People

Andrew Donson is a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe, with a specialty on Germany in the era of the First World War. He holds a dual appointment in the History Department and the Program in German and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Julia Feldhaus teaches STEM German and directs the international Science Technology & Engineering Programs (iSTEP) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The main focus of her research is student-centered teaching and learning, career readiness skills in the world language classroom, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence for personalized learning.

Justin Cammy is a literary and cultural historian with research and teaching interests in Yiddish literature, Eastern European Jewish cultural history, and contemporary Israel

Skyler Arndt-Briggs was Adjunct Faculty in the Department of German and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Executive Director of the DEFA Film Library

Sigrid Bauschinger is Emeriti Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the German and Scandinavian Studies Department

Barton Byg is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst & Founding Director of the DEFA Film Library

James E. Cathey is Professor Emeritus, German & Scandinavian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Frank Hugus has been offering courses in Scandinavian and German subjects at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 1970. Over the years he has taught a wide variety of courses ranging from "Old Norse" to “Scandinavian Mythology” to "Hans Christian Andersen" to "The History of the German Language" to "Trolls, Giants, and Dwarves" (to name only a few).

Sara Lennox is Professor Emerita in German & Scandinavian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Former Director in Social Thought & Political Economy