Contact Us | LSU World Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Contact Us

Students: Our staff does not provide academic advice (e.g. degree audit, “should I” questions, etc.). Department staff can only provide information on department and university policies and procedures. Please contact an academic counselor in your college or one of our faculty advisors for academic advising. 

Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Louisiana State University
316 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 
Telephone: 225-578-6616
Fax: 225-578-5074

Instagram @lsuworldlang
Website www.lsu.edu/hss/wllc
Email  worldlang@lsu.edu

Rafael OrozcoChair
315 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6616
rorozc1@lsu.edu

Jeannie WilliamsonAssistant to the Department Chair
316 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6587
abwill@lsu.edu

Charles Cloutier, Operations Coordinator
316 Hodges Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6585
ccloutier3@lsu.edu

Program Section Heads and Advisors

Jimmy Challis Gore, American Sign Language (ASL)
452 Hodges Hall
225-578-7425
jcgore@lsu.edu
 

Touria Khannous, Arabic 
301A Hodges Hall
225-578-0427
tkhann1@lsu.edu

Qiancheng Li, Chinese
312 Hodges Hall
225-578-6647
lqianc1@lsu.edu

Michelle Zerba, Classics Section Head
210D Allen Hall
225-578-3048
mzerba@lsu.edu
 

John Pizer, German
314 Hodges Hall
225-578-5172
pizerj@lsu.edu

Paolo Chirumbolo, Italian
423 Hodges Hall
225-578-3311
chirumbo@.edu.edu
 

Spanish Section Head, Advisors, and Coordinators

 

Christian Fernández-Palacios, Hispanic Studies Director and Associate Chair 
309 Hodges Hall
225-578-5175
cferna2@lsu.edu 

Alejandro Cortazar, Hispanic Studies Graduate Level Advisor
310 Hodges Hall
225-578-5169
acorta1@lsu.edu

Andrea Morris, Spanish Undergraduate Advisors for Majors & Minors and Spanish courses 2155 and above
301C Hodges Hall
225-578-7424
aemorris@lsu.edu
 
Carmela Mattza,  Spanish Language Coordinator for Spanish courses 1101-2102
308 Hodges Hall
225-578-6638

cmattza@lsu.edu

Sheldon Lotten, Assistant Spanish Language Coordinator
323 Hodges Hall
225-578-8515
slotte1@lsu.edu