Department of Foreign Languages

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Faculty

Full Time Faculty
Elda Buonanno Assistant Professor of Italian 2006 PhD Candidate 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 Asssociate Professor of Spanish 1997 BS, MA, Ohio State University PhD, Columbia University, 1999 Phone: (914) 637-2738 Email: vketz@iona.edu
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 Department Chair 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
Maria Giulia DiSalvo Adjunct Instructor of Italian Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: mdisalvo@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
Eleanor M. Gonzalez Adjunct Instructor of Spanish BA in Spanish, Simmons College MA in Hispanic Literature, Brown University Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: egonzalez@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
Paul Lalli Adjunct Instructor of Italian Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: plalli@iona.edu
Frank Maddalena Adjunct Instructor of Italian BA, Iona College MA, Queens College, CUNY Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: fmaddalena@iona.edu
John Mecca Adjunct Instructor ofSpanish Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: jmecca@iona.edu
Tonya Mushinsky Adjunct Instructor of French Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: tmushinsky@iona.edu
Marie Penso-Belanich Adjunct Instructor of Spanish Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: mpensobelanich@iona.edu
Rosa Solano Adjunct Instructor of Spanish Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: rsolano@iona.edu
Carlos Vega Adjunct Instructor of Spanish Phone (914) 633-2425 Email: cvega@iona.edu
Josefina Zuluaga Adjunct Instructor of Spanish Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: jzuluaga@iona.edu

Faculty Emeriti
Henry Freund Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: hfreund@iona.edu
Ela Gómez Quintero, Professor Emerita of Spanish 1967. BA, Institute of Artemisa, Pinar del Rio, Cuba; Doctor en Derecho, Universidad de la Habana, Habana, Cuba; PhD., New York University, 1974. Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: egomez@iona.edu
María Pérez Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: mperez@iona.edu
Geraldine J. van den Bossche, Assistant Professor Emerita of Foreign Languages, 1965. Diplome d'Assistante Sociale, Certificat d'Educatrice, Bruxelles; Certificat d'Etudes Francaises, Institut Catholique. Phone: (914) 633-2425 Email: gvandenbossche@iona.edu