Faculty & Staff

232 Whitesides Hall, CPO 2860
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
Office: 828.251.6419
Fax: 828.251.6820
tprice4@unca.edu

Greta Trautmann, Ph.D.

• Department Chair and Associate Professor of Spanish.

Myrna Acevedo, M.A.

• Lecturer of Spanish
• macevedo@unca.edu
• 251-6285
• 227 Whitesides Hall

Elena Adell, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Spanish
• eadell@unca.edu
• 251-6275
• 229 Whitesides Hall

Michelle Bettencourt, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Spanish
• mbettenc@unca.edu
• 251-6282
• 224 Whitesides Hall

Kelly Biers, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of French; CTL Faculty Fellow, 2023-25
• kbiers@unca.edu
• 232-2440
• 243 Whitesides Hall

Maria Idoia Cebria, M.A.

• Lecturer of Spanish
• mcebria@unca.edu
• 251-6737
• 210 Whitesides Hall

Benjamin Frey, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Cherokee Language and Culture
• bfrey@unca.edu

Lorrie Lowenfield Jayne, Ph.D.

• Lecturer of Spanish & Portuguese
• ljayne@unca.edu
• 251-6274
• 231 Whitesides Hall

Doria Killian

• Assistant Professor of German
• dkillian@unca.edu
• 251-6274
• 231 Whitesides Hall

Karsten Olson, Ph.D.

• Lecturer in German
• kolson@unca.edu

Regine Criser, Ph.D.

• Director of Student Success and Associate Professor of German
• rcriser@unca.edu
• 258-7714
• 006 Ramsey Library

Allison Weems, Ph.D.

• Lecturer of French
• jweems@unca.edu
• 232-2439
• 225 Whitesides Hall

Tabby Price

• Administrative Assistant
• tprice4@unca.edu
• 251-6419
• 232 Whitesides Hall