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Zhihui (Sophia) Geng Chinese Instructor
B.A. in English and Education, Shandong Teachers' University of Jinan, China
M.A. in American Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota
Research and academic interests:
Chikako Keymer Japanese Instructor
B.A. in linguistics, French, St. Cloud State University
M.A. in French, University of Cincinnati
Research and academic interests: Comparative linguistics
Margaret Cook, Ph.D. Professor
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 novels
English as a Second Language
Sarah Pruett ESL Director
M.A. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Nathaniel Dubin, Ph.D. Professor
B.A., Cornell University,
M.A., University of Washington
Ph.D, University of Washington
Karen Erickson, Ph.D. Professor
B.A. French, Gustavus Adolphus College
Ph.D. French, Yale University
Nineteenth Century French Literature; Salome in art, music, and literature; women in the Bible; folk music and oral traditions
Camilla Krone, Ph.D. Professor
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
Vera Theisen, Ph.D. Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Chuck Villette Assistant Professor
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., Department Chair 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
Academic and research 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
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