EDUCATION
B.A. 1968 Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida
Majors: German and Russian
Minor: Italian
M.A. 1970 Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee
German/Russian
Ph.D. 1972 Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee
German/Russian
Additional Study: Munich, Germany (Summer 1965); Florence, Italy (1967/68);
Postdoctoral Studies in Comparative Literature (Summer 1973; Vanderbilt University)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The Webb School (College Preparatory) Bell Buckle, Tennessee:
September 1969-June 1971, Teacher of German, Russian, Latin, Comparative Literature. Soccer Coach.
Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee:
Summer 1970, Teaching Fellow; Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania:
1971-72 Instructor of Languages
1973-77 Assistant Professor of Languages
1977-89 Associate Professor of Languages
1989- Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
2000 – Oliver E. Williams Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature
Spring Semester 2004 – Visiting Professor at the Vesalius College in Brussels, Belgium
Spring Semester 2005 – Visiting Professor at the International University of Bremen, Germany
COURSES TAUGHT
German:
Elementary German (2 semesters-Coordinator of personalized system of instruction), Intermediate German (2 semesters), Advanced German Conversation and Composition (2 semesters), German Scientific Readings, Advanced German Scientific Readings, German Culture and Civilization I, German Culture and Civilization II, Survey of German Literature I, Survey of German Literature II, Seminar in 19th Century German Prose I, Seminar in 19th Century German Prose II, Contemporary German Literature Seminar.
Russian:
Elementary Russian (2 semesters), Intermediate Russian (2 semesters), Advanced Russian Conversation and Compostion (2 semesters), Survey of Russian Literature (I and II), Russian Short Story, Dostoevsky Seminar, Russian Novel.
Comparative Literature and Interdisciplinary:
Survey of European Literature I; Survey of European Literature II; Survey of Russian Literature in English (19th Century); Survey of Russian Literature in English (20th Century); The Decline of Austro-Hungarian Empire (Interim Session in Vienna, Austria); Science, Technology and Values: The Soviet Model (Senior Colloquium); Florence: Birthplace of Renaissance (Study Program in Italy).
International Affairs:
Research Methods in International Affairs; I.A. Senior Seminar; Special Topics Seminars; How We See Each Other: U.S. and Soviet Perceptions and Realities; Soviet Union After the Revolution (Interim Session in the U.S.S.R.); The Open Wall: The New Europe of the 1990’s (Interim Session in Berlin, Germany); The Great, Late Soviet Union (First-Year Seminar); Twentieth Century European Dictatorships; Germany’s Third Reich (First-Year Seminar).