Meet our team
GLAS brings together academic staff and language teachers from across the world.
GLAS Leadership Team and Co-ordinators
Diego Fossati
Associate Professor
Director GLAS
Sylvain Holtermann
Senior Lecturer
Deputy Director GLAS
Samson Bezabeh
Assistant Professor
Capstone Coordinator GLAS
Li Chong
Senior Lecturer
Programme Director
Isaac Gimenez Garcia
Assistant Lecturer
Programme Director
Rocío Blasco-García
Senior Lecturer
Programme Director
Martín Juaristi Garamendi
Lecturer
Internship & Field Trip Coordinator GLAS
Loretta Kim
Associate Professor
Head, School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Su Yun Kim
Associate Professor
Korean Studies Director
Daniel Poch
Associate Professor
Japanese Studies Director
Amjad Refai
Assistant Lecturer
Programme Director
Ilaria Riboldi
Assistant Lecturer
Programme Director
Jan Jakob Risser
Assistant Lecturer
Admissions Coordinator GLAS
Amir Malikov
Assistant Lecturer
Programme Director
Valérie Martinez
Lecturer
Programme Director
Pablo Torrado Solo de Zaldivar
Lecturer
AI Learning Coordinator GLAS
Phornrat Tiranant
Assistant Lecturer
Programme Director
GLAS Teaching Staff
Anahi Frauenfelder
Assistant Lecturer
French
Atsuko Mito
Lecturer
Japanese Studies (Language)
Benoit Gilles Guerillot
Assistant Lecturer
French
Bárbara Fernández Melleda
Assistant Professor
American Studies
David William Robert
Assistant Lecturer
French
Deyanira P. Comino
Visiting Lecturer
Spanish
Edwin Michielsen
Assistant Professor
Japanese Studies
Eunkyung Chang
Lecturer
Korean Programme
Hiroaki Kodama
Lecturer
Japanese Studies (Language)
Isaac Lau K.H.
Lecturer
Japanese Studies (Language)
Izumi Nakayama
Senior Lecturer
Japanese Studies
Jagyung Oh
Assistant Lecturer
Korean Studies
James Fichter
Associate Professor
Global and Area Studies
Ji Li
Associate Professor
Global and Area Studies
Ji-yoon An
Korea Foundation Visiting Lecturer
Korean Studies
Jin Jeong
Assistant Lecturer
Korean Programme
John D. Wong
Professor
Global and Area Studies
Kangsoon Lee
Senior Lecturer
Korean Programme
Lars Svensson
Assistant Lecturer
Swedish
Mao Mao
Assistant Professor
Global and Area Studies
Michael Roellinghoff
Assistant Professor
Japanese Studies
Nadia Camporese
Lecturer
Italian
Roland Vogt
Associate Professor
Global and Area Studies
Shirly Tang
Assistant Lecturer
German
So Hye Kim
Korea Foundation Visiting Lecturer
Korean Studies
Song Yang
Lecturer
Global and Area Studies
Stefan Auer
Professor
Global and Area Studies
Takako Yoshikawa
Lecturer
Japanese Studies (Language)
Takuro Hashimoto
Senior Lecturer
Japanese Programme
Takuya Gunji
Assistant Lecturer
Japanese Studies (Language)
Tim Gruenewald
Associate Professor
Global and Area Studies
Tonja Fung
Lecturer
German
Youngkyoung Paik
Lecturer
Korean Programme