant Professor of Italian 2006
PhD, Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2008
BA, Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Milan, 1993

Phone: (914) 633-2736
Email: ebuonanno@iona.edu

Joseph A. Cussen, CFC
Assistant Professor of Spanish 1965
MA, Theology, St. John’s University, 1961
BA, Spanish, Iona College, 1957

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: jcussen@iona.edu

Manuel Gomez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Spanish 2007
PhD, Spanish, Ohio State University, 2005
MS, French Literature, Universidad de Costa Rica, 1996
BA, English Language, Universidad de Costa Rica, 1992
BA, French Language, Universidad de Costa Rica, 1989

Phone: (914) 633-2738
Email: jmgomez@iona.edu

 

Victoria L. Ketz, PhD
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
Associate Professor of Spanish 1997
PhD, Spanish Language and Literature, Columbia University, 1999
MPhil, Spanish Language and Literature, Columbia University, 1991
MA, Romance Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, 1988
BS, Microbiology and Spanish, Ohio State University, 1986

Phone: (914) 637-2737
Email: vketz@iona.edu

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

Donald P. Malanga, PhD
Associate Professor French, Italian, and German 1967
PhD, French Literature, New York University, 1971
MA, French Literature, New York University, 1962
BA, French, Iona College, 1960

Phone: (914) 637-2736
Email: dmalanga@iona.edu

Thomas E. Mussio, PhD
Associate Professor of Italian 2002
PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, 1993
MA, Comparative Literature, Indiana University, 1991
BA, English Literature, Yale University, 1983

Phone: (914) 637-2738
Email: tmussio@iona.edu

Br. Gennaro Sullo
Clinical Faculty in Spanish 2008
PD, Administration, Forham University, 1989
MA, Latin American History, Catholic University of America, 1984
MA, Spanish, Middlebury College, 1975
BA, Spanish, Iona College, 1971

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: gsullo@iona.edu

 

Francisco Villena Garrido, PhD
Visiting Professor of Spanish 2010
PhD, Latin American Literature and Culture, Ohio State University, 2005
MA, Spanish Philology, Universidad de Alicante, 2000

 

Adjunct Faculty

Salvatrice Amico-Stubbs, PhD
Adjunct Instructor of Italian 1993
PhD in Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Catania, 1978

Phone: (914) 637-2735
Email: samicostubbs@iona.edu

Miles Beckwith, PhD
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Latin
PhD, Linguistics, Yale University, 1996
BA, Linguistics, St. John's University, 1983

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: mbeckwith@iona.edu
 
Runhong Chen, PhD
Adjunct Instructor of Chinese 2011
PhD, Engineering Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1996
MS, Physics, Adelphi University, 1989
BS, Physics, Nanjing University, 1981
 

Isabella Giordano
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish 1998
MA, Spanish, Columbia University Teacher's College, 1970
AB, College of New Rochelle, 1962

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: igiordano@iona.edu

Jackie H. Imai
Adjunct Instructor of Japanese 1997
MA, Asian Studies (Japanese), St. John's University, 1994
BS, Business Administration, Mercy College, 1991

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: jimai@iona.edu

Kevin Kelton
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish 2007
PhD, Spanish Literature, Rutgers University, 2007
MA, Spanish, Iona College, 1995
BA, Spanish and History, Rutgers University, 1985
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: kkelton@iona.edu
 

Frank Maddalena
Adjunct Instructor of Italian 2003
MA, Italian Literature, Queens College, CUNY 2003
BA, Italian, Iona College, 1973

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: fmaddalena@iona.edu

Anthony Manganiello
Adjunct Instructor of French 2011
MA, French Literature, Middlebury College, 1974
BA, French Literature, Iona College, 1970

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: amanganiello@iona.edu
 

Anthony Sallustio
Adjunct Instructor of French 2008
PhD, Romance Languages and Literatures, Fordham University, 1973
MA, French Literature, St. John’s University, 1960
BA, French Literature, Iona College, 1958

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: asallustio@iona.edu

 

Rosa Solano
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish 1999
MST, Spanish, Iona College, 1999

Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: rsolano@iona.edu

Josefina Zuluaga
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish 2003
MSEd, Spanish, Queens College, 2003
BA, Economics, Interamerican University 1990
Phone: (914) 633-2425
Email: jzuluaga@iona.edu

 
 

Faculty Emeriti

 

Ela Gómez Quintero
Professor Emeritus of Spanish 1967.

PhD, Latin American Literature, New York University, 1974
Doctor en Derecho, Universidad de la Habana
BA, Institute of Artemisa, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba