Foreign Language Placement Coordinators

Coordinators are teaching faculty in the Modern Languages & Literatures Department. They will help determine which course is the best option given each student's previous experience with the language. Coordinators may base their placement recommendation on an interview (by phone or in person), quiz, and/or short writing sample.

Language Placement Coordinators During the Academic Year

Language	Coordinator	E-mail
Arabic	Dr. Sawsan Abbadi	sabbadi@luc.edu
Chinese	Prof. Hong Chen	hchen4@luc.edu
French	Dr. Eliana Vagalau	evagalau@luc.edu
German	Dr. Reinhard Andress	randress@luc.edu
Hebrew	Dana Rubin Abahel	drubinabahel@luc.edu
Italian	Dr. Cristina Lombardi-Diop	clombardidiop@luc.edu
Japanese	Dr. Sachie Banks	sbanks2@luc.edu
Polish	Prof. John Merchant	jmerchant@luc.edu
Russian	Nadezhda Vinogradova	nvinogradova@luc.edu
Spanish 101–102	Gabriela Buitron Vera	gbuitronvera@luc.edu
Spanish 103–104	Ms. Adriana Diaz-Lewis	adiazlewis@luc.edu
Spanish 250–251	Dr. Natalia Valencia	nvalencia@luc.edu
Spanish 270+	Dr. Clara Burgo	cburgo@luc.edu

Summer Freshmen Orientations

During summer freshmen orientation sessions, foreign language placement coordinators vary.