Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Iowa; Germanic Languages & Culture, 18th & 19th Century German Literature, Opera and Lied, 1995.
• M.A., University of Iowa; Germanic Languages, Culture, and 19th Century German Drama, 1991.
• B.A., St. Ambrose University; Music, 1982.
• B.A., St. Ambrose University; Graphic Art, 1982.
• B.A., St. Ambrose University; Foreign Language, 1982.
• B.A., St. Ambrose University; Elementary & Secondary Education, 1981.

Specialties

• 18th and 19th Century German Literature, Drama, and Culture
• Carl Orff
• German music
• Opera
• Lied
• German art
• Historical Linguistics (Latin, Old High German, Old English, Gothic, Middle High German, and Scandinavian Languages)
• Applied Linguistics & Second Language Instructional Technology

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching:

• • 18th & 19th Century German literature
  • German music & art.
  • Educational Methods, Applied Linguistics, and Second Language Instructional Technology

Research:

• 18th & 19th Century German & Austrian literature and drama
• Historic & Comparative Historic Linguistics
• Music & art history, Opera, and Lied
• 18th & 19th Century Imperial Austria and 20th-Century Austria

Bella gerant aliī, tū fēlix Austria nūbe
Nam quae Mars aliīs, dat tibi regna Venus

• • Latin Language
    • Nice Latin Verb Conjugator
  • Old English Language
    • Nice Old English Verb Conjugator

Courses Taught

Honors College

• Culture Connection (HNRS 275)
• Honors Seminar of Germanic Culture & Literature in Translation (GERM/HNRS 251)

German Program

• Introduction to German I & II (GERM 110 & 111)
• Intermediate Structures and Expression in German I & II (GERM 203 & 204)
• Intermediate Conversation I & II (GERM 207 & 208)
• Advanced Composition & Conversation II (GERM 304)
• Introduction to German Literature (GERM 308)
• Advanced German Grammar (GERM 312)
• History of the German Language (GERM 314)
• German Literature of the Late 18th and 19th-Century (GERM 318)
• German Literature from the Twentieth Century to the Present (GERM 321)
• German Civilization (GERM 330)
• Special Topics:  Art & Music in the German-Speaking World (GERM 360)
• Special Topics:  The History and Culture of Austria (GERM 360/361)

College of Education and Human Services

• Introduction to Educational Technology (ED 205)
• Foreign Language Teaching Methods (ED 302)
• Teaching Foreign Languages in the Elementary School (ED 330)
• Secondary Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (ED 347)
• Introduction to Foreign Language Educational Technology (FL 535)

Non-academic interests

• Performing and listening to music, opera, theater, gardening, painting, calligraphy, and travel.