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Ursula Reidel-Schrewe
James R. McIntyre
Maria K. Morrison
Sophie Moser
Raffael Scheck
Jennifer Ann Yoder
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A native of Hamburg,
Germany, Ursula Reidel-Schrewe, is Associate Professor of German and
Chair of the German & Russian Department. She did her undergraduate
study at the University of Tübingen and received her M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from Harvard University. She has published a book and several
articles in her field of narrative theory and early 20th-century German
literature. Since joining Colby's Department of German & Russian in
1989, "Frau Ulla" has directed the JanPlan in Konstanz and a
one-semester program in Lübeck, Germany. She teaches German language,
literature and culture at all levels. Her Webpage gives more information
about her courses.
James McIntyre, Associate
Professor of German, received his B. A. in Russian and his M. A. and Ph.
D. degrees in German from Michigan State University. His primary areas
of interest include language acquisition, cultural studies, and German
drama from Goethe to Brecht. He has been a member and chair of the
German Test Development Committee for the ATP/SAT II program, and
currently serves on the committee which writes the German Advanced
Placement exam. "Herr Mac" is also Colby's coordinator and administrator
for student scholarships and fellowships such as Watson, Fulbright,
Rhodes, and Marshall. Students who are seeking his advice can make an
appointment to meet him in his office.
Maria is our Visiting
Instructor in German. She received her A.B. from Princeton University
and her M.A. from the University of Virginia, where she is currently
completing her PhD. Ms. Morrison spent two years studying in Germany at
the University of Tübingen and taught for two years at the University of
Bonn. Her interests include 19th century literature and culture,
expressionism, children's literature and Scottish Country Dancing. 
Sophie Moser is our Language Assistant for 2005-2006. She is a student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich majoring in German Literature and with a minor in English Literature and Economics. This fall she is conducting a 1-credit conversation class. Contact Sophie if you need any help with German or if you just want to practice speaking Deutsch. You can find her in her office (Lovejoy 452) or give her a call at x4453. You can also meet her at the German Table or at any of the German Club activities.
Courses required for the
German Studies Major are taught by Raffael Scheck, Associate Professor
of History. He received his Ph.D. in Comparative European History from
Brandeis University and a Masters in History and German Studies from the
University of Zurich. His research focuses on German right-wing
movements before the rise of the Nazis (1914-1933), and he has published
works on putschism and right-wing women in the Weimar Republic, Swiss
funding for the early Nazi movement, and on the history of childhood. To
learn more about Professor Scheck and his courses relating to German
history and culture, please view his homepage.
Jennifer Yoder, Assistant
Professor of Government and International Studies, joined the Colby
faculty in 1996 after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of
Maryland, College Park. The courses she teaches in the German Studies
curriculum are based on her expertise in German politics, German
unification, postcommunist developments in the Eastern European
countries, and transitional justice. Her book, From East Germans to
Germans? The New Postcommunist Elites, was published in 1999 by Duke
University Press.