Administation & Staff

Department Leadership

Hui "Faye" Xiao

Associate Professor, Chair, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2009

hxiao@ku.edu

785-864-9079

Wescoe Hall, Room 2105

Office Hours:

M, W: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm and by appointment

Office Staff: School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Samantha Raines

Chief of Staff & Office Manager

sraines@ku.edu

785-864-6839

Wescoe Hall, Room 2083

Office Hours:

M – F: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and by appointment

Christian Beer

Coordinator, Media, Outreach, Recruitment, Events, Development, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

christian.beer@ku.edu

785-864-9193

Wescoe Hall, Room 2084

Office Hours:

M – F: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and by appointment

Cynthia Willingham

Office Assistant

willingh@ku.edu

785-864-4803

Wescoe Hall, Room 2080

Reception Hours:

M-F, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Student Staff: School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Paola Gonzalez

Digital Strategist, Student Assistant

paolagz@ku.edu

785-864-9250

Wescoe Hall, Room 2071

Reception Hours:

M-F, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Claire Hammack

Lead Graphic Designer, Student Assistant

claire.hammack@ku.edu

785-864-9250

Wescoe Hall, Room 2071

Reception Hours:

M-F, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Anastasia Popova

Graphic Designer, Student Assistant

anastasiapopova@ku.edu

785-864-9250

Wescoe Hall, Room 2071

Reception Hours: 

M-F, 8:00-5:00pm

Advising

Aley Pennington

Graduate Academic Advisor, Classics, East Asian Languages & Cultures, French, Francophone & Italian Studies, German Studies, Philosophy, Slavic Languages & Literatures, Spanish & Portuguese

aleypennington@ku.edu

785-864-1528

Wescoe Hall, Room 3107

Office Hours:

M – F: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and by appointment

Shared Services (HR & Financial)

Debra Baker

Financial Analyst, Department of Spanish & Portuguese

debra_baker@ku.edu

785-864-9624

Strong Hall, Room 50

Jessica Chilcoat

Financial Analyst, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

jchilcoat@ku.edu

785-864-5242

Strong Hall, Room 50

Office Hours:

M-F, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Rachel Fehr

Accounting Specialist

rachel_fehr@ku.edu

785-864-7330

Strong Hall, Room 50

Office Hours: 

By appointment

Vanessa Freeze-Sumner

HR Coordinator, KU School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

vfreezesumner@ku.edu

785-864-2347

Strong Hall, Room 50

Office Hours:

M-F, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm 

Robin Holladay

HR Specialist, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

holladay@ku.edu

785-864-2505

Strong Hall, Room 50

Office Hours:

By appointment

IT Support Staff

Don Allmon

Technology Coordinator, KU IT

dallmon@ku.edu

785-864-8282

Jeremy Willard

IT Support Technician

jwillard@ku.edu

785-864-8282