They teach all levels of German language, literature, and culture and are active and productive scholars. Their teaching and research interests can be found under Faculty & Staff. In addition, the German program benefits greatly each semester from classes taught and tutoring sessions offered by visiting native-German instructors and assistants.

Read Tyler Faivre's blog The Effect of Good Professors to learn more about our German faculty members from a student's point of view.

Learn about German at ISU

Videos Of Our Majors:

our majors Talking about German at ISU

Meet a former German Major

"I always knew that I wanted to become a teacher. It was my passion and I didn’t really care what it was I was going to teach." Learn more about Laurie Fraser.

A Visit to a German 111 Class

A German 111 student was asked to tape a class so that one of his friends in Germany could see what an Introductory course on German would be like. We use this video with thanks to and the kind permission of that student, Tyler Faivre.

Opportunities

Activities

Learn about the German Student Activites and opportunities, including Kaffeestunde (conversation hour), the German Film Series, Stammtisch, and the Coalition of German Students.

Study Abroad

Learn about opportunities to Study Abroad in Germany.

news

European Union Week at ISU

During the week of September 12-15, Professor Weeks and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, together with other departments and colleges at ISU, organized a series of five presentations related to the European Union. The speakers included the Consul General of France, the deputy chief of mission of Denmark, and authors Steven Hill and Thomas Geoghegan. The topics ranged from “The EU as an Agent of Peaceful and Democratic Change,” “Green Europe,” “Work and Well Being in Europe,” to the European social and economic systems. The presentations were all well attended. One presentation, given within the context of the International Studies Seminar, had a record number in attendance. Podcasts of the presentations and related materials may be used in formulating an essay for a high school essay contest. Please take a look at the EU Week Website.

2011 German Awards

Brianna Coleman (not pictured), Adam Gebler, Megan Braffet and Kyle German faculty and German award recipients Whisenhunt (not pictured) all received the German Alumni New Student Scholarship.
Kristofer Lindsey (not pictured) was the recipient of the David J. Parent Scholarship.

Dr. J.M. van der Laan was interviewed by WGLT about Goethe's Faust:

Segment One (mp3)

Segment Two (mp3)