German & Scandinavian Studies, Deparment of Languages and Literatures

There are many ways to stay involved with German & Scandinavian Studies at UMass Amherst!

• Sponsor a study-abroad student
• Sponsor an undergraduate book award
• Sponsor a film series or a film screening
• Underwrite our monthly coffee breaks (Kaffeepause, fika, kahvitauko)
• Sponsor a subscription to a German- or Nordic-language newspaper or magazine
• Sponsor graduate student research and conference travel
• Create a student scholarship
• Support faculty research
• And the list goes on and on!

You can also send a check or charge your credit card. 

We are also happy to discuss your philanthropic interests. Please contact Lucia Miller, Director of Development for the College of Humanities & Fine Arts, at luciam[at]admin.umass.edu.

Please be sure to designate German & Scandinavian Studies as the recipient of any gift. (You can visit umass.edu/giving or click on the button on the left-hand side of this page.)

Thank you!
germanscand[at]german.umass.edu

Sandra Alfers (Ph.D. 2003)
Assistant Professor of German
Western Washington University

Alison Behling (M.A. 2006)
M.P.A./M.A., Indiana University (2009)
Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State

Brenda Bethman (Ph.D. 2009)
Director, Women's Center
Acting Director, Women's & Gender Studies Program
Adjunct Faculty in German
University of Missouri Kansas City

Florence Feiereisen (Ph.D. 2007)
Assistant Professor of German
Middlebury College

Angelica Fenner (M.A. 1990)
Professor of German and Cinema Studies
University of Toronto

Sarah Fetterhoff (M.A. 2010)
German Teacher
Wachusetts Regional High School

Kyle Frackman (Ph.D. 2009, M.A. 2004)
Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jennifer Good (Ph.D. 2004)
Associate Professor of German
Baylor University

Gertraud Gutzmann (Ph.D. 1979)
Professor Emerita of German Studies
Smith College

Anne Hector (Ph.D. 2009)

Kristina von Held (M.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1997)
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
Wooster College

Nele Hempel-Lamer (Ph.D. 1998)
Associate Professor of German
California State University Long Beach

Mareike Herrmann (Ph.D. 1995)
Associate Professor of German
College of Wooster

Jeffrey High (Ph.D. 2001, M.A. 1991)
Associate Professor of German Studies
California State University Long Beach

Axel Hildebrandt (Ph.D. 2006, M.A. 1999)
Assistant Professor of German
Moravian College

Alexandra Merley Hill (Ph.D. 2009, M.A. 2005)
Assistant Professor of German
University of Portland

April Huffines (M.A. 2010)

Sylvia Klötzer (Ph.D. 1992, M.A. 1987)
Privatdozentin
Institut für Germanistik & Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum
Universität Potsdam

Susanne Kord (Ph.D. 1990)
Professor of German and Department Head
Department of German
University College London

Elisabeth Krimmer (Ph.D. 1998)
Associate Professor of German
University of California Davis

Diane Liu (M.A. 2010)
Ph.D. Student in History
Brown University

Dennis Mahoney (Ph.D. 1977, M.A. 1973)
Professor of German
University of Vermont

Laura McLary (Ph.D. 1996, M.A. 1989)
Associate Professor of German
University of Portland

Leslie Morris (Ph.D. 1992, M.A. 1985)
Associate Professor of German
Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
University of Minnesota

Kerstin Mueller (Ph.D. 2005)
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
Connecticut College

Beret Norman (Ph.D. 2004, M.A. 1995)
Associate Professor of German
Boise State University

Sigrit Schütz (Ph.D. 1977)
Senior Lecturer
Amherst College

Friederike von Schwerin-High (M.A., Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor of German
Pomona College

Maria Stehle (Ph.D. 2005)
Assistant Professor of German
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Donna Van Handle (Ph.D. 1983, M.A. 1976)
Senior Lecturer and Dean of International Studies
Mount Holyoke College

Colette van Kerckvoorde (Ph.D. 1988, M.A. 1984)
Professor of German
Bard College at Simon's Rock

Margaret Zelljadt (Ph.D. 1976)
Professor of German and Dean of the Senior Class
Smith College