Linguistics
Kaoru Ochiai, Ph.D.
Croft Instructional Assistant Professor of Japanese and Director of the Japanese Language Program
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Dr. Ochiai's professional interests include second language acquisition, teaching methodologies and comparative cultural studies of the United States and Japan.
Office: 217 Croft | 662-915-3772 | kochiai at olemiss.edu
Allen S. Clark, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Arabic and Director of the Arabic Language Program
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Dr. Clark's research interests include translation in the Arabic-English language pair, questioning the source of semantic mismatches, whether they may be ideological, political, social, military, or a combination of these factors.
Office: 211 Croft | 662-915-5520 | asclark at olemiss.edu
Tamara Warhol, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of TESL and Linguistics and Graduate Coordinator for TESL
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Warhol's research interests include classroom and professional discourse in the humanities and the sciences; the intersection of language, gender and religion; and second language teaching and learning, with an emphasis on second language writing.
Office: 213 Howry | 662-915-5029 | twarhol at olemiss.edu
Felice Coles, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Coles's research interests include dialects of American English, Hispanic sociolinguistics and language obsolescence.
Office: E-210A Bondurant Hall | 662-915-7702 | fcoles at olemiss.edu
Donald Dyer, Ph.D.
Professor of Russian and Linguistics and Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Dr. Dyer's research interests include the Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian languages, Slavic and Balkan Linguistics, languages in contact and Moldova.
Office: 204 Ventress Hall | 662-915-7778 | mldyer at olemiss.edu
