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Biography

Education:

• BA (l969) Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
• MA (l971) - University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• Ph.D. (l973) - University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Publications:

• l5 books, editions, textbooks, readers, literary translations
• 45 scholarly articles ranging from language teaching methodology to 18th Century Enlightenment philosophy
• Over l00 scholarly presentations at national and international conferences
• Over 50 summer teacher workshops, seminars weekend programs
• Editor, Yearbook, International Standing Working Group for the History of Education and Enlightenment (ISWGHEE)
• Past Editor & Founder, AAUSC's Issues in Language Program Direction

Honors and Leadership Positions:

• Outstanding Service Award, College of Liberal Arts (2004) Post Professor, Southeast Missouri State U. (2003)
• Chair, Modern Language Association Advisory Committee on Languages and Literatures (2001/02); Member, 1999- 2002
• Founder and Past President of the American Association of Coordinators of University Foreign Language Programs (AAUSC)
• Past President of the American Association of Teachers of German, Kentucky Chapter (AATG)
• President of the 'International Standing Working Group on Education and Enlightenment' (ISWGHEE)
• Consultant to a number of textbook publishing houses in foreign languages
• Member, Committee of Examiners of the National Teachers Examination in German (NTE-German)
• Question Leader, Table Leader and Reader of the Advanced Placement Examination in German for l5 years
• Consultant to the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) since l994

Positions Previously Held:
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (l969-l972)
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL (l972-l975)
University of California, Los Angeles, CA (l975-l985)
Murray State University, Murray, KY (l985-l993)

Courses

• GN-100 Acquisition of an appreciation of the cultures of the German-speaking peoples and study of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing German. (3 cr.)
• GN-120 Continued study of the culture of the German-speaking peoples and study of speaking, understanding,reading, and writing German. Prerequisite: GN 100 (3 cr.)