ANNE-KATRIN GRAMBERG
Office: (334) 844-6350
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ANNE-KATRIN GRAMBERG Office: (334) 844-6350 |
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EDUCATION Ph. D., German (emphasis, Business), 1991, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Dissertation: Vergleichende Pragmalinguistische Analyse Bundesdeutscher und Nordamerikanischer Automobil Werbeanzeigen Magister Artium, Deutsche Sprache und Neuere Deutsche Literatur, 1986, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany Magisterarbeit: Pragmatische Untersuchung zur Textgestaltung von Werbeanzeigen im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (2001-present) Professor of German, Auburn University (2002-present)
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS Acting Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Auburn University (Summer 2001) Associate Professor of German, Auburn University (1997-2002) Assistant Professor of German, Auburn University (1993-1997) Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1990-1993) Instructor, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI (1989) Instructor, Lifelong Education Programs Evening College, East Lansing, MI (1986-1987) Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (1986-1990)
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES, AUBURN UNIVERSITY Office of the Provost Commission on the Status of Women (2004-present) Provost Search Committee (2002-2003) Chair, Steering Committee for the Advisor to the Provost on Gender Issues, created and developed description of position (2002-2003) Advisor to the Assistant Provost, Office of Multicultural Affairs (2002-2003) Office of the Dean of Liberal Arts Chair, Committee on College Mission and Vision (2004-present) Dean Search Committee (2003-2004) Chair, Heads and Chairs Assembly (2002-2004) Maintenance Budget Committee (2002-present) Dean’s Cabinet (1999-2001) Budget Advisory Committee (1998-1999) Advisory Committee (1998-1999) Viability Review Committee (1997-2001) Diversity Leadership Advisory Board to the Center of Diversity and Race Relations (2002-present) Faculty Retention Committee on Women and Minorities (2002-present) Board of Directors and Planning Committee Member, Women’s Leadership Institute (2003-2004) Diversity Leadership Council (2002-2004) Chair, Diversity Leadership Search Procedures (2002-2004) Co-Chair, Diversity Leadership Business Case (2002-2004) Facilitator, Women and Politics Conference, (2001-2002) Advisory Council to the President on the Status of Women and Minorities (1994-1997) University Cultural Diversity Committee (1994-1997)
ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INITIATIVES AS DEPARTMENT CHAIR Increased departmental general budget, added three faculty lines Increased instructional summer budget by 40% Created additional non-teaching summer positions Managed a 3.8 million dollar budget, and 46 accounts Provided consulting on budget matters Raised faculty productivity Implemented departmental improvement leave Implemented peer evaluation system Revised departmental bylaws, guidelines for tenure and promotion, and merit documents Revised student evaluation administration to create greater fairness and flexibility Increased student enrollment and classes offered Implemented new Graduate Teaching Assistant training system and facilitated SACS compliance Doubled Graduate Teaching hires Raised funds for Women and Politics Conference and Women’s Leadership Institute Facilitated the establishment of Women’s Leadership Institute, to be held annually Facilitated the creation of The Bilingual Art Bus outreach program for disadvantaged children of rural Alabama in coordination with the Art Department Supported and consulted on Women’s Studies Program, housed in Dept. of Foreign Languages Established relationship with Technische Universität, Braunschweig, Germany for forthcoming International Engineering Program (IEP), visited Braunschweig Aug. 2003 and Apr. 2004 Supervised Auburn and Auburn, Montgomery shared Bachelor’s Degree Programs in French, German, Spanish, French International Trade, German International Trade, Spanish International Trade Supervised new Capstone Courses for Assessment: Bachelor’s in French, German, Spanish, French International Trade, German International Trade, Spanish International Trade; Master’s Spanish and Hispanic Studies Oversaw three Summer Abroad Programs Instituted Semester Abroad Program in Spain Supported and consulted on new Paris abroad program, French for Fashion Supported and consulted on semester abroad Linguistic Immersion Experience, France Facilitated new major in French and Apparel Merchandising Facilitated Elementary Russian Long Distance Outreach Courses Implemented Essay Contest for Spanish Graduate Students to compete for travel resources Implemented Essay and Performance Contest for German Undergraduates Improved technological capacity of the department Facilitated computer-assisted first and second year language courses using Web CT format Supported development of Web CT classes for upper division and graduate courses in Spanish Directed the creation of departmental website <http.//www.auburn.edu/forlang> Improved departmental newsletter to target alumni giving Revised duties and hired new Multi-Media Center Director Streamlined job descriptions and hired new Administrative Assistant and secretaries Coordinated visit to Auburn of author and critic, Albert Murray, 2003 Invited Cross-Cultural Scholars and coordinated trips (Dr. Anke Finger, U. Of Connecticut, Dr. Patricia Simpson, U. Of Montana , 2003-2004) Managed successful SACS accreditation visit Oversaw faculty search committees and excellent departmental hires, assembling a diverse faculty Chaired departmental promotion and tenure, and three-year review procedures Served as outside reader for tenure and promotions to Associate, and promotions to Full Professor
DEPARTMENTAL INITIATIVES UNDERWAY\ The creation and implementation of Engineering for the International Market (EIM), a double major in Engineering and Foreign Language The development of long-distance education courses for Master’s candidates in Spanish and French, targeting teachers currently holding only the Bachelor’s Fund raising efforts to support the Women’s Leadership Institute Expansion of The Bilingual Art Bus, outreach project in coordination with the Office of the Vice-President for Outreach Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, “Languages Across the Curriculum,” submitted September 2004
PUBLICATIONS Refereed Articles Gramberg, A. K., M. Boehringer, and C. Bongartz. “Language Learning and Intercultural Training: The Impact of Cultural Primers on Learners and Non-Learners of German,” Journal of Language for International Business 15.2 (2004): 1-18. Gramberg, A. K. “Business Culture: The Implicit Message in Persuasive Discourse,” Handbook for German in Business and Engineering. Waldsteinberg, Germany: Heidrun Popp Verlag, (2002): 126-141. Gramberg, A. K. “German for Profit: Foreign Language for Sale,” Journal of Language for International Business 12.1 (2001):27-36. Gramberg, A. K. “German for Business and Economics,” Clearinghouse Center for Applied Linguistics 74.6 (2001): 317-22. Gramberg, A. K. and B. Cothran. “Business German the Next Step: The Birth of a New Discipline,” Die Unterrichtspraxis 33.2 (2000): 148-71. Gramberg, A. K. “Persuasionsstrategien im Kulturellen Kontext: Diskursanalyse deutscher und nordamerikanischer Automobilwebeanzeigen.” Deutsche Sprache: Zeitschrift für Theorie, Praxis, Dokumentation 26.2 (1998): 174-89. Gramberg, A. K., and R. Sabino. “The Implications of Lectal Variation for the Reassessment of Erik Pontoppidian’s 19th Century Creole Proverbs.” SECOL Review 21.2 (1997): 126-40. Gramberg, A. K. “Höflichkeitsmerkmale und Intensifikatoren im Deutschen und Amerikanischen im Rahmen der Werbung.” Schatzkammer der Deutschen Sprachlehre, Dichtung und Geschichte 22.2 (1996): 29-42. Gramberg, A. K. “Gender and Foreign Cultures in Business Language Classes.” Dimension ‘96: Global Access Through Languages (1996): 69-78. Gramberg, A. K. and K. Heinze-Evans. “Die indirekte Rede als Diskursstrategie: Innovative Lernmethoden zum Konjunktiv.” Die Unterrichtspraxis 26.2 (1993): 185-93. Books Gramberg, A. K and B. Cothran, eds. The Global Connection: Issues in Business German. Heidrun Popp Verlag, Waldsteinberg, Germany, 2002. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics, 2nd Ed., Volume I, Die Volks-und Weltwirtschaft. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2000. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics, 2nd Ed., Volume II, Die Betriebswirtschaft. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2000. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics, 2nd Ed., Volume I, Teacher’s Resource Handbook. East Lansing: Michigan UP, 2000. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics, 2nd Ed., Volume II, Teacher’s Resource Handbook. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2000. Paulsell, P., and A. K. Gramberg. German for Business and Economics, Volume I, Die Volks-und Weltwirtschaft. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 1994. Paulsell, P., and A. K. Gramberg. German for Business and Economics, Volume II, Die Betriebswirtschaft. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 1994. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics, Volume I, Teacher’s Resource Handbook. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 1994. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics, Volume II, Teacher’s Resource Handbook. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 1994. Multi-Media Publications Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics. 2nd Ed., CD-ROM software for Volumes I and II. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2000. Paulsell, P. A. K. Gramberg, and K. Heinze-Evans. German for Business and Economics. 2nd Ed., Audio Cassettes for Volumes I and II, Listening Texts. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2000. Paulsell, P., A. K. Gramberg, and M. Reichert. German for Business and Economics. CD-ROM software for Volumes I and II. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 1994. Paulsell, P. And A. K. Gramberg. German for Business and Economics. Audio Cassettes for Volumes I and II. East Lansing, Michigan State UP, 1994. Gramberg, A. K. and G. Clay, et al, Materialien zum Video im Fach Wirtschaftsdeutsch. Video. München, Germany: Goethe-Institut, 1988. Reviews and Other Publications Gramberg, A. K. and B. Baker. “Noun Combination in Interlanguage: Typology Effects in Complex Determiner Phrases by Christiane Bongartz.” Review. Southern Humanities Review (accepted). Gramberg, A. K. “Deutsch im Berufsalltag by Michael Hager.” Review. Modern Language Journal (forthcoming). Gramberg, A. K. “German, a CD-Rom by Learnware.” Review. The Journal of Language for International Business 9 (1998): 55-56. Gramberg, A. K. and R. Sabino. Translation. “Some Notes on the Creole Language of the Danish West Indian Islands by Erik Pontoppidan (1881). Journal for Ethnologie 13 (1998): 130-38. Sabino, R. and A. K. Gramberg. Translation. “The Danish West Indian Creole Language by Erik Pontoppidan (1887).” Tilskueren 4 (1998): 295-303. Gramberg, A. K. “The Committee on German for Business and Engineering.” AATG Infoblatt (Winter 2000-2001): 2. Gramberg, A. K. “The Committee on German for Business and Engineering.” AATG Infoblatt (Winter 1999-2000): 8. Gramberg, A. K. “German for Business and Engineering.” AATG Newsletter 34.3 (1999): 5. Gramberg, A. K. “The Freedom to Speak: Are there self-imposed limitations?” Auburn Horizon 3.4 (1997): 6. Gramberg, A. K. “The Language-Culture Interface in German Advertisement.” Selected Proceedings Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, ERIC, National Institute of Education, ED324948, FL018931 (1989): 1-20. Manuscript Reviewer Alles klar? by Otto, Bryant, and von Schmidt, Prentice Hall, 2001. Treffpunkt Deutsch, 3rd Ed. by Widmaier and Widmaier, Prentice Hall, 2000. Deutsch im Berufsalltag by Hager, Holt Rinehart, and Winston, 2000. Practical Review of German Grammar by Dippmann, Prentice Hall, 1997. Kontakte, 2nd Ed. by Terrell, Tschirner, Nikolai, and Genzmer, McGraw-Hill, College Division, 1997. Rückblick by Lixl-Purcell, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. Im Spiegel der Zeit-Deutschland 1945 bis heute by Turneaure, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association South Atlantic Modern Language Association American Association of Teachers of German Centers for International Business Education Research American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Southeastern Conference on Linguistics Southern Conference on Language Teaching Alabama Association of Foreign Languages
INVITATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS Invited Moderator, Women’s Leadership Institute, 2004 Invited Chair and Organizer, “German for Business and Engineering” at the 37th Annual Conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Philadelphia, 2003 Elected Chair, International Committee of AATG on German for Business and Engineering, (the committee internationally coordinates programs for German for the Professions) 1998-present Invited member, Stellvertretende Direktorin, PWD Beirat (vice-director of the board), AATG, for the administration of Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (an international examination for German for the professions) 1998-2003 Invited Member, Steering Committee for the administration of Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International 1998-2003 Invited Chair and Presenter, “Changing Directions on the Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International” Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER), Global Interdependence and Language, Culture and Business, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2002 Invited Moderator and Presenter, “Opportunities in the Field of German for the Professions” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Washington, DC, 2001 Nominated for Alumni Teaching Award in the Humanities by Auburn University students, 2000 Invited Chair, Linguistics and Literature session, joint conference of South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) and Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), Birmingham, AL, 2000 Invited Presenter, “Graduate Student Training for German and the Professions,” joint conference of SAMLA and SECOL, Birmingham, AL, 2000 Invited Moderator and Presenter, “The Standing of German for Business, Engineering, and German Across the Curriculum: Changing Directions in the Profession,” ACTFL, Boston, MA, 1999 Invited Chair and Presenter, “Materials and Programs for German for Business, Engineering, and German Across the Curriculum,” ACTFL, Dallas, TX, 1999 Invited Moderator, Syntax session of SAMLA Convention, Atlanta, GA, 1999 Invited Chair, Computer Software Programs in Foreign Language Instruction, Foreign Language Association of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, 1999 Nominated for Alumni Teaching Award in the Humanities by Auburn University students 1999 Awarded Competitive Professional Improvement Leave, Spring 1999 Invited Presenter, “Textbooks and Ancillary Materials for the Teaching of Business Oriented Language / Culture for German Language and Culture for Business Purposes,” CIBER, U of California, Los Angeles, 1998 Nominated for Alumni Teaching Award in the Humanities by Auburn University Students 1998 Invited Moderator, “Discourse Analysis,” Southeastern Conference on Linguistics Session, South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, 1998, 1997 Invited Presenter, “Gender and Foreign Cultures: Do we teach them as they are or as we would like them to be?” Alabama Association of Foreign Languages and the Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Mobile, AL 1996 Keynote Speaker and Workshop Organizer, “German for Business and Economics: A Multimedia Approach for High Schools and Universities,” Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Tuscaloosa, AL 1995 Invited Presenter, “Gender Perspectives: Women in Foreign Language Textbooks” Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Tuscaloosa, AL 1995 Invited Presenter, “Internationale Verflechtungen: Persuasion im kulturellen Kontext am Beispiel der Werbung,” Internationale Deutschlehrertagung, Universität Leipzig, Germany, 1993 Invited Presenter, “Lehrerausbildung im Bereich Wirtschaftsdeutsch,” Goethe Institut, New York, 1993 Certified as Examiner for Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International, 1993 Invited Participant, “Material Development for Videos in Business German Workshop,” Goethe Institut, New York, 1991
Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Citation by the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, African Languages, Michigan State University, 1987 Inducted into Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society, 1987
TEACHING INITIATIVES AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Supervised the development and implementation of innovative classroom materials for the new double major in German and Engineering, (1st, 2nd, and 4th year classes) 2003-present Coordinated curriculum for Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Language-Secondary Education, Spanish, German, French, joint degree program Colleges of Liberal Arts and Education, Auburn University, 2002-2003 Established cooperation agreement for the Masters of German with the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 2002 Served as Language Evaluator for Deutscher Akamenischer Austauschdienst / German Academic Exchange Service and Fulbright Scholarships, 2000-present Developed and implemented a new course, German in Cyberspace, GR 404, Auburn University, 1998. Created German Language Table (Stammtisch), a weekly meeting to enhance listening and speaking skills for German undergraduates, Auburn University, 1994-1999 Established Auburn University as one of only two testing centers in the Southeast for the Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International, an international Business German examination that grants official certification recognized worldwide by businesses and industry for students preparing for careers in international business and for business professionals seeking career advancement. I have administered the exam annually since 1993. Thirty-nine Auburn University students have earned certification, and four students (1995, 1996, 1998, 2000) have received paid internships in Germany, 1993-present Coordinated elementary German and supervised German Instructors, Auburn University 1993-2003 Developed and implemented new curriculum in Business German, Auburn University. The curriculum included a three course sequence in Business German, GR 401, GR 402, GR 403, that increases speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in German language, familiarizes students with German business and economics practices, and focuses on Germany as a world trade partner in the European Union. Students who successfully complete the sequence are eligible to take the Prüfung Wirtschafsdeutsch International, 1993 Presented Workshop Teaching Culture in Context to Graduate Students in Foreign Language, University of Michigan, 1992 Developed and implemented a new curriculum for Advanced German and the Business Professions, GR 499, joining graduates and undergraduates from the College of Letters, Sciences & Arts with the School of Business, University of Michigan, 1991. Assisted Coordination of Elementary German, Michigan State University, 1987-1990. Presented Summer Institute for High School German Teachers, Lehrerfortbildungskurs, Michigan State University, 1990 Presented Workshop, The Electric Voyage: Multimedia Teaching Tools for the 90s, Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, MI, 1990 Created Workshop, A Practical Response to Total Physical Response, Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Minneapolis, MN, 1990 Developed and implemented a new curriculum for Business German, GR 301, Central Michigan University, 1989 Developed and implemented Total Physical Response Program for Elementary German, and created video tape of program for teachers, Michigan State University, 1988 Initiated German Language Table, Michigan State University, 1987-1989
Served as Consultant Reader for Academic Texts Global Business Languages (2003-present) Holt, Rinehart, and Winston (2000-present) The Journal of Language for International Business (1999-present) McGraw Hill, College Division (1997-present) Prentice Hall (1997-present) Houghton Mifflin Company (1993-present) Die Unterrichtspraxis (1991-present)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION “Deutsch als Produkt: Strategien zur Rettung des Deutschsprachenunterrichts in den USA,” XII Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer, Luzern, Switzerland, 2001 Program Organizer, German for the Professions, Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington, DC, 2001 “Business German and Intercultural Training Do’s and Don’ts,” Annual Meeting of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Language, Washington, DC, 2001 Program Organizer, German for the Professions, Annual Meeting of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, MA, 2000 Organizer, Moderator, and Presenter, “Computer Software Programs in Foreign Language Instruction,” joint conference of Southern Conference on Language and Teaching and Foreign Language Association of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, 1999 “Cultures and Cross-Cultural Awareness in the Professions,” Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, MI, April, 1997. “Community as Norms of Interpretation: Physical Space and Conflict,” Southern American Studies Association,Seaside, FL, February, 1997. “The Sociolinguistic Situation in the Danish West Indies from 1690 to the early 1900s,” Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, SAMLA, Savannah, GA, November, 1996. “German for Business and Economics: Integration of Speaking and Listening Components,” Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and Professions, Ypsilanti MI, April, 1995. “Applied Linguistics and its Pertinence to the Foreign Language Classroom,” Annual Meeting American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Atlanta, GA, November, 1994. “Cross Cultural Discourse and the Implicit Message: Communicative Exercises for the Foreign Language Classroom,” Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Atlanta, Ga, November, 1994. “Critiquing Currently Available Business German Materials,” Annual Meeting American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, TX, November, 1993. “Business German: Limited Partnership or Joint Venture. Bringing the Tools of the Liberal Arts to Languages for Special Purposes, Materials Critique and Development,” Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, MI, April, 1993. “Cross-Cultural Discourse Analysis and Advertisements,” Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, MI, March, 1992. “Cross-Cultural Analysis of Techniques of Persuasive Speaking as Reflected in German and American Advertising,” Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington, DC, November, 1991. “Innovative Strategies and Exercises for the Quotative Subjunctive,” Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, MI, April, 1991. “Crime or Character Fault: Unsocial Behavior in Criminal Codes in Legal Practice and in Literature at the Time of the Reformation,” Annual University of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April, 1989. “The Language-Culture Interface in German Advertisement,” Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, MI, March, 1989. “Using Total Physical Response in Elementary Foreign Language Courses,” Michigan Foreign Language Association Conference, East Lansing, MI, 1988.
GRANTS Project Director, Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad, (George Mitrevski) 2002-2003 Auburn Humanities Development Grant, “Cross-Cultural Awareness: Gender Discourse and Foreign Culture,” 1997 Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research Grant, “Preparing to Teach German for Business and Economics,” (with Pat Paulsell) 1992 Goethe-Institut, Ann Arbor, Seminar Grant, “German for Business and the Professions,” 1991 Teaching Grants to Support Travel, Auburn University To present “Opportunities in the Field of German for the Professions,” ACTFL, Wasington, DC, November, 2001 To present “The Standing of German for Business, Engineering, and German Across the Curriculum: Changing Directions in the Profession,”ACTFL, Boston, MA, November, 2000 To present “Materials and Programs for German for Business, Engineering, and German Across the Curriculum,”ACTFL, Dallas, TX, November, 1999 To accept Chair of National Committee of the American Association of Teachers of German on German in Business and Technology, AATG, Chicago, IL, November, 1998 To present “Textbooks and Ancillary Materials for the Teaching of Business Oriented Language,” CIBER, U of California, Los Angeles, February, 1998 To present “Gender and Foreign Cultures,” ACTFL/SCOLT, Mobile, AL, March, 1996 To present “German for Business and Economics: Integration of Speaking and Listening Components,” Eastern Michigan Language Conference, Ypsilanti, MI, April, 1995 To present “Critiquing Currently Available Business German Materials,” San Antonio, TX, 1993 To present “Internationale Verflechtungen: Persuasion im kulturellen Kontext am Beispiel der Werbung,” X Internationale Deutschlehrertagung, Universität Leipzig, Germany, August, 1993
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Auburn University University Budget Advisory Committee (2001-2002) Chair, Grievance Committee (1995-1996) College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University International Studies Committee (2002-present) Pre-College Counseling / Camp War Eagle, student advisement and placement (1993-1996) Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Auburn University Advisory Committee (2000-2001) Co-chair, Assessment / Self-Study Committee (2000-2001) Co-organizer, Lecture, “Determiner Features, Data, and the Classroom: Linguistic Theory Meets Language Teaching,” Dr. Christiane Bongartz, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (2000) Search Committee, Spanish Assistant Professor (2000-2001) Election Committee, Chair Search (1995-1996, 1998-1999) Chair, Travel and Research Committee (1995-2001) Strategic Planning Committee (1994-1995) Developer of German Placement Test (1993-1996) Teaching Evaluation Committee (1993-1995) Member, International Committee of AATG on German in Business and Technology (1994-1998) Participant, weekend workshops on Business German for the Heads of the Test Centers of Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International, Atlanta, GA (1993-1998) Participant, Advanced Placement German Language comparability study, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (1997) Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan Examiner for Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (1991-1992) Language Instruction Committee (1990-1992) Faculty Search Committee (1990-1991) Curriculum Committee (1990-1991) Non-Faculty Practice Committee (1990-1991) Teacher, Summer Institute for High School German Teachers, Lehrerfortbildungskurs, 1990 Dept. of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, African Languages, Michigan State University Department Advisory Committee (1987-1988) Faculty Search and Selection Committee (1987-1988) Community Organizer, CarWalt Golf Classic to Benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (2002) Translator, inscriptions on Dutch antique clock, Special Collections, Auburn University Library (1995) Judge, Academic Competitions in German for High School, The University of Michigan (1991-1992)
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