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Associate Professor Emeritus of German

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., Ph.D (German)
• Pomona College, B.A. (German Language)

Courses Taught

• GR 102: Introductory German 2
• GR 103: Intermediate German 1
• GR 104: Intermediate German 2
• GR 301: German Culture and Civilization 1
• GR 315: German and the Nobel Prize in Literature
• GR 352: The Giants of German Literature
• LS 689: American Film Classics
• LS 713: The Many Faces of Immigration
• LS 742: Film Noir and Post-War America

Publications

Monographs and Chapters in Edited Volumes

• Donaldson, Randall. 鈥淔oreword,鈥� rpt. Dieter Cunz, The Maryland Germans [Princeton UP, 1948] (Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2015), iii鈥搙viii.
• 鈥淚ntroduction,鈥� Changing Language Education through CALL, R.P. Donaldson & M.A. Haggstrom, editors (New York: Routledge, 2006), vii鈥搙ii [with M.A. Haggstrom].
• The Literary Legacy of a 鈥楶oor Devil鈥�: The Life and Work of Robert Reitzel (1849鈥�1898). New York, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2002, 244 pp.
• Chapter on the 鈥淯SA鈥� in Bibliographie zur deutschen Sprache und deutschsprachigen Literatur im Nord- und Lateinamerika (1945 ff.), Hildesheim: Olms, 1990, 47鈥�130.

Monographs as Editor

• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 47, (2017), x, 146 pp.
• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 46, (2011), x, 141 pp.
• Developed and brought online , the website of the with the help of Charles Lockwood and a number of others at the Loyola/Notre Dame Library. The website makes available the complete run of the Report: A Journal of German-American History, the journal of the Society, in a form which allows word-level searches.
• 鈥淔rom the Potomac to the Patapsco: Ingeborg in Baltimore,鈥� a small volume to accompany a poetry reading in German and English by Ingeborg Carsten-Miller on 15 March 2007.
• Changing Language Education through CALL. New York: Routledge, 2006. xii, 285 pp. [with M.A. Haggstrom]
• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 45, (2004), xii, 120 pp.
• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 44 (2000), 124 pp.
• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 43 (1996), 104 pp.
• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 42 (1993), 92 pp.
• The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 41 (1990), 67 pp.

Articles

• 鈥淏altimore鈥檚 Enduring German Connection: Zion Church and the Johns Hopkins University,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 47 (June 2017), 35鈥�41.
• "" In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 3, edited by Giles R. Hoyt. German Historical Institute.
• 鈥淐ontemporary Liberal Education: Slowing Down to Discern,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;On The Horizon (2014), 22, 1 [Liberal Education in Crisis? Functions, forms, and foils], 7鈥�9 [with V.R. Delclos].
• 鈥淕enealogy versus History: Generating Synergy,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Yearbook of German- American Studies 45 (2010), 177鈥�192.
• 鈥淭he First American Doctorate in German,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 45 (September 2004), 41鈥�43.
• 鈥淯sing CALL to Address Changes in Student Learning Styles,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;C.A.L.L.鈥擳he Challenge of Change: Research & Practice (Exeter: Elm Bank Publishing, 2001), 31鈥�40), Ed. K. Cameron [with M.A Haggstrom].
• 鈥淭he Joseph Horner Library of the German Society of Pennsylvania,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 44, (February 2000), 1鈥�4.
• 鈥淓mpowering Student Learning in Cyberspace,鈥� Selected Papers from CALL: The Learning Community (Exeter: Elm Bank Publishing, 1999), 137鈥�142.
• 鈥淟anguage learning in a MOO: creating a transoceanic bilingual virtual community,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Literary and Linguistic Computing, 14, 1 (April 1999), 67鈥�76 [with M. K枚tter].
• 鈥淟anguage learning in Cyberspace: Teleporting the Classroom into the Target Culture,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;CALICO Journal, 16, 4 (June 1999), 531鈥�557 [with M. K枚tter].
• "Robert Reitzel (1849鈥�1898) Lutheran Minister, Freethinker, and Liberal Firebrand,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 43 (1996), 57鈥�65.
• 鈥淩eading is Creative, Too! A Discussion of Two HyperCard Stacks which can Facilitate Second-Language Reading Comprehension,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Computer Assisted Language Learning, 7: 3 (November 1994), 195鈥�208 [with M.A. Haggstrom and L.Z. Morgan].
• 鈥淢aking the Most of Scarce Resources: A Small College Language Department鈥檚 Experience with HyperCard,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;CALICO Journal, 11: 4 (Summer 1994), 41鈥�59 [with L.Z. Morgan].
• 鈥淕erman-American Social Organizations in Baltimore, Part I,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 42 (1993), 23鈥�29.
• 鈥淭he Role of German鈥慉merican Social Groups in the Assimilation of German Immigrants,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 41 (1990), 33鈥�41.
• 鈥淩obert Reitzel (1849鈥�1898) and his German鈥慉merican Journal, Der Arme Teufel,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Occasional Papers of the Society for German鈥慉merican Studies, No. 8 (1980), 1鈥�19.

Reviews

• Review of Eric Rentschler. The Use and Abuse of Cinema: German Legacies from the Weimar Era to the Present (New York: Columbia University Press, 2015) in Yearbook for German-American Studies, 52 (2017), 274鈥�276.
• Review of Larissa Sch眉tze. William Dieterle und die deutschsprachige Emigration in Hollywood: Antifaschistische Filmarbeit bei Warner Bros. Pictures, 1930鈥�1940 (Stuttgart: Fritz Steiner Verlag, 2015) in Yearbook for German-American Studies, 52 (2017), 276鈥�277.
• Review of Lisa Beichl. Reported Killed in Action: An unexpected soldier, a remarkable life (Athens, GA: Deeds Publishing, 2015) in The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 47 (June 2017), 138鈥�139.
•  of Jan Stievermann & Oliver Scheiding, eds. A Peculiar Mixture: German-Language Cultures and Identities in Eighteenth-Century North American (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State UP, 2013) in Journal of American Ethnic History, 35, 4 (summer 2016), 115鈥�117.
• Review of H. Glenn Penny. KINDRED BY CHOICE: Germans and American Indians since 1800 (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013) in Yearbook for German-American Studies, 48, 215鈥�216.
• Review of Jochen Krebber. W眉rttemberger in Nordamerika: Migration von der Schw盲bischen Alb im 19. Jahrhundert (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2014) in German Quarterly, 88:4 (Fall 2015), 584鈥�585.
• Review of June Hall McCash, A Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus (Mercer University Press, 2012) in Yearbook for German-American Studies, 47 (2014), 161鈥�162
• Review of Annette R. Hofmann, The American Turner Movement: A History from its Beginning to 2000 (Indianapolis: Max Kade, 2010) in Yearbook for German-American Studies, 47 (2014), 178鈥�179.
• Review of Jim Merkel, Beer, Brats, and Baseball: St. Louis Germans (St. Louis, MO: Reedy Press, 2012) in Yearbook for German-American Studies, 47 (2014), 245.
• Review of Don Heinrich Tolzmann, German-Americana: Selected Essays (Little Miami Publishing Company: Milford, OH, 2000) in The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 46 (June 2011), 106鈥�107.
• Rev. Richard G. Anderson, The Charles Town, West Virginia, Confectioner: John Frederick Blessing,His Family, and His Descendants (Brownsburg, VA: McClain Printing, 2008) in The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 46 (June 2011), 107.
• Rev. Susan L. Mizruchi, The Rise of Multicultural America: Economy and Print Culture 1865鈥�1915 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2008), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 43 (2009), 194鈥�195.
• Review of Robert W. Frizzell, Independent Immigrants: A Settlement of Hanoverian Germans in Western Missouri (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri, 2007), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 42, 148鈥�149.
• Review of Robert L. Koenig, One Man鈥檚 Mission to Wage the Great War in America (New York: PublicAffairs, 2006), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 42, 167鈥�168.
• Review of Gary Carl Grassl, The Search for the First English Settlement in America: America鈥檚 First Science Center (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 41, 198鈥�199.
• Review of Krista O鈥橠onnell, Renate Bridenthal, Nancy Reagin, eds., The Heimat Abroad: The Boundaries of Germanness (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2005), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 41, 179鈥�180.
• Review of Charles R. Mack and Henry H. Lesesne, Francis Lieber and the Culture of the Mind (Charleston, SC.: The University of South Carolina Press, 2005), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 40 (2005), 178鈥�179.
• Review of Werner Mohr, Albert Bloch: Caricaturist, Social Critic, and Translator of Karl Kraus (Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, 2003), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 40 (2005), 198鈥�199.
• Review of Annemarie Reuter Schomaker, Out of the Ashes: Berlin 1930 to 1950 (n.p.: 1st Books Library, 2003), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 39 (2004), 164鈥�165.
• Review of William D. Keel et al., eds., Unsere Leute: The Volga Germans of West Central Kansas鈥擜spects of Their History, Politics, Culture and Language (Lawrence, KS: Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, the University of Kansas and the Volga German Society, 2004), Yearbook for German-American Studies, 39 (2004), 165鈥�166.
• Review of Peter C. Merrill, German-American Urban Culture: Writers & Theaters in Early Milwaukee (Madison, WI: Max Kade Institute for German-American Study, 2000), Yearbook of German-American Studies, 38 (2003), 345鈥�346.
• Review of Carlotta R. Anderson, All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998), The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 44, (February 2000), 119鈥�120.
• Review of Antonius Holtmann, ed., Ferner thue ich euch zu wissen鈥�: Die Briefe des Johann Heinrich zur Oeveste aus Amerika 1834鈥�1876 (Bremen: Edition Temmen, 1995), The Report: A Journal of German-American History, 44, (February 2000), 120鈥�121.

Areas of Specialization

• German-American history, culture, and literature
• German literature of the nineteenth century
• Twentieth-century German poetry
• Early eighteenth-century literary culture and criticism in Germany
• Computer-aided language learning (CALL)

Presentations

• 鈥淕erman Seed in Texas (and other) Soil: Weighing Location and Culture,鈥� in honor of William D. Keel, Professor of German at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, 30 April 2016 at the 40th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, San Antonio, TX.
•  鈥淭he German Society of Maryland and the Rise of Baltimore,鈥� 39th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, St. Louis, MO, 10鈥�12 April 2015.
• "The German Societies of Pennsylvania and Maryland: Two Perspectives on German-Language Immigrants to North America," German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in commemoration of its 250th anniversary, 19 February 2014.
• "Baltimore, Bibles, and William Kurrelmeyer," Lecture and Panel at the inaugural symposium of the Eric Gritsch Memorial Foundation at Zion Lutheran Church on City Hall Square, Baltimore, 8 March 2014.
• 鈥淎nother Chapter in German-American Entrepreneurship: Potthast Bros. Furniture,鈥� 38th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, 12 April 2014, Milwaukee, WS.
• "桅危螜 in Convention: Tradition; Knowledge; and Discernment," Keynote Speaker for national meeting of Phi Sigma Iota,  Allegheny College, 29 March 2014.
• 鈥淭he Potthast Bros. Furniture: A Maryland Tradition and a German-American Success Story,鈥� 35th Annual Symposium of the Society for German-American Studies, 15 April 2011, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
• 鈥淕erman Immigration into the Free State: German-American Communities in Maryland,鈥� Annual Dinner Meeting of the Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland, 14 September 2010.
• 鈥淏remerhaven to Baltimore: the story of one immigrant鈥檚 journey,鈥� 32^nd Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, Williamsburg, VA, 18 April 2008
• 鈥淪etting Sail for the New World,鈥� 31^st Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, Lawrence KS, 28 April 2007.
• 鈥淒igital Access to the Past,鈥� 30^th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies (co-hosted by the Pennsylvania German Society), Lancaster, PA, 6 May 2006.
• 鈥淭he History of German-American Lutherans and their Worship,鈥� invited lecture before the Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid Atlantic for its meeting at Zion Lutheran Church on 16 April 2005.

Service Activities, Memberships in Academic Societies

Service: College Activities (Representative Assignments)

• Phi Sigma Iota, national foreign language honor society (FSI); Gamma Iota Chapter (Loyola): Advisor, 2000鈥�2008; National Secretary, 2007鈥�2010; President-elect, 2010鈥損resent
• American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Loyola College Chapter: Treasurer, 1975鈥�1977; President, 1977鈥�1979

Memberships in Academic Societies

• American Goethe Society, Maryland Chapter, Vice鈥慞resident, 1973鈥�1977; President, 1977鈥�1979
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
• American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
• Society for German鈥慉merican Studies (SGAS). First Vice-President, 2007鈥�2009; Vice-President and President-Elect, 2009鈥�2011; President, 2011鈥損resent
• Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland (SHGM), Executive Board, 1986鈥損resent; Treasurer, 1987鈥損resent
• German Society of Maryland

Other Professional Activities, Awards & Conferences

• 37th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, New Orleans, LA, 9鈥�12 May 2013 (presided over the meeting as president).
• 36th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, Lawrence, KS, 12鈥�15 April 2012 (presided over the meeting as president).
• 35th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, Newark, DE, 14鈥�16 April 2011 (planned and coordinated the 2011 meeting).
• Lord Baltimore Fellow, Maryland Historical Society, June 2010鈥揓uly 2011.
• Research Grant, under the auspices of the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, for work at the German Society of Pennsylvania, June鈥揓uly 2010.
• 27th Annual Symposium, Society for German-American Studies, Loyola College, 24鈥�27 April 2003 (planned and coordinated the 2003 meeting at Loyola).
• Participated in seminar on 鈥淟iteratur nach der Wende鈥� sponsored by AATG, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 10鈥�23 June 1994.
• "Two HyperCard Applications for the Foreign Language Classroom,鈥� workshop presented on a graphic imaging stack for teaching German culture at the Loyola College Technology Fair, 23 September 1992.
• Participated in seminar on 鈥淓ast German Short Fiction鈥� sponsored by AATG, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 15鈥�29 June 1991.
• Participated in Institute on 鈥淒eutsche Literatur in beiden deutschen Staaten,鈥� Europ盲ische Akademie, Berlin, Germany, 16鈥�21 July 1989.