Research & Practice Areas: Intercultural communication, study abroad, identity in German and French literature & film
American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), College Representative, Central PA chapter.
Phi Sigma Iota language honorary, faculty advisor.
Fulbright research fellow, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1993-94.
“Enseignement à deux vitesses:Das Lied Education nationale von Grand Corps Malade.” Der fremdsprachliche Unterricht Französisch 107. October 2010.
“Mes ore est li nuns remüez :Intratextual Misinterpretations and Shifting Symbols in Marie de France’s ‘Eliduc.’” Cincinnati Romance Review 27. 2008.
“Coming Out of His Father’s Closet: Klaus Mann’s Der fromme Tanz as an Anti-Tod in Venedig.”Monatshefte 97/4. Winter 2005.
“Got hât liut unde lant von manegem wunder gemaht’: an Example of the Marvelous as Allegory in Ulrich von Zatzikhoven’s Lanzelet.” Michigan Germanic Studies 24/1. Spring 1999.