Wayne State University



Curriculum Vitae:

Classes taught at Wayne State University:

From Jan. 2007-Winter 2017: German 1010, German 1020, German 2010

Last classes taught:

Winter 2016 German 1020, Spring/Summer German 2010, Fall German 1020

Classes taught at the University of Michigan-Dearborn:

From Fall 2012 – Fall 2016: German 101, 102, 301, 302, 376

Jan. 2007-2011 Lecturer at Wayne State University, Henry Ford Commmunity

College, and LTU + GLC (e.g. Work for Cartus, a Global

Relocation Company, and for Global LT)

2006-2007 German Language Consultant:

Webpage design, Online Language Lessons to many different

learners with a wide variety of backgrounds, Medical Interpreter

for French/German at the University of Michigan)

Winter 1991-Aug. 2006 Lecturer at Eastern Michigan University,

Teaching German Language Courses from the 100 to 600 level,

For Undergraduates and Graduates, Business German I, II,

German Business Culture (a team-taught class for EMU business

students, with the late Dr. John Hubbard)

Winter 1998 German Language and Business Culture, offered by EMU to

Masco Corporation’s Upper and Middle Management at Masco

Headquarters in Taylor, Mi (a Fortune 500 company that had

acquired numerous companies in Germany over the previous 10

years)

January 1998 Elected Vice-President of the AATG-MI for a 2 year term,

President from January 2000-January 2002). (AATG-MI – The

Michigan Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of

German).

Goals: One of our main goals, we hope to expand the cooperation between H. S.s and Colleges and between Colleges and businesses, industry, and governmental units as part of a globalized world.

Exchanges/Programs abroad:

Summer 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004:

Director of EMU’s Academic Program Abroad, ‘Summer in Graz’, Austria

This program was an integral part of our students' education (due to the proposed Internationalization of the curriculum in response to changing international market conditions).

Activities (pre2000 and some afterwards):

German Club Advisor - helped organize the EMU German club;

Promoted activities (movies, talks, Weihnachtsfest, Frühlingsfest etc.),

H.S. recruiting, arranging for visits at and contacts with the

German Consulate etc., programs with the local Goethe Institute, helped

organize GAHFI Fall conferences, and other German-American events,

organized German teacher and other German Stammtische, regular get-

togethers of German speakers; participated at the SAE Spring conference in

Cobo Hall (took EMU’s Business German students to Detroit’s International

Industrial Fair connecting Theory and Practice)

Education:

1983-88 M.A. and A.B.D., Doctoral Candidate in Germanic Literature,

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1980-82 M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures,

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1976-80 B.S. equivalent in French Literature and Physical

Education, The University of Göttingen, Germany.

1978-79 DAAD-Fellowship in form of a Teaching

Assistantship at the French Lycee

Camille Guerin, Poitiers, France.

Examination Topic:

The dramatic and theoretical works of Peter Hacks

And his reception in the GDR and West-Germany

(Master of Arts Project)

Teaching Experience: (pre1991)

Lycee Camille Guerin, 1978-1979,

German Conversation Class

Assisting Professors in University equivalent

German classes for Political Science and Economics

The University of Michigan, Romance Department,

Fall 1980-Winter 1982/83,

Introductory and Intermediate French Language

The University of Michigan, Germanic Department,

Winter 1983-Summer 1988,

Introductory and Intermediate German Language

Third Year German:

German Conversation Class

Practice in Writing and Speaking German.

Teaching Interests:

Creative Writing in German, German Culture, Translating

And Consulting, German Business Culture, Special Topics

In Literature, Ethnic Literature

Administrative Experience: (pre1991))

Teaching Assistant at The University of Michigan,

Romance Department, Fall 1980-Winter 1982/83.

Teaching Assistant at The University of Michigan,

Germanic Department, Winter 1983-Summer 1988.

Resident Director of the Max-Kade Haus, a German

Language Coop. in the University of Michigan

Residence Hall System, 1983-1986.

Languages:

German native

English near native

French M.A. degree

Spanish conversational

Moderator:

Chaired a number of panels at EMU’s former Business Language

Conference and at the German American Heritage Organization

International's former Fall Conferences

Webpages:

Numerous Webpages (for German teachers, updated only sporadically):

with info about:

list of German teachers in Michigan, listed by H.S. and name, German

restaurants and more, German American Business in Michigan,

Minorities with a background in German American companies, in industry, and

in the School system, German at Wayne State University

Workshops (a number of AATG Michigan Workshops attended between 2009-2017):

e.g. AATG-Mi, Spring 2011 at Wayne State University: "Strategies for Successful

German Programs: Advocacy, Articulation, and Outreach."

Professional Organizations:

American Association of Teachers of German (MI-Chapter)

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