Faculty

Meet the German Faculty

Sonja Klocke
Assistant Professor in Modern Languages-German
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2007
"I am currently working on a book project which carries forward the findings of my dissertation. This book will investigate diseased and fantastic characters in literary and filmic depictions of the GDR since the 1960s."

Todd Heidt
Visiting Assistant Professor in Modern Languages-German
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2010
"I am interested in the intersections of modernity, story-telling, media and realism. My dissertation focuses on film adaptations from Weimar Germany (1919-1933), paying particular attention to the manner in which these narratives draw attention to the act of story-telling as much as they communicate the story itself."

Visiting faculty, University of Flensburg exchange
Monika Budde
Christian Rieder

Teaching Intern
Christina Henke

Teaching emeritus faculty
Ross Vander Meulen
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972