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Faculty
Chinese
Zhihui Sophia Geng, Ph.D. Associate Professor
B.A. Shandong Teachers' University, China
M.A. Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research and Academic Interests: Chinese literature, safegrading of cultural heritage, Chinese immigration and Chinese American literature, U.S.-China relations and exchange
Limei Danzeisen, Instructor of Chinese Language & Culture
B.A. English Language & Literature, Shandong Normal University, China
M.A. TESL, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Japanese
Masami Limpert, Instructor of Japanese Language and Culture
B.A. English, Intercultural communication, Nanzan University, Japan
M.A. TESL, St. Cloud State University, MN
Margaret Cook, Ph.D. Professor Sarah Pruett ESL Director Karen Erickson, Ph.D. Professor, Department Chair Camilla Krone, Ph.D. Professor Chuck Villette, Ph.D. Associate ProfessorClassics
B.S. in Physics from the University of Michigan
B.A. in Classics from University of Washington
M.A. in Classics from University of Washington
Ph.D. in Classics from University of Washington,
Research and Academic Interests: Greek and Roman historiography, 5th and 4th Century BC Greek history, history of Ancient Science
Scott Richardson, Ph.D. Professor
B.A. in Classics, Harvard University, summa cum laude
M.A. in Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Academic Interests (general): Greek literature, Scandinavian literature, English and American literature
Academic Interests (specific): Homer, Icelandic sagas, Greek tragedy, Joyce, Dostoevsky, Pynchon, modern Scandinavian literature, British and American novelsEnglish as a Second Language
B.A. Latin American Studies, Carleton College
M.A. University of Illinois, Champaign-UrbanaFrench
B.A. French, Gustavus Adolphus College
Ph.D. French, Yale University
Research and Academic Interests: Nineteenth Century French Literature; Salome in art, music, and literature; women in the Bible; folk music and oral traditions
B.A. French, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. French, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. French, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research and Academic Interests: 19th and 20th Century French literature, gender in literature, women’s writing in French, world Francophone cultures and literatures
M.A. in French, University of Chicago 1967
Ph.D. in Higher Education, University of Toledo (1981)
Research and Academic Interests: 17th and 18th Century Literature, French Cultural History, and translation
Maureen McCarter, M.A. Adjunct Instructor
B. A. French, College of Saint Benedict
M.A. French, Middlebury College
Academic Interests: gender studies, ecofeminism, environmental studies
German
Andreas Kiryakakis, Ph.D. Associate Professor
B.A. Political Philosophy, Midwestern University, Texas
M.A. German, University of Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D. German & Classics (Greek), University of Texas, Austin
Research and Academic Interests: Historical and Theological Perspectives on Evil, The Function of Space and Place in German Literature,Quantum Reality
Lisa Ohm, Ph.D. Professor
B.A. International Relations, University of Colorado/Boulder
M.A. German Language & Literature, University of Colorado/Boulder
Ph.D. German Language & Literature, University of California/Santa Barbara
Research and Academic Interests: Goethe, 19th Century literature, fairy tales and child heroines, feminist criticism, and the analysis of literature in context.
Wendy Sterba, Ph.D. Professor
B.A. German, Reed College
M.A. German, Rice University
Ph.D. German Media Secondary in Medieval, Rice University
Research and Academic Interests: Contemporary Film, Theory, Weimar Republic, Medieval German, Film History
Mark Thamert, OSB, Ph.D. Associate Professor
B.A. German, Saint John's University
M.Div. Theology, Saint John's University
Ph.D. Germanic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University
Research and Academic Interests: German Poetry, Romanticism and Medieval Studies, Great Books Pedagogy, World Poetry (Rilke, Rumi, Neruda emphases), Literary Theory (Barthes, Bahktin emphases), Personality Theories and Student Motivation in the Classroom, Uses of Technology and its Effect on Student Motivation and Learning in German Studies
Nathaniel Dubin, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of French
Telan Hu, OSB, Professor Emerita of Chinese
Vera Theisen, Ph.D. Professor Emerita of French