Peter Ecke

by mcl | Oct 17, 2024

PETER ECKE (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1996) is Professor of German and Second Language Acquisition in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on applied linguistics, second language acquisition and teaching,...

Barbara Citera

by mcl | Oct 17, 2024

BARBARA CITERA is an Associate Professor of Practice in German Studies at the University of Arizona. She earned her PhD in History from Ludwig- Maximilian-University, Munich. Her professional experience includes serving as Associate Dean of the Sierra Vista branch...

Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni

by mcl | Oct 17, 2024

OBENEWAA ODURO-OPUNI is an assistant professor of German studies. Her teaching and research center on Black German studies. She is particularly interested in the ideology underlying 18th- and 19th-century white German abolitionist rhetoric, which has led to the...

Thomas Kovach

by bartmann | Jun 6, 2024

THOMAS KOVACH is Professor Emeritus in the Department of German Studies. He got his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature with a German emphasis at Princeton and came to the University of Arizona in 1994, where he headed the German Studies Department from 1994 to 2004. Much...

Albrecht Classen

by bartmann | Jun 6, 2024

ALBRECHT CLASSEN is a University Distinguished Professor of German Studies and a leading expert in medieval and early modern literature. He has authored over 120 scholarly books and nearly 800 articles on topics including gender, culture, and historical identity. A...

Steven D. Martinson

by bartmann | Jun 6, 2024

STEVE MARTINSON is Professor Emeritus of German Studies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Following appointments at Northwestern University (1977-80) and UCLA (1980-88), he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, retiring in spring...

Barbara Kosta

by bartmann | Jun 6, 2024

BARBARA KOSTA is Professor and Head of the Department of German Studies. Her teaching and research interests focus on autobiographical writing in German and Austrian literature, German cinema, and the visual culture of the Weimar Republic. In addition to multiple...

Katharina Scheerer

by bartmann | Jun 6, 2024

Katharina Scheerer is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School Practices of Literature in Münster, Germany, and currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona in the Department of German Studies. In her dissertation research, she explores the connection...

Joela Jacobs

by bartmann | Jun 6, 2024

JOELA JACOBS is Assistant Professor of German Studies and the founder of the Literary and Cultural Plant Studies Network. Her research and publications focus on the intersection of 19th-21st century German literature and film with Plant and Animal Studies,...