Alumni
Alumni: After UMass
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Norman Aechtler (M.A. 2006)
Sandra Alfers (Ph.D. 2003)
Professor of German
Western Washington University
Katrin Bahr (Ph.D. 2020)
Assistant Professor
Centre College
Alison Behling (M.A. 2006)
Indiana University (M.P.A./M.A. 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
Ute Bettray (M.A. 2007)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Layfayette College
Amanda Boyd (Ph.D 2015)
Director of German Studies; Associate Professor of German Studies
University of North Dakota
Marzanna Buechel (M.A. 2010)
Daniel Burnfin (M.A. 2015)
PhD Student in German
The University of Chicago
Timothy Dail (M.A. 2009)
Teacher of German, English, ESOL
Polk County Public Schools
Katherine DeVane Brown (M.A. 2014)
Senior Content Editor
Slang
Jason Doerre (Ph.D. 2016)
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
Trinitiy College
Benjamin Duclos(M.A. 2012)
German Teacher
Phillips Academy Andover
Lauren Enzie (Ph.D. 2007)
English Language Development Teacher
Medway Public Schools
Florence Feiereisen (Ph.D. 2007)
Associate Professor of German, Chair
Middlebury College
Angelica Fenner (M.A. 1990)
Associate Chair Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of German and Cinema Studies
University of Toronto
Sarah Fetterhoff (M.A. 2010)
German Teacher
Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School
Kyle Frackman (Ph.D. 2009, M.A. 2004)
Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies
University of British Columbia
Zorana Gluscevic (Ph.D. 2011)
Jennifer Good (Ph.D. 2004)
Associate Professor of German, Interim Div. Director for German and Russian
Associate Director of the University Scholars Program in the Honors College
Co-Director of the Baylor in Germany Summer Study Program
Baylor University
Gertraud Gutzmann (Ph.D. 1979)
Professor Emerita of German Studies
Smith College
Anne Hector (Ph.D. 2009)
Sonja Heitgress (M.A. 2012)
Maureen Gallagher (Ph.D. 2015)
Assistant Visiting Teaching Professor of German
University of Notre Dame
Rosalin Happe (M.A. 2019)
Nele Hempel-Lamer (Ph.D. 1998)
Associate Professor of German
California State University Long Beach
Christopher Hench (M.A. 2014)
German Studies, University of California Berkeley (Ph.D. 2017)
Research Scientist, Amazon
Mareike Herrmann (Ph.D. 1995)
Professor Film Studies, German and Russian Studies Department Chair
College of Wooster
Jeffrey High (Ph.D. 2001, M.A. 1991)
Professor of German Studies
California State University Long Beach
Axel Hildebrandt (Ph.D. 2006, M.A. 1999)
Associate Professor of German
Moravian College
Kevin Holm (M.A. 2019)
German Teacher
Canton High School
April Huffines (M.A. 2010)
Dagmar Jaeger (Ph.D. 2001)
Lecturer in German
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jessica Joyce (M.A. 2011)
Emmalie Keenan (M.A. 2020)
Teacher, German International School Boston
Lecturer, MIT Global Languages
Sylvia Klötzer (Ph.D. 1992, M.A. 1987)
Privatdozentin, Institut für Germanistik, Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum
Universität Potsdam
Susanne Kord (Ph.D. 1990)
Department Chair and Professor of German
University College London
Elisabeth Krimmer (Ph.D. 1998)
Professor of German and Undergraduate Faculty Advisor
University of California Davis
Diane Liu (M.A. 2010)
History, Brown University (M.A. 2012)
Lead Business Analyst, Hawaii Medical Service Association
Dennis Mahoney (Ph.D. 1977, M.A. 1973)
Emeritus Professor of German
University of Vermont
Alexandra Merley Hill (Ph.D. 2009, M.A. 2005)
Associate Professor, German Studies Program Director and Co-Director Women and Gender Studies minor
University of Portland
Laura McLary (Ph.D. 1996, M.A. 1989)
Professor of German
University of Portland
Leslie Morris (Ph.D. 1992, M.A. 1985)
Professor of German
University of Minnesota
Katy McNally (Ph.D. 2020)
Visiting Lecturer in German Studies
UMass Amherst
Michael Moynihan (M.A. 2007)
Kerstin Mueller-Dembling (Ph.D. 2005)
Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Beret Norman (Ph.D. 2004, M.A. 1995)
Associate Professor of German
Boise State University
Andrea Phillips (M.A. 2012)
Erika Reichert (M.A. 2018)
German Teacher
Wachusetts Regional School District
Victoria Rizo Lenshyn (Ph.D 2018, M.A. 2008)
ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow
Arizona State University
Rachael Salyer (Ph.D. 2018)
Konstanze Schiller (M.A. 2018)
German Teacher
North Andover Public Schools
Sigrit Schütz (Ph.D. 1977)
Emerita Senior Lecturer of German
Amherst College
Stephen Sahlin (M.A. 2005)
Maria Stehle (Ph.D. 2005)
Associate Professor of German
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Evan Torner (Ph.D. 2013, M.A. 2008)
Assistant Professor of German Studies and Film/Media Studies
Undergraduate Director of German Studies; Director UC Game Lab
University of Cincinnati
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 and French, Director of Writing and Thinking Workshop
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Kristina von Held (Ph.D. 1997,M.A. 1991)
Friederike von Schwerin-High (Ph.D., M.A.)
Associate Professor of German and Russian; Chair of German and Russian
Pomona College
Jamele Watkins (Ph.D. 2017)
Assistant Professor of German
University of Minnesota
Alyssa (Madeira) Wells (M.A. 2015)
Ph.D. Student, Historical Musicology
The University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Susanne Wagner (Ph.D. 2006)
Associate Professor of German, Section Coordinator
University of St. Thomas
Delene White (Ph.D. 2016)
Contract Lecturer of German
Keene State College
Victoria Yam (M.A., 2013)
Assistant, Office of the President
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Margaret Zelljadt (Ph.D. 1976)
Professor Emerita of German and Dean of the Senior Class
Smith College
