Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Coordinator Listing

Instructor	specialty	email	phone	office
Dr. Ann McCullough	French and Francophone Studies	Ann.McCullough@mtsu.edu	615-904-8046	BDA 316C
Dr. Michael Rice	German	Michael.Rice@mtsu.edu	615-904-8591	BDA222B
Dr. Priya Ananth	Japanese	Priya.Ananth@mtsu.edu	615-898-5357	BDA 222F
Dr. Soraya Nogueira	Spanish	Soraya.Nogueira@mtsu.edu	615-898-5024	BDA 334

Contact Us

Mailing Address:
Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Middle Tennessee State University, Box 79
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office:
BDA 301
Telephone: (615) 898-2981
Fax: (615) 898-5735

Department Chair:
Dr. Olaf Berwald
Olaf.Berwald@mtsu.edu
(615) 898-2982

Executive Assistant:
Charlie Vick
Charlie.Vick@mtsu.edu
(615) 898-5728

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MTSU News

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The assistant secretary of the Air Force, Richard Anderson, along with commanders from the Tennessee Air National Guard and Civil Air Patrol, visited Middle Tennessee State University on Tuesday, Nov. 10.[ Read More ]

Motivational speaker and author Kyle Scheele shares that “life is a team sport” and that successful ideas need “a crew” to help birth them during his keynote remarks at the Leadership Summit held Oct. 23, 2026, at Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, Tenn., hosted by Middle Tennessee State University’s Jones College of Business. (MTSU photo by Carl Edmondson Jr.).

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